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There is a requirement under "slip & trip" legislation for anyone with public or employee accessible premises to have a duty of care regarding possible slip hazards.  The onus is increasingly on the need to demonstrate that reasonable efforts have been made to control possible slip hazards both inside and outside premises. We at County Antrim Landscapes offer a comprehensive winter maintenance service in Belfast and throughout Northern Ireland (NI). This includes gritting for frost control and snow clearance. This service helps to support many businesses and organisation to ensure they remain fully operational during the winter period. We aim to offer a responsive and reliable local gritting and snow clearance service 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Gritting Service We treat carparks, footpaths and road networks with salt for ice and frost control. To carry out this specialised work we have invested in small compact machinery. The 4 wheel drive utility vehicles ensures great manoeuvrability and performance when salt spreading. These vehicles are very light weight and nimble reducing wear on tarmac and footpath surfaces unlike heavy gritting equipment used by other gritting contractors in Northern Ireland (NI). The specialist salt spreader has a controllable spreading width which allows the operator great control when working in restricted areas like car parks and commercial premises. This is vitally important as drifting salt can destroy grass and planted beds which are costly to repair at the end of the winter gritting season. |
The application of salt is applied, where possible, in off peak hours to ensure the least disruption to your business. We only use white salt as it is more effective for ice control and is much cleaner than traditional brown salt/grit mixtures. This is very important in car-parks and footpaths and will reduce the cleaning cost of the buildings associated with these areas. Salt spreading requires very close analysis of weather conditions in every region through Northern Ireland (NI). Before every salt application great attention is paid to changing climatic conditions to ensure the salt will work most effectively and efficiently. This is where our expertise and experience as a gritting company is vitally important. We work closely with the met office to ensure the highest level of service is achieved with each grit.
Snow Clearance In extreme conditions of snow, gritting is ineffective. The only way to successfully manage these situations is to carry out a complete snow clearance of the site. We have an adapted snow blade for all our 4 wheel drive vehicles to ensure a quick and efficient clearance. This service is vitally important to keep your business operational and functional during the winter period.  Uncleared snow and ice can potentially mean closure of premises, on vital business days, at busy times of the year resulting in a great loss of revenue. For further information and advice on all our winter maintenance services please contact County Antrim Landscapes to arrange for a site visit and quotation. Telephone: 028 9446 4533 |