Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
I was walking down the road today and musing to myself about the amount of sand and grit covering a drain. Salt seems to have gone out of fashion for minor roads these days. In the past the salt dissolved. Now the sand and grit just sits there.
Doesn't bode well for future flooding does it?
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Thats interesting there Terry and I expect many have not considered that problem. I would guess that the grit and sand is probably cheaper than salt and thats why they use it...its also a damn sight uglier but of course we are all greatly relieved when we get a bit of road/pavement treatment of any kind..so that even any short term fix is good....for now.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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Someone I know knicked the new mix from the roadside bin last year for his own driveway - then his wife moaned at him because it got carried onto their nice cream carpet - justice!
Guest 732- Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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I have been out over the last few days throwing sand over the road where I live , what a waste of time all it did was turn the snow a different colour.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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that is what seems to happen in some places with the sand, nowhere near as effective as salt.
Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
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Personally I think the council should be using lo-salt which has a much lower sodium content. Sometimes the wind can carry tiny particles of this stuff into the air and can end up on the lips of children giving them blood pressure and other health related problems in later life.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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for some reason i was rather expecting a comment alomng those lines philip.
funnily enough after clearing my path on sunday i sprinkled table salt and it definitely stopped any ice forming.
sadly i used the traditional salt.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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I suppose this stuff wouldn't be much good when you think of the amount of snow on Everest.
