How do you grit?

bantamfan

I live on a fairly steep hill in a residential area. It usually falls to me to spread the grit from the council grit bin as I tend to be first to leave the street.

A few ways I have tried so far.
- two lines up the hill where the car tyres would be
- lines at 45 degrees to the hill about two meters apart
- a light dusting everywhere
- a large amount close to the give way so you don't slid out into the road!

So heres the question - how do you spread grit on the road in your street?

Don't take this too seriously folks!

Shimrod

A bit of a moot question, as our council grit bin is always emptied by people keen to have a clear drive instead of a clear hill.

Last winter I bought my own grit to put on the hill (rationalising as an accident avoidance cost) and did two tracks down the tyre tracks. This year I've bought winter tyres instead and everyone else can look out for themselves!

TUS

Where is the cheapest place to buy grit for driveway use?

RichGold

I'm the only one who grits our street as well.

I'd put 2 tracks where the wheels go, it always seems the best way to me.

Shimrod

TUS wrote: »

Where is the cheapest place to buy grit for driveway use?

If you have access to costco, they had bags at £3.48, otherwise have a look at local garden centres or builders merchants. I normally get mine from a a local garden centre that buys in bulk and bags it up themselves. If you only want to do your drive, you probably won't need more than two bags (unless you live in a stately home! in which case get the servants to sort it out).

forgotmyname

If your the 1st out you will have plenty of grip in the fresh snow, Once its been compacted by a few
cars it wont be as easy though.

Problem these days is...Someone will be curtain twitching and as soon as someone crashes they will be out
pushing the blame onto you for doing it or not doing it properly.

Hope you have legal cover.

brokenant

forgotmyname wrote: »

Problem these days is...Someone will be curtain twitching and as soon as someone crashes they will be out
pushing the blame onto you for doing it or not doing it properly.

Hope you have legal cover.

I seem to remember last year the council said as long as you made a sensible effort and didn't do anything stupid like try and clear the snow with a bucket of water, then you couldn't be held responsible for any accidents.

myhooose

My local petrol station was selling large bags of grit for just over £5

cyclonebri1

Shimrod wrote: »

A bit of a moot question, as our council grit bin is always emptied by people keen to have a clear drive instead of a clear hill.

Last winter I bought my own grit to put on the hill (rationalising as an accident avoidance cost) and did two tracks down the tyre tracks. This year I've bought winter tyres instead and everyone else can look out for themselves!

Fraid I'm one of those. We are next to the top of the hill, the bins at the top, but I look on it this way if I try to get out of my drive without gritting it then I get stuck across the road so borrowing a bit of the council stuff helps others get by. And I spend a fair amount of effort chucking gravel under the wheels and pushing cars whose drivers have not the slightest clue of how to deal with winter conditions, so I feel justified.

wba31

brokenant wrote: »

I seem to remember last year the council said as long as you made a sensible effort and didn't do anything stupid like try and clear the snow with a bucket of water, then you couldn't be held responsible for any accidents.

did people actually try and clear snow with a bucket of water??? you're winding me up right? people really thought that while the air temperature was not high enough to melt the frozen water from solid back to liquid, the solution to the issue of having all this ice and snow was to wash it away with water (in a temperature that freezes water into ice and snow...?)

wba31

bantamfan wrote: »

I live on a fairly steep hill in a residential area. It usually falls to me to spread the grit from the council grit bin as I tend to be first to leave the street.

A few ways I have tried so far.
- two lines up the hill where the car tyres would be
- lines at 45 degrees to the hill about two meters apart
- a light dusting everywhere
- a large amount close to the give way so you don't slid out into the road!

So heres the question - how do you spread grit on the road in your street?

Don't take this too seriously folks!

outside my old house, my neighbour and i did a scattering prior to any snow fall, which did well for a few days, then once snow had settled we cleared it with spades to the side of the road and scattered a trail about 1.5 car lengths down the middle of the road (it is a quite housing estate, no through roads etc) which did a good job in clearing a path. For people's drives we cleared them with the shovels, and used cheap supermarket salt to create tyre lines