What time will Ironwood retail sites be cleared in the morning?

PlowWow's Ironwood seasonal contracts include a written 6:30 a.m. finish time on retail sites. Crews are pre-staged in Richmond and dispatch on forecast, not on observed accumulation, so pre-open clearing is the default — not the exception.

Do you clear the Steveston Highway public sidewalk in front of my Ironwood property?

Yes. Public-sidewalk clearing under Richmond bylaw is included in the base scope of every Ironwood contract. Long uninterrupted commercial frontages are exactly where bylaw tickets and slip claims cluster, so we treat them as part of the property's clearing perimeter.

What de-icer do you use around cart corrals and pedestrian refuges?

Pet-safe magnesium chloride or calcium magnesium acetate. Both work at lower temperatures than rock salt and are safer for pets, plantings and concrete. Application rate is logged per visit. Rock salt is used only on non-pedestrian surfaces at the client's specific request.

How does the contract handle freezing rain when there's no fresh snow?

Refreeze and freezing-rain dispatches are included in the seasonal price. Most Metro Vancouver retail slip claims trace to a refreeze morning, not a snowfall morning. Providers who only bill on plowable events don't run those dispatches. We do.

Is my Ironwood strata's entrance court included, or only drive aisles?

Entrance courts, mail-kiosk approaches, guest parking, ramp approaches, stair runs and pedestrian mews are all in scope. Anything unusual — heated ramps that fail, shared laneways with neighbouring stratas, playground surfaces — is called out on the site walk and priced explicitly.

What paperwork will the property manager actually receive?

Per-visit GPS breadcrumb map, timestamped before/after photos, product and rate, technician name and time on site, a weekly summary and an end-of-season package suitable for AGM inclusion or CAM reconciliation.

When should we sign for the coming winter?

October. Ironwood's regional capacity fills before November every year, and early signing locks in pre-inflation pricing. Providers who wait until the first snow event are competing for whatever capacity is left — which is almost never top-tier.

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