Hi,
My grandma had a concrete driveway installed a couple of years ago with a couple of paths coming off it. When the main path to the house was iced up/frozen, to clear the ice she broke it up by hitting the ice with the other end of a wodden broom and then scraped the broken ice with a shovel. Now what has happened is where she did this the concrete isn't cracked but it is very rough now compared to the part where she didn't clear the ice.
It's pretty obvious by the fact that where she didn't clear the ice is still nice and smooth and where she did clear the ice is now rough that by clearing this ice it has caused the issue. My question is should this have caused damage to the drive or should it have been able to withstand this without the top layer being damaged? Bearing in mind my grandma is a fairly frail 80 year old woman I can't see that she will of been clearing the ice with much force.
Thanks,
Dan
My grandma had a concrete driveway installed a couple of years ago with a couple of paths coming off it. When the main path to the house was iced up/frozen, to clear the ice she broke it up by hitting the ice with the other end of a wodden broom and then scraped the broken ice with a shovel. Now what has happened is where she did this the concrete isn't cracked but it is very rough now compared to the part where she didn't clear the ice.
It's pretty obvious by the fact that where she didn't clear the ice is still nice and smooth and where she did clear the ice is now rough that by clearing this ice it has caused the issue. My question is should this have caused damage to the drive or should it have been able to withstand this without the top layer being damaged? Bearing in mind my grandma is a fairly frail 80 year old woman I can't see that she will of been clearing the ice with much force.
Thanks,
Dan
