Preventing ice before a storm is the safest approach because it stops ice from bonding and makes driveways easier to manage.

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It doesn't work in every case.

Rock salt is the standard way to de-ice driveways, but it comes with serious downsides that most people don't think about. Salt corrodes concrete and metal, damages plants and grass along your ...