Winter is no longer coming. Winter is here. And it would help if you were ready for it. Utah winters guarantee that we will experience several severe winter storms, and you should prepare for them. Here are a few ways to make sure that you are ready for what winter storms will throw at you.
If you didn’t get the chance to prepare your home or business earlier in the year, do it when you have the next good weather stretch. This preparation may involve a final clean out of your gutters, caulking and insulating gaps that cause drafts, or having the proper snow removal supplies on hand such as salt or ice melt, snow shovels, or snow blowers available and ready to go.
All residents of Utah should have an emergency kit available for every vehicle they own. These kits should include (at a minimum):
Every home should have a severe winter weather emergency kit available with the following items:
Heavy snow and ice will knock down trees and take down power lines. So it would be best if you had a plan in place for when this happens. This plan may involve having a generator on-hand to maintain power to critical systems such as refrigerators, wells, and heat sources. You may also want to invest in an alternative heat source that doesn’t involve electricity, such as a wood-burning stove, kerosene heater, or propane heater.
It is also a good idea to have some water stored if you have a well that uses an electrical pump: non-perishable foods, or even a camping stove for cooking.
Once the storm is over, how are you going to handle the snow removal? Shovel your way out? Using a snowblower to clear the area? Hiring some neighborhood kids to shovel the driveway and sidewalks for you? Or having a professional snow and ice management company take care of your property for you? It is best to have these plans in place before a storm arrives. You also need to ensure that you have adequate snow removal supplies, a tuned up and fueled snowblower or other snow removal equipment, and a location where you will move the excess snow.
The best way to manage the snow and ice from a winter storm is to hire experts to handle it for you. At Aeroscape, we have snow and ice management specialists who are ready to serve you when that big storm hits. For more information, give us a call at 801.569.2383 or fill out a simple online form at the bottom of our snow and ice removal services page, and an Aeroscape account manager will get in touch with you.
During the spring, summer, and fall, Aeroscape is an award-winning landscape design services company. In the winter, we become your snow and ice management provider, ready to take on even the biggest winter storms. So why should you hire a landscape design company to handle your snow and ice management needs? Here are a few reasons to consider.
A well-trained landscape maintenance workforce can use the same equipment to move dirt and stone for snow removal services. This workforce uses trucks and skid-steers to plow the snow, “stack” the snow with front-end-loaders, and remove extra snow from the limited space available in parking lots and walkways with dumper trailers and dump trucks. Using this equipment during the rest of the year, a landscape maintenance workforce’s skills and experience make them the safest choice for managing winter snow and ice.
Budgeting for snow removal services is easy if you consider it part of your property’s annual landscaping expenses. You may even get a better price allowing your landscape maintenance company to handle your commercial snow removal over hiring a separate snow removal service on an as-needed basis.
Because you are a client for the other three seasons of the year, a landscape maintenance company will naturally provide high-quality and fast snow and ice management services for your business. Your loyalty to one company will result in better service.
Keeping customers and employees safe from accidents in parking lots and slips and falls everywhere else is very important for retail, commercial, and industrial customers. Quick and thorough snow removal also makes customers more likely to visit your business during or shortly after a winter storm. As a year-round customer, you get an advantage over companies who hire other snow removal businesses that may not have the same priority response to your winter storm management needs.
Because your landscape maintenance company is familiar with your landscaping, they will make fewer errors that result in damages to your landscape infrastructure and keep salt and ice melt out of flower beds, which may contaminate the soil. Because they work with your property year-round, they will know what to look for and how to avoid problems that companies that are less familiar with your property might make.
At Aeroscape, our experienced landscape maintenance workforce is well-trained to provide commercial ice and snow removal services for all of our clients. Our year-round clients get extra attention and the high-quality service that they have come to expect from Aeroscape. For more information, give us a call at 801.569.2383 or fill out a simple online form at the bottom of our snow and ice removal services page, and an Aeroscape account manager will get in touch with you.
