[meme405]

What's the place in North Van called?


Used to be called easywash, and they had some fancy sales pitch about recycled water and whatever.

Now it's literally just called "autowash"

This one:

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/North+Shore+Auto+Wash+-+Car+Wash/@49.3049878,-123.032165,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5486708cbdee51bd:0xd017d1b417e23 2e6!8m2!3d49.3047989!4d-123.0317358

[thumper]

sigh. stuck at work wishing i could go out and play ice hockey :(

http://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/771/774/GBCMN170102skating_tnb_3.jpg?w=670&quality=70&strip=all

[thumper]

What's the place in North Van called?

There's also a touchless (with under carriage spray) in Coquitlam on Lougheed near North Road called Wash World. Probably an ice rink by now though.

I went on the cold snap week just before the second dump of snow in December and my traction control light came on a few times as I was slowly exiting the wash bay as the car was being dried.

i tried that one a few weeks back... the place is a bit run down and the wash is not the best.

[jjson]

i tried that one a few weeks back... the place is a bit run down and the wash is not the best.

To be expected for most auto wash locations. But it's the only one near my place with touchless and under spray.

What's a good touchless place you recommend?

[thumper]

i mentioned the one i went to a few posts above... if you have good winter tires you might chance getting in :thumbsup:

Home | Car Wash In Burnaby, BC | Autoxpress (http://www.carwashburnabybc.ca/)

[godwin]

Free Salt @ Fire halls if you live in Vancouver!! Vancouver crews to focus more attention on icy residential streets | CTV Vancouver News (http://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-crews-to-focus-more-attention-on-icy-residential-streets-1.3226061)


2801 Quebec St.
1475 W. 10th Ave.
1090 Haro St.
2460 Balaclava St.
4013 Prince Albert St.
2804 Venables St.
3003 E. 22nd Ave.
7070 Knight St.
4396 W. 12th Ave.
1005 W. 59th Ave.

[Liquid_o2]

Fire halls will begin giving out free salt on Wednesday, and although free, you should make sure you give a donation.

[thumper]

how much salt do they give out? is it per person or is based on what type of property? just wondering because for some of us it could be just a short sidewalk, but for others it could be a corner lot and a back lane as well...

[HonestTea]

Wonder what time they'll start giving out free salt?

[tegra7]

Windy as heck out here in Langley.

[winson604]

how much salt do they give out? is it per person or is based on what type of property? just wondering because for some of us it could be just a short sidewalk, but for others it could be a corner lot and a back lane as well...

As much as you need up to 2 buckets max available from 9am - 8pm. Bring own bucket and shovel is suggested.

[v_tec]

Is 604-294-7460 the correct number for reporting sidewalks in Burnaby?

Impossible to get through that line. But based on the numbers of households not giving a damn about their sidewalks, I can understand why.


Edited: Got through.
City of Burnaby doesn't take any reports of sidewalks infront of households. Only for sidewalks infront strata and business buildings. No wonder so many assholes are getting away with it.

:fulloffuck:

[SumAznGuy]

Is 604-294-7460 the correct number for reporting sidewalks in Burnaby?

Please let me know. Too many streets on my hilly block not plowed, or salted and the stuff has turned to ice.

[Presto]

Is 604-294-7460 the correct number for reporting sidewalks in Burnaby?


Yes.
https://www.burnaby.ca/About-Burnaby/News-and-Media/Newsroom/Be-Prepared-for-Snow--Our-Role-and-Your-Role_s2_p5959.html

[radioman]

Surprised to see the metrotown station walk ways were covered in ice. One would think the busiest station in Burnaby would get some love.

[Inaii]

wendy's on grandview and boundary.

yesterday, i tried turning in from grandview, saw an suv with hazards slowly coming down the ramp trying to exit. waited for a while for them to come out, got impatient, proceeded towards the boundary entrance instead. drove in, tried to loop around the restaurant to get to the drive through. well, i found out the reason for why the suv was exiting onto grandview so slowly. anyhow, sliding down the ramp side ways was not fun, noped the fuck out of there.

I was driving down Grandview yesterday and saw some cop cars blocking off one of the side streets near the Canadian Tire. Took a peek and there were a couple of cars that were sideways (presumably from sliding down the street). I'm guessing anything north facing isn't getting a whole lot of sun to melt.

I was driving down a back lane yesterday with a slight decline and even with my Xi3's I still slid a good 10 feet on some ice when braking. Be careful out there and leave a lot of extra room - even if you've got some winter tires!

On a seperate note, anyone know anywhere that's still got snow shovels? I've managed to break both of my shovels over the last week shoveling snow. Checked a bunch of places around Vancouver and everyone is out. :flamemad:

Watching the game last night I saw Wendy's 4 dolla double stack deal. Had to try it, so here I am at the Grandview and Boundary location, parked next to the tree there to shade me from that blinding sun. Anyway, the parking lot is absolutely frozen and dangerous. As I open up the bag to get the burger out I see from my side mirror this Civic skidding out of control toward me. Driver was going way too fast for the conditions. After he comes to a complete stop, he tries to go up the hill. He was going nowhere. Total douche. I roll down driver,s window and give him the thumbs up. Looked like he didn't have snows. Save money and park there. No need to pay good money to see a circus. This is free and way more entertaining.

They re-opened it? When I drove by around 1:30pm both entrance/exits were blocked off and it said the restaurant was closed.

[MG1]

I was told by dude at the window today that it was so crazy yesterday that they had no choice but to close it down.

[Inaii]

Crazy because of the ice/snow? Or crazy busy?

[jeedee]

I was told by dude at the window today that it was so crazy yesterday that they had no choice but to close it down.

did no one there think to shovel/salt the area :suspicious:

hell I'm seeing tons of parking lot businesses today trying to shovel away the ice :fulloffuck:

orrrr maybe its on purpose so no customers come and they get a relaxing/slow day with no work to do :suspicious:

[Ch28]

Is 604-294-7460 the correct number for reporting sidewalks in Burnaby?

Impossible to get through that line. But based on the numbers of households not giving a damn about their sidewalks, I can understand why.


Edited: Got through.
City of Burnaby doesn't take any reports of sidewalks infront of households. Only for sidewalks infront strata and business buildings. No wonder so many assholes are getting away with it.

:fulloffuck:

Please let me know. Too many streets on my hilly block not plowed, or salted and the stuff has turned to ice.

Yes.
https://www.burnaby.ca/About-Burnaby/News-and-Media/Newsroom/Be-Prepared-for-Snow--Our-Role-and-Your-Role_s2_p5959.html

That is really weird that they're not taking reports.

I called last week when they were closed and used the emergency number cause I was pissed at the neighbour on the corner lot cause I almost wiped out walking my dog. The guy on the other end of the emergency line said that they do take calls but since it's out of office hours, he'll take down all the info and the offending property's address and pass it along to the inspector the next morning. I drove past that house the following afternoon and the sidewalk was plowed

[whitev70r]

Just heard on news that they are expecting another one Fri and Sat ... this one is going to dump more snow than any of the ones before ...

[dapperfied]

#PrayForVancouver #WinterIsComing #Snowmagedden

[Teriyaki]

Just heard on news that they are expecting another one Fri and Sat ... this one is going to dump more snow than any of the ones before ...

If it does, pray that we've gotten rid of all our existing ice on roads and sidewalks.

Fresh snow on top of hardened layer of ice sheets is just a recipe for ultimate disaster.

[v_tec]

That is really weird that they're not taking reports.

I called last week when they were closed and used the emergency number cause I was pissed at the neighbour on the corner lot cause I almost wiped out walking my dog. The guy on the other end of the emergency line said that they do take calls but since it's out of office hours, he'll take down all the info and the offending property's address and pass it along to the inspector the next morning. I drove past that house the following afternoon and the sidewalk was plowed

They must been overloaded with phone calls and decided to not take down address of household sidewalks.

I understand it all comes down to resources (both the person on the phone and the inspector that goes out to the field). But all it takes is a couple warning (and fines). Once people know the city is serious about it, and/or heard stories of neighbours, friends, friends of friends, friends of friend's friends etc....then there won't be so many assholes not shoveling/salting their sidewalks.

:yuno:

They can/should even have a webpage on the City's website where you can submit offending addresses. Or pin point a location. Then the field inspector could efficiency hit up a list of households all in the same area in one trip.

[thumper]

what is it with surrey and not plowing the turn lanes? it's all uncleared snow and ice.

you pull up to the turn signal light and if you're lucky you don't slide your way over the stop line and take out pedestrians like bowling pins, and when the turn signal goes green, no one can move because you're sitting on ice.

so other drivers have to go around you in the straight thru lane blocking other traffic because the turn signal has now turned red.

fail fail fail.

[Hondaracer]

Pic I took today of dem lions

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/sniperslayer/59AB3F00-2066-4AF6-9B9E-5462CD024C4C_zpsqxaunyvy.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/sniperslayer/media/59AB3F00-2066-4AF6-9B9E-5462CD024C4C_zpsqxaunyvy.jpg.html)

Had to brave the treacherous streets of east van for it

[godwin]

I can understand why.. main arteries are the priorities.. it is not like the plow can magically extend when there are turn lanes.. so they will have to go back to do it.

what is it with surrey and not plowing the turn lanes? it's all uncleared snow and ice.

you pull up to the turn signal light and if you're lucky you don't slide your way over the stop line and take out pedestrians like bowling pins, and when the turn signal goes green, no one can move because you're sitting on ice.

so other drivers have to go around you in the straight thru lane blocking other traffic because the turn signal has now turned red.

fail fail fail.

[Ch28]

Anyone have an idea if they will be checking ID for the free firehouse salt tomorrow?

[tegra7]

Super windy outside tonight.

[Gucci Mane]

^yep. my dog is probably gonna hate me for taking him outside in a bit.

[Lomac]

So glad I had my studded tires on while down on the coast while on my New Years vacation. So many streets that were just sheer ice, it wasn't even funny. Felt a little bad just zooming around people stuck spinning their tires in intersections, but not too much. :lol

But, oh man. Driving back to Kamloops this morning was brutal. Super heavy winds in the Valley kept knocking cars around everywhere on the highway.

[Cu2scene]

For those of you in Vancouver, there are 10 fire stations giving out free salt. My dad went to the fire station and he said that no one was looking after the salt.

[supafamous]

Side streets in East Van are such ice rinks that I'm having to seek the patches of actual snow to drive on to get traction when the roads are slightly hilly. I'm amazed more cars haven't had slow speed hits with curbs and parked cars in these areas.

[SSM_DC5]

so who's responsible for shoveling snow on the sidewalks for residences? Tenant or landlord?
Just wondering who would be held responsible if the city issued a fine or someone sued for falling.
Presume that there is no written agreement in the lease (unless it's in the RTA somewhere and I missed it)

[twitchyzero]

Pic I took today of dem lions

Had to brave the treacherous streets of east van for it

awesome...catching the sunrise the last two mornings i was just thinking about timelapsing the lions before dawn tomorrow while the weather is still nice

where's that? a rooftop?

i'm trying to think of a good place to go with a 85mm...clevland dam?

[Inaii]

so who's responsible for shoveling snow on the sidewalks for residences? Tenant or landlord?
Just wondering who would be held responsible if the city issued a fine or someone sued for falling.
Presume that there is no written agreement in the lease (unless it's in the RTA somewhere and I missed it)

I think if you're the sole occupant of the residence you are required (regardless of landlord or tenant) but if you're a tenant then the landlord is required to provide the necessary equipment for snow/ice removal. I think.

I help out with shoveling/salting (landlord lives upstairs and is a family friend), but when I lived in Burnaby in the same situation (except the landlord was just my landlord) I left the shoveling/salting to him.

[godwin]

The occupant of the residential unit (or strata if there is one).

City of Vancouver to clear snow from residential streets after many complaints - NEWS 1130 (http://www.news1130.com/2017/01/03/thousands-complaints-vancouver-property-owners-failing-clear-ice-snow/)


Legalities of clearing snow and ice

NEWS 1130 Legal Analyst Michael Shapray says it comes down to who lives there in front of the property and not who owns it. “Generally, the person who is in the property is responsible clearing the sidewalks in front of the residence or business.”

That’s unless there’s an agreement in the lease that someone else like the landlord will take responsibility. “The expectation is when you’re going on private premises that are run by a business that there will be a clearing of the parking lot and the sidewalks leading into the businesses so people don’t slip and fall. Any business that is inviting the public onto their premises is responsible for providing a safe environment. They can be held responsible if they don’t.”


so who's responsible for shoveling snow on the sidewalks for residences? Tenant or landlord?
Just wondering who would be held responsible if the city issued a fine or someone sued for falling.
Presume that there is no written agreement in the lease (unless it's in the RTA somewhere and I missed it)

[Gh0stRider]

so who's responsible for shoveling snow on the sidewalks for residences? Tenant or landlord?
Just wondering who would be held responsible if the city issued a fine or someone sued for falling.
Presume that there is no written agreement in the lease (unless it's in the RTA somewhere and I missed it)

Legal consequences of failing to clear your sidewalk of ice, snow - NEWS 1130 (http://www.news1130.com/2017/01/03/legal-consequences-failing-clear-sidewalk-ice-snow/)

NEWS 1130 Legal Analyst Michael Shapray says it comes down to who lives there in front of the property and not who owns it. “Generally, the person who is in the property is responsible clearing the sidewalks in front of the residence or business.”

[MG1]

Well, got out the spring loaded ice scraper and cleared the back alley. This tool is awesome. I gave it to my neighbour last week, but he told me it didn't work well. Ummmmmm......... you need to have technique that comes from years of experience, lol.

Shock-Absorbing Ice Scraper | Princess Auto (http://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/shock-absorbing-ice-scraper/A-p8544421e)

Here's a video clip of how it works in the hands of a master. Using one hand to record and the other to do the damage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtfuZc4qI8E&feature=youtu.be

[MTV Cribs]

^ Must be a super secret technique because we can't see it :denied:

[N.V.M.]

private video. c'mon!

[thumper]

uh oh...

[Ch28]

https://twitter.com/jarmstrongbc/status/816651654124576768

[MG1]

private video. c'mon!

Sorry, I'm pretty new to this. This is only the second video I've uploaded. :okay:


Let me know if it works. When I bring it up, it works, of course. I might have forgotten to publish it, lol.

[Gumby]

Went to Fire Hall #19 - 4396 W. 12th St at 9:22am and they were all out of salt... Saw people with buckets of all shapes & sizes.

There was also a moron parked in a no-stopping zone right near the entrance to the fire hall when the fire truck was coming back...

[thumper]

someone pointed the irony in the streets surrounding the firehall were ice and unsalted...

https://twitter.com/jarmstrongbc/status/816689735871512576

https://twitter.com/jarmstrongbc/status/816685659679141889

they were just talking on the radio firefighters @ firehall 12 had to physically restrain a guy who showed up last night and was loading up his truck with salt that he was shoveling into garbage cans... wtf?

[Cu2scene]

Line up for fire hall #15 at 22nd Avenue is starting to shrink and some people r leaving with empty buckers

[dat_steve]

reminds me of that scene in mad max with the water

[Gumby]

Handing out free salt in this weather is like handing out free water after a natural disaster - it brings out the worst in people...

[MG1]

So, they were supposed to give out free salt this morning, but the salt was taken/stolen by people over night? Well, when shit is offered for free, it is expected, I guess. Can you imagine how things around here would be if we had an earthquake? All hell would break loose. Walking Dead would have nothing on the people of Vancouver.


The honour system............... there isn't a worthy emoticon I could find, so :lawl: it is.

[originalhypa]

Let me know if it works. When I bring it up, it works, of course. I might have forgotten to publish it, lol.

The video worked for me.
:awwyeah:

And yes, that is a great tool. It takes some sweat to work it though. For that reason, it's not going to be a popular tool in the lower mainland. What if I break a nail, dawg?

I had to use my McLeod fire rake to break the ice in front of our place. Problem was, it kept chipping ice into my face.

[whitev70r]

So, they were supposed to give out free salt this morning, but the salt was taken/stolen by people over night? Well, when shit is offered for free, it is expected, I guess. Can you imagine how things around here would be if we had an earthquake? All hell would break loose. Walking Dead would have nothing on the people of Vancouver.

The honour system............... there isn't a worthy emoticon I could find, so :lawl: it is.

Not only in emergencies. One time Grouse Mountain was offering free day of skiing ... I was a season card holder and made the mistake of trying to go that day, worst mistake ever. Same for the first 'free' day whenever Whistler offers it.

Lesson learnt ... whenever something is promoted as free ... stay away!

[thumper]

https://twitter.com/CityofVancouver/status/816710197292961792

[Gumby]

At the end of the day, people will complain that the process for obtaining free salt was terrible, and forget that free salt was offered to begin with. :troll:

[HonestTea]

W 10th firehall just got a new shipment and gone within minutes

Edit: looks to be more sand than salt

[lgman]

25th and Fraser all out. Chinars from all directions bringin 2 garbage buckets lol

[boibuddha]

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a bad Yelp review of a fire hall by the end of the day.

*
1) Poor service!!! - had to shovel salt by myself, where are all the strong firemen?! 😑

2) OMG. THEY RAN OUT OF SALT - if these guys are planning on giving out salt to us, why didn't they think about bringing more. WASTED my time for nothing! 😭

[adambomb]

I wonder how much salt people are using on a daily basis. :yuno:

We got 2 10kg bags for my moms house in mid-December. She lives in a Vancouver special in North Burnaby. She has a driveway that fits about 4 cars, a front and back walkway that is 20 feet combined and the sidewalk which is about 30 feet. I'm the one who shovels it the day after a snowfall and I maybe lightly sprinkle salt, throwing handfuls around like I'm feeding birds once every 3-4 days, depending on the weather. Currently all walkways are bare, cars get in and out of the driveway with no slipping and no snow tires and I haven't even opened the 2nd bag yet.

And then there are people lining up at firehalls that clearly service neighborhoods with Vancouver special style homes and those residents are hoping to fill up garbage cans or wine buckets, cause they feel they need that much.

Here is my question... How much salt do you put down, how much pavement do you have to cover and how frequently do you apply salt? Discuss. PJSalt

[twitchyzero]

i'm not surprised people chose to be salty over this

[quasi]

I wonder how much salt people are using on a daily basis. :yuno:

We got 2 10kg bags for my moms house in mid-December. She lives in a Vancouver special in North Burnaby. She has a driveway that fits about 4 cars, a front and back walkway that is 20 feet combined and the sidewalk which is about 30 feet. I'm the one who shovels it the day after a snowfall and I maybe lightly sprinkle salt, throwing handfuls around like I'm feeding birds once every 3-4 days, depending on the weather. Currently all walkways are bare, cars get in and out of the driveway with no slipping and no snow tires and I haven't even opened the 2nd bag yet.

And then there are people lining up at firehalls that clearly service neighborhoods with Vancouver special style homes and those residents are hoping to fill up garbage cans or wine buckets, cause they feel they need that much.

Here is my question... How much salt do you put down, how much pavement do you have to cover and how frequently do you apply salt? Discuss. PJSalt

Lol, I've been using the same 3 bags of salt for the last 5 years. I might have to buy some more after this winter but I'm with you how much fucking salt does one need?

[7seven]

You got to figure with the type of people that show up for free stuff typically, they are probably hoarding more than they need and selling it on craigslist now haha.

They really should have made showing ID with a residence in the neighborhood mandatory with a contribution to one of the firefighters charities, like the burn fund or something.

[syee]

Lol, I've been using the same 3 bags of salt for the last 5 years. I might have to buy some more after this winter but I'm with you how much fucking salt does one need?

I wouldn't be surprised if half of this salt ends up on Craigslist.

I just opened a small bag of salt (I think it's a 10KG bag) and used about 1/4 of it in the last 2 weeks. However, we're pretty on the ball with shovelling so I really only put salt down when we get the melt/refreeze and not to melt large amounts of snow/ice from not being plowed.

[fliptuner]

It's the difference between maintaining your sidewalks and driveway vs. letting it get out of hand.

Some people are too stupid or lazy to stay on top of their shit. If my 70+ year old, mother in law can keep her sidewalk clear, there's not a lot of excuses.

[winson604]

There was already a Craigslist ad but got flagged for removal so no point linking it now and the guy actually admits to getting the salt from the firehall, genius.

Like most of you have mentioned, how much salt does one need anyway. We had 2 bags left from previous winters and we've barely even used it. We stay on top of our shoveling and throw down a bit of salt. I swear some people don't even know the proper way to salt either, you don't need to drench the surface with salt and why are you throwing it on top of the snow? like come on

[Presto]

^^^

How much money do people really expect to make from reselling free salt? Maybe a few dozen dollars tops, but that doesn't account for the time and labour wasted to acquire it.

[pastarocket]

Greedy ass motherfucker was trying to take so much salt from a firehall that the firefighters had to physically restraining him. :lawl:

That salt was definitely gonna be sold on CL.

Free salt at some Vancouver fire halls is resupplied after quickly running out - NEWS 1130 (http://www.news1130.com/2017/01/04/free-salt-handed-daily-vancouver-fire-halls/)

Last night Captain Jonathan Gormick says they had to step in when one man took things a little too far. “We had to physically restrain someone who brought a pick-up truck and was attempting to fill garbage pails full of salt in the back of their pick-up truck, which is more than what any one resident could use for their sidewalk and driveway.”

Gormick says they’ll use the honour system in hopes people will share. “We will have staff watching, but we don’t have dedicated staff standing to watch over the piles. We’re just hoping people act civilized and take as much salt as they realistically need for a residential walkway and driveway

[Urrtoast]

I bet all those bags taken from fire halls are now for sale in small Chinese stores...
Special Price for you
:rukidding:

[6o4__boi]

reading up on the gong show that was the free salt today
:rukidding:
some people are just pure trash

on a side note, my strata's building manager is now a fuckin MVP for buyin all those bags of salt years ago because "they were on sale"

:ilied:

[TOS'd]

There was already a Craigslist ad but got flagged for removal so no point linking it now and the guy actually admits to getting the salt from the firehall, genius.

Like most of you have mentioned, how much salt does one need anyway. We had 2 bags left from previous winters and we've barely even used it. We stay on top of our shoveling and throw down a bit of salt. I swear some people don't even know the proper way to salt either, you don't need to drench the surface with salt and why are you throwing it on top of the snow? like come on

https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/for/5945521880.html

[Urrtoast]

https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/for/5945521880.html

Oh look a real douche bag looser selling free salt, Lets all email him saying he is a looser.
What a f*&(* Douche bag

[thumper]

if you were hoping for something at firehall 14... you are too late. their second truckload was gone within 15 minutes:

https://twitter.com/EmilyLazatin980/status/816746696289857536

they said on the radio COV said all firehalls on the list are only getting two deliveries and that's it.

[Bouncing Bettys]

Reminds me of when I worked a a gas station in Abbotsford. When gas prices were $0.10 to $0.20 cheaper than the rest of the Lower Mainland, you would see certain people fill up 5-6 large jerry cans and load them into the trunk of their car. They really didn't seem like the type to be stocking up for some jobsite out in the boonies, so they were either saving it up for their own use or selling it at a higher price.

[MG1]

12 skids of Safe T Salt just arrived at Rona on Grandview Hwy and Renfrew. Haven't been unloaded yet.

[MG1]

Never mind. It's pre sold. 12 full skids. Damn. I have enough salt for this year but I'll keep looking for you guys.

[7seven]

This is exactly why I avoid businesses when they have free promotions or big sales. No amount of savings or free stuff is worth having to deal with cheapskates/hoarding assholes like these.

[Armind]

http://i.imgur.com/pM5JkeU.jpg

:troll:
:troll:
:troll:

[Teriyaki]

if you were hoping for something at firehall 14... you are too late. their second truckload was gone within 15 minutes:

https://twitter.com/EmilyLazatin980/status/816746696289857536

they said on the radio COV said all firehalls on the list are only getting two deliveries and that's it.

All I noticed was that OP of twitter post used their iPad to take the photo.

[thumper]

All I noticed was that OP of twitter post used their iPad to take the photo.

it's because it's a still capture from a short video... it was like a swarming. sorry i don't know how to link just the video alone from facebook :confused:

https://www.facebook.com/am1470fm961/videos/1549262315098795/?pnref=story

[HonestTea]

Never mind. It's pre sold. 12 full skids. Damn. I have enough salt for this year but I'll keep looking for you guys.

The hero we don't deserve.

[HonestTea]

1090 Haro Street still has some salt left towards the left side.

[godwin]

Got one HD bucket with my folding shovel from the Haro location this morning.. no fuss at all.. You want maximum benefit from it.. store it in your hose so your heating system will suck out the moisture, once it gets dry then put a lid on it. Remember if the salt is a wet mess, it won't help you as much.

Amazing how unprepared even for free salt people are.. garbage bags, no shovel, no work gloves.. some seems to expect the fireman to shovel for them!!!

Honestly with donation costs a lot more than buying from stores. haha

Oh BTW the staff at Rona Coquitlam said there might be salt coming on Friday.

[The_AK]

Tempted to get some buckets of ocean water and hustle on craigslist...

[godwin]

It is not how much salt but when do you put down salt.

Situation depends on the snow type (so always check the weather report before you salt).. if it is dry powdery stuff, I suggest do it after you have cleared.. one of my neighbors was smart to use a leave blower to blow away powdered snow. Remember melted snow will be heavier. This trick won't work when the weather is warming.

Wet snow you want to do it before it snows, so the snow melts right away. And afterwards.

Gravity works both ways, so remember always push down hill and the more snow you have left out there, the weight of the snow on top will melt the snow below forming ice. The trick is the shovel before melting starts, so I like to shovel at night, besides there is something zen about it, and also I love waking up the neighbors!:lawl:

Oh also get 2 types of shovel, the one that throws and one that push.

How much salt you put down depends on how often you go out to check. In the morning I try to chip away snow melt stuff and black ice, lay down salt, breakfast, then clear away ice on my way out.. Then at night I just clear the ice, salt and go back inside. Since the weather calls for clear, you don't really need to salt bare patches, just ice melts.



Here is my question... How much salt do you put down, how much pavement do you have to cover and how frequently do you apply salt? Discuss. PJSalt

[Bouncing Bettys]

Tempted to get some buckets of ocean water and hustle on craigslist...
Sooo unoriginal:
http://images.rarenewspapers.com/ebayimgs/9.99.2014/image075.jpg

[Mr.HappySilp]

SOME PPl were selling the salts they got from the fire stations on CL.
Someone in Vancouver is selling salt for $80 a bucket on Craigslist | Daily Hive Vancouver (http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/someone-in-vancouver-is-selling-salt-for-80-a-bucket-on-craigslist)
cl ads is gone now but god that's just an asshole move.

[syee]

.. if it is dry powdery stuff, I suggest do it after you have cleared.. one of my neighbors was smart to use a leave blower to blow away powdered snow.

Or if you don't have a leaf blower, use a broom to sweep it away. I noticed when I was shovelling, my bumpy ass concrete was collecting a small layer of snow where the shovel wasn't making contact with the lowest point of the concrete. I figured once it melts and refreezes, it'll become slick so I just gave it a quick sweep with the broom to clear the snow away after shoveling.

[xxxrsxxx]

Oh also get 2 types of shovel, the one that throws and one that push.



What do you mean by this? I didn't know there are diff types of shovels, they all looked the same to me

[Dragon-88]

What do you mean by this? I didn't know there are diff types of shovels, they all looked the same to me

http://www.fencespecialists.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/snow-shovels.jpg

Left is for pushing, right is for shoveling.

[TOS'd]

Oh look a real douche bag looser selling free salt, Lets all email him saying he is a looser.
What a f*&(* Douche bag

The guy even used the same photo a news article used, lol.

[Hondaracer]

old chinese people in east and south van try to steal the fucking salt out of my buddies Vancouver school board truck..

he said some people even went as far to opening the fucking cab doors looking inside for it..

[Harvey Specter]

So which hero will bump this thread in July when we're in the midst of a heatwave and wishing for snow? :D

[godwin]

Honestly I am tired of this "Free but donation would be nice" line of cost recovery / fundraising. I think it is a very recent phenomenon. A lot of non profits and churches do that now, I wonder how much in the end do it contribute meaningfully to fundraising.

1. It is confusing.
2. It encourages bad behavior.
3. It is gutless and passive aggressive.

Can't they just say it is $xxx / bag but if you show us income slip, you can have it for free?

I lay the blame on millennials:lawl: and the current CoV administration.

[godwin]

You would be amazed how quick a few inches of snow get blown away!! and I don't mean the left over little bits. My neighbour actually cleared the driveway in the first pass just using the leadfblower.. it was a backpack type thing. Of course some skill is required.. you have to aim strategically so it would blow back and 2 it is far enough so it won't melt.

The 3 lane 100m driveway was cleared under 15 minutes.

Or if you don't have a leaf blower, use a broom to sweep it away. I noticed when I was shovelling, my bumpy ass concrete was collecting a small layer of snow where the shovel wasn't making contact with the lowest point of the concrete. I figured once it melts and refreezes, it'll become slick so I just gave it a quick sweep with the broom to clear the snow away after shoveling.

[ilovebacon]

this guy is selling free salt that he got from the city... facepalm

[winson604]

old chinese people in east and south van try to steal the fucking salt out of my buddies Vancouver school board truck..

he said some people even went as far to opening the fucking cab doors looking inside for it..

Man being Chinese sometimes I'm quite embarrassed because we are probably the worst if not one of the worst when it comes to hoarding free shit. Some do it stealth styles but some have no fucking shame especially the older ones.

[jing]

There was the Alaskan ice melt stuff earlier today around 445pm at HD by Gilmore Station. Got there at a good time and waited around for about 20 minutes for them to unload the pallet etc. People showed some civility in lining up but once the lady cut open the bulk packaging everyone's inner primate revealed themselves. Not quite as savage as the American Black Friday videos but for something that isn't really a life or death situation it was surprising to see people's manners go out the window.

[xxxrsxxx]

Heads up. Terminal Home Depot has about 3 pallets left as of right now.

[Tapioca]

https://twitter.com/ParkBoard/status/816815209742405633

Trout Lake has officially been certified as safe for skating. Game on!

[fliptuner]

https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/pml/zip/5945959728.html

Free salt in MR.

[Harvey Specter]

:awwyeah:

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15822587_10157959080495175_1427095159219168430_n.j pg?oh=2e1073dc5f944289887dcc7cb412b1e4&oe=58D93591

[MG1]

https://twitter.com/ParkBoard/status/816815209742405633

Trout Lake has officially been certified as safe for skating. Game on!

RS mini meat hockey game?

[bobbinka]

someone should pretend to buy the salt from the CL guy, get his number, and then post a new ad on CL for free salt with his number.

[Akinari]

RS mini meat hockey game?
Down

[Gh0stRider]

We are snow clearing on Westwood pltateau right now. These cars buried in the snow LOL

[godwin]

Most of you probably now have some experience driving in ice / snow condition.. time to look into your car's traction system.

eg The first car I have that have modern contraction control is a BMW MZ3, it only retards throttle and pretty much it (since it is a manual). My latest car is a X6 and the traction control has evolved quite a bit, it now have steering, wheel, brake sensors, not to mention yaw, throttle, gearbox etc.

My point is since the winter driving condition will persist for another few weeks, it will be worth while to look into your particular traction control systems' details eg which sensors do your car has? and quirks in order to maximize the utility of the system. eg when you loose traction, you stop on the brake to get ABS kick in = freaking useless. You should have the intelligence to go a slow as condition allows in the first place.

There are certain cases where I think Traction control can be disabled for older cars.. ones that only retard throttle and lower gear shifts.. If you are reading this, you should know to be really gentle on the throttle, so I rather to have full authority rather than a delayed reaction.. However the modern your car is, the less likely you want to disable your traction control.

As I have said before, practice practice practice.. the Overflow lot at Coquitlam Central Centre (west of Rona) looks like a perfect place!! ;)

[godwin]

Oh apparently Fire Halls in Vancouver will have 2 more supplies of salt tomorrow morning and afternoon at 1pm

Was at the CT in Poco.. they say they won't be getting any more salt this season.

[adambomb]

West of Rona is Tunnex Automotive

[godwin]

It is a parking lot now right west of Rona ;):offtopic:

West of Rona is Tunnex Automotive

[Mr.Money]

people need to chill the fuck down at Fire Halls yelling about no salt...buy it you're self if you need it that bad.

[godwin]

However I was told by a cashier at HD that some guy laid on top of a pallet of salt to stop people from picking up bags of salt. (people did anyways) so that his wife can run and get a buggy to load up.:lawl:

Can you imagine when we have the "Big one" earthquake or the Zombie apocalypse?:awwyeah:

people need to chill the fuck down at Fire Halls yelling about no salt...buy it you're self if you need it that bad.

[Lomac]

Lower Mainland, you never cease to amaze me.

:facepalm:

I've only gone through one jug of Alaskan Melt so far this season and that's only because the sifter top popped loose and I dumped a bunch of salt on the ground by accident. I have a relatively large driveway (six car capacity, plus garage) that's on a 20* uphill angle. I bought studded tires specifically because of that angle and the lack of run up speed :lol Even so, people just need to learn how to clear snow properly. I also have a push shovel and a shoveling, er, shovel. Oh, and an actual spade shovel to help move the heavy crap when the plow blocks my driveway at 3am. No leaf blower, but my corn broom does wonder with powder snow.

[EvoLove]

Importing Ice melt from Prince George $20/Bag :troll:

[thumper]

Salt, fertilizer, kitty litter? What's best for defrosting icy sidewalks in a pinch - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/salt-fertilizer-kitty-litter-what-s-best-for-defrosting-icy-sidewalks-in-a-pinch-1.3921988)

[thumper]

https://twitter.com/CKNW/status/817020504691261441 https://twitter.com/MMadryga/status/817015372805210112

[winson604]

Oh apparently Fire Halls in Vancouver will have 2 more supplies of salt tomorrow morning and afternoon at 1pm

Was at the CT in Poco.. they say they won't be getting any more salt this season.

No times set, one in the AM one in the PM. It's literally 2 guys with 1 truck packing up a truckload then going to all 10 firehalls then loading up again and doing a 2nd loop which means times will differ at every single hall. At least that's the latest info I have.

[godwin]

That's one big unhelpful brush you and your friend is using to paint there!!

:noyoudidnt:

old chinese people in east and south van try to steal the fucking salt out of my buddies Vancouver school board truck..

he said some people even went as far to opening the fucking cab doors looking inside for it..

[fliptuner]

Cause old people would never do that. :pokerface:

Nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade.

[Gh0stRider]

https://s27.postimg.org/71tdwrear/IMG_20170104_223638.jpg

[604STIG]

To all the people fighting for and hoarding salt at the firehalls, you can just turn on the hose and use the water to melt the ice around your houses.

You can thank me later.:troll:

[fliptuner]

Are they getting towed to clear the road or for a bylaw infraction?

[saiko]

I noticed the entrance to our alleys have been graciously cleared. Not sure by who? (Burnaby by Highgate - Elwell St). Saw a guy on an ATV earlier but he was doing it for money I think.

City workers have been working really hard the last bit, each day more and more snow/ice is cleared. Quite thankful for that.

[thumper]

I noticed the entrance to our alleys have been graciously cleared. Not sure by who? (Burnaby by Highgate - Elwell St). Saw a guy on an ATV earlier but he was doing it for money I think.

City workers have been working really hard the last bit, each day more and more snow/ice is cleared. Quite thankful for that.

Stewie said several pages back the city of burnaby has hired private contractors to clear the back lanes for the garbage and recycling trucks to do their thing. i had a backhoe come and go last week and the garbage truck came, but no recycling :(

[winson604]

Mayhem at Vancouver fire halls as residents break the line for the free salt - BC | Globalnews.ca (http://globalnews.ca/news/3161889/following-salt-chaos-on-day-1-city-of-vancouver-to-hand-out-new-supply/)

[Hondaracer]

Lol that is soooo fucking GROSS!

Honestly I can put up with a lot of shit from people being rude ignorant fucks, even physical aggression, but shit like that is what gets me boiling the most. I'd be swinging elbows and ducking fists pretty quick if I was one waiting in line and everyone just fucking swarmed in front of me like that

[murd0c]

I didn't want to say it but I have to after seeing that video but its funny how you don't see a single white person going crazy and being rude like that...

[originalhypa]

Wow, I sure love living in a cultural mosaic.

[Hondaracer]

Lol the comments on the video

Chinese people stealing the salt like they steal all the homes!!!

[GLOW]

Lol the comments on the video

Chinese people stealing the salt like they steal all the homes!!!

non-chinese don't need to rush the line...they're salty enough already :troll: Kappa PJSalt

seriously though that's pretty bad/embarrassing

[Armind]

... and applying the salt like MSG :troll:

[SumAznGuy]

I didn't want to say it but I have to after seeing that video but its funny how you don't see a single white person going crazy and being rude like that...

Just cause they weren't shown fighting for salt, doesn't mean they weren't rude.
Safe to say, I am sure all races alike have their flaws.
Free salt frustrations in Vancouver | Watch News Videos Online (http://globalnews.ca/video/3161483/free-salt-frustrations)

[adambomb]

Fighting for free "salt", which is basically 90% sand. Attention millennial Chinese in Vancouver. Please don't be afraid to tell your elders what an embarrassment to society they are. :pokerface:

[fliptuner]

I should invest in sod and seed now cause there are going to be a lot of fucked up lawns in a few months.

[dbaz]

lets be honest.. who didnt see this coming?

[roopi]

As an Albertan I really hope there are some Salt Riots in Vancouver soon. :D

[604STIG]

After yesterdays debauchery what did Mayor Moonbeam think would actually happen differently today?
If you're gonna give the stuff out then plan to have a system in place that allows for some sort of distribution process, not a free-for-all mayhem. What an embarrassment.

[thumper]

has anyone noticed mayor moonbeam's absence? is he holidaying in the tropics somewhere?

back on topic:

https://twitter.com/EmilyLazatin980/status/817100182965755905

[Harvey Specter]

I was watching the news a couple nights ago and they showed a mini street cleaner cleaning the bike lanes and a a few seconds later they showed a clip from the seawall which was covered with ice and people slipping all over the place. Talk about priorities.

[AstulzerRZD]

I was watching the news a couple nights ago and they showed a mini street cleaner cleaning the bike lanes and a a few seconds later they showed a clip from the seawall which was covered with ice and people slipping all over the place. Talk about priorities.

That 0.5% Property Tax hike to deal with the Fentanyl crisis seems to be more important that snow clearing for the city.

[godwin]

For those looking for salt the CT near Ikea will have salt on Saturday.

Apparently each pallet has 56 bags.. they had 8 last time.

What I really don't understand is why the citizens think they have to rely on the city to supply salt. It is their own fault, they are not prepared.

Don't have salt and have inches of thick ice? That's too bad.. either hire someone or use your damn hair dryer.

[ImportPsycho]

I hope they know it's not edible. LOL

"hey grandma, salty fish taste funny today"

[godwin]

Don't forget urea ie piss is one of the ingredients of Alaskan Ice


Salt, fertilizer, kitty litter? What's best for defrosting icy sidewalks in a pinch - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/salt-fertilizer-kitty-litter-what-s-best-for-defrosting-icy-sidewalks-in-a-pinch-1.3921988)

[Gh0stRider]

Are they getting towed to clear the road or for a bylaw infraction?
Towed to clear the road. Technically they are in violation but trying to be nice and no formal complaints. More pics to come

[The_AK]

I'm just gonna buy several feet of tire chains on lay them out on my path, problem solved

[604STIG]

I'm just gonna buy several feet of tire chains on lay them out on my path, problem solved

In before people show up with buckets for the "free" tire chains that were laid out.:lawl:

[The_AK]

In before people show up with buckets for the "free" tire chains that were laid out.:lawl:

Solved that problem real quick

http://previews.123rf.com/images/galdzer/galdzer0907/galdzer090700274/5191491-The-lock-with-chain-The-lock-of-gold-color-closing-chain-Stock-Photo.jpg

[Hondaracer]

I was watching the news a couple nights ago and they showed a mini street cleaner cleaning the bike lanes and a a few seconds later they showed a clip from the seawall which was covered with ice and people slipping all over the place. Talk about priorities.

This was brought up on CBC radio and the host took the councilor in charge to task as to why it is. He had no good reason.

Mupltile people phoned in and said bike lanes were completely cleared around Olympic village, Stanley park, etc where the walking lanes right beside the bike lanes had been untouched

[supafamous]

I was watching the news a couple nights ago and they showed a mini street cleaner cleaning the bike lanes and a a few seconds later they showed a clip from the seawall which was covered with ice and people slipping all over the place. Talk about priorities.

I have also seen people bitching about the opposite in my FB feed - that the sidewalk was cleared and the bike lane wasn't. I think there's some serious cases of victim syndrome/confirmation bias happening.

[Ch28]

This was brought up on CBC radio and the host took the councilor in charge to task as to why it is. He had no good reason.

Mupltile people phoned in and said bike lanes were completely cleared around Olympic village, Stanley park, etc where the walking lanes right beside the bike lanes had been untouched

https://twitter.com/BradleyWattum/status/811648827769946113/

[Ch28]

This was brought up on CBC radio and the host took the councilor in charge to task as to why it is. He had no good reason.

Mupltile people phoned in and said bike lanes were completely cleared around Olympic village, Stanley park, etc where the walking lanes right beside the bike lanes had been untouched

https://twitter.com/BradleyWattum/status/811648827769946113/

[edit] Don't know why the Twitter embed isn't working anymore...

http://i.imgur.com/LwDSoJu.jpg

[trd2343]

Legal consequences of failing to clear your sidewalk of ice, snow - NEWS 1130 (http://www.news1130.com/2017/01/03/legal-consequences-failing-clear-sidewalk-ice-snow/)

Off topic, if anyone can chime in, if there's 2 tenants (families), one upstairs and one in basement, who's responsible for the sidewalk?

Would that fall back on the landlord since there's more than one tenant?

Thanks

[yray]

all that salt coming to a restaurant near you :troll:

[pastarocket]

Panic and chaos at some fire halls in Van city today. :facepalm:

Panic and chaos as free salt is handed out at some Vancouver fire halls - NEWS 1130 (http://www.news1130.com/2017/01/05/panic-chaos-free-salt-handed-vancouver-fire-halls/)

Free salt is now white gold, baby! :lawl:

It has been another chaotic day at some fire halls around Vancouver as people scrambled ahead of those in line to in order to snag some free salt being handed out by the city.

Yesterday, the offer caused people to take more than they were allowed, traffic tie-ups around the fire halls and, of course, frustration when the city ran out of what some are now calling ‘white gold.’

The City of Vancouver says there are two deliveries of salt to 10 fire halls and it’s asking those who need it to only take one small bucket’s worth — not two as previously stated or a garbage can full, like some may have hoped.

David waited for two hours at the fire hall on Prince Albert Street and he was left disappointed because he claims people jumped to the front of the line when the salt was dumped in the street. “I can imagine if this was an earthquake and we’re out of food and water and the United Nations delivered food — people would kill each other over that. Imagine that. This is only salt and people are just jumping in line.”

The confusion seemed to persist — many didn’t know where the line was, while others decided there was no line or order. “It’s like you throw a bunch of stuff out in the open and originally there was a line and then within 30 seconds everybody went crazy.”

[thumper]

unbelieveable.

i was only joking earlier about mayor moonbeam was on vacation, but cknw just said he's rumored to be in mexico with his gf right now.

and guess where our precious salt is barged in from?

mexico.

meh.

[Mr.HappySilp]

Salt doesn't really work in this weather/temp anymore. The sidewalks are all icy and the temp is below 0.

[The_AK]

Pour boiling hot water on your sidewalks

[Mr.HappySilp]

The city should use sand on the sidwalks. Is much better than salt at this point.

[godwin]

The city doesn't care who does it.. if you don't do it, they just give you a citation.. then everyone at the house is in trouble. If someone fell and sue well everyone will have to find lawyers.. BTW it is the occupants' responsibility not the landlord's.

It is your responsibility to figure out who is responsible to do chores. eg The city doesn't care who pays the city tax as long as someone pays it.

Off topic, if anyone can chime in, if there's 2 tenants (families), one upstairs and one in basement, who's responsible for the sidewalk?

Would that fall back on the landlord since there's more than one tenant?

Thanks

[godwin]

City should also give every Canadian a detached house while they are at it.

Sure City should clear sidewalks that don't have property in front it.. but if there are.. that's the job for the occupants / business.. if the city do it for them, they should bill them.

The city should use sand on the sidwalks. Is much better than salt at this point.

[godwin]

or pour diesel and light a match?

Pour boiling hot water on your sidewalks

[winson604]

Salt, fertilizer, kitty litter? What's best for defrosting icy sidewalks in a pinch - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/salt-fertilizer-kitty-litter-what-s-best-for-defrosting-icy-sidewalks-in-a-pinch-1.3921988)

[hi-revs]

The people in desperate need of salt right now are the same people saying, "i dont need to shovel the snow. Its Vancouver. It'll all melt by tomorrow".
I'm laughing at these idiots right now.

[ilovebacon]

Pour boiling hot water on your sidewalks

wouldnt that just turn it worst and create more ice?

[The_AK]

wouldnt that just turn it worst and create more ice?

http://oi54.tinypic.com/2emoot1.jpg

[godwin]

As I had mentioned a few pages ago.. piss works equally well.

Salt, fertilizer, kitty litter? What's best for defrosting icy sidewalks in a pinch - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/salt-fertilizer-kitty-litter-what-s-best-for-defrosting-icy-sidewalks-in-a-pinch-1.3921988)

[syee]

https://twitter.com/BradleyWattum/status/811648827769946113/

Wow. People in this city continue to amaze me. Bike path is clear...well...walk on the bike path? Maybe learn to share the path instead of bitching about the city not doing duplicate work clearing TWO paths going to the same place.

[Hondaracer]

People gonna be raging with you walking on their bike paths.

[Gumby]

Off topic, if anyone can chime in, if there's 2 tenants (families), one upstairs and one in basement, who's responsible for the sidewalk?

Would that fall back on the landlord since there's more than one tenant?

Thanks
Depends - are you the tenant living upstairs, in the basement, or the landlord? :troll:

[pastarocket]

I didn't want to say it but I have to after seeing that video but its funny how you don't see a single white person going crazy and being rude like that...


As a CBC, I would yell at a Chinese elder for being so rude, selfish, and greedy, in no particular order, if I saw a group of them lining up in front of a fire hall with 3, 4, or 5 empty buckets each.


It's salt, people! They treat it like white gold! :facepalm:

Shame on those elders! They make us CBC look bad! :mad:

Who said that you need to respect your elders??? Fuck that. Some of them are terrible role models!

My daily rant of the day. The Canucks are on a winning streak so I'm directing my wrath at some Chinese elders instead of towards the team. :troll:

[fliptuner]

or pour diesel and light a match?

That would be a waste of diesel since nothing would happen lol.

[Hondaracer]

If there's ever an earthquake here and they need to give out food and supplies they better have rubber bullets and tear gas ready

[jeedee]

Walmart Burnaby getting 3 pallets of salt if yall still need

3rd pallet at 7am-8am tomorrow morning for the last pallet

Limit of 4/customer

[fliptuner]

If there's ever an earthquake here and they need to give out food and supplies they better have rubber bullets and tear gas ready

Shouldn't be a problem if it's winter. :troll:

[IMASA]

Apparently Richmond started offering salt to its residents. My mom called me to say she was going to get some and wanted me to go get some for her as well. I refused, told her to behave herself and that I didn't want to see her on tonight's news.

Richmond Works Yard
5500 Lynas Lane

Can't find any info online, but 2 ppl have told me they're giving away salt here.

[Harvey Specter]

Raiding the salt reminds me when idiots from here were going to Bellingham a few years ago and raiding their milk. :pokerface:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea76Mqa_nxw

[Ch28]

It was in the Metro paper this morning that cops had to be called to 2 firehall locations yesterday during the free salt because people got physical and tried starting shit

Fucking ridiculous

[The_AK]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QLSViytsl0



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[MG1]

Nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade.

Except, shovelling snow with a spade is awkward. :troll:

[freakshow]

The Richmond salt giveaway is going to be a bunch of people fighting over free salt while wearing Canada Goose jackets..

[trd2343]

The city doesn't care who does it.. if you don't do it, they just give you a citation.. then everyone at the house is in trouble. If someone fell and sue well everyone will have to find lawyers.. BTW it is the occupants' responsibility not the landlord's.

It is your responsibility to figure out who is responsible to do chores. eg The city doesn't care who pays the city tax as long as someone pays it.

I'm asking as a landlord myself. Just trying to figure out how to convey the responsibilities to the tenant. The tenant on the main floor have entrances in the front and back of the house, the tenant in the basement have entrance only at the back. It would seem it would make more sense to ask the tenant on the main floor to clear the sidewalk, but I'm not sure if they're happy that they are the only one asked to do it.

[Hondaracer]

The Richmond salt giveaway is going to be a bunch of people fighting over free salt while wearing Canada Goose jackets..

Then hop back in the X5 and hit up the food bank on the way home

[Ch28]

Then hop back in the X5 and hit up the food bank on the way home

http://i.imgur.com/wFK4r1K.gif

[ilovebacon]

https://www.facebook.com/GlobalBC/videos/10154816592287808/

[coneZONE]

I'm asking as a landlord myself. Just trying to figure out how to convey the responsibilities to the tenant. The tenant on the main floor have entrances in the front and back of the house, the tenant in the basement have entrance only at the back. It would seem it would make more sense to ask the tenant on the main floor to clear the sidewalk, but I'm not sure if they're happy that they are the only one asked to do it.

I would let them both know that it is all of their responsibilities to clear the walkways, then it's up to them to tag team or take turns or rock-paper-scissors, whatever. IMO if you specifically delegate one person to do it, then it's all on you if they get upset. If you tell both of them, then they have to decide between each other. They are cool with each other, right?

[Gh0stRider]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Bsr3ZPvKU

[SSM_DC5]

I'm asking as a landlord myself. Just trying to figure out how to convey the responsibilities to the tenant. The tenant on the main floor have entrances in the front and back of the house, the tenant in the basement have entrance only at the back. It would seem it would make more sense to ask the tenant on the main floor to clear the sidewalk, but I'm not sure if they're happy that they are the only one asked to do it.

adding to what cone275 said.
Tell both tenants it's their responsibility and not the landlords (assuming you don't live there). That way, if there's issues with the city or someone else, you can blame both tenants instead of just 1 :lawl: :fullofwin:

And just because the downstairs tenant's entrance is in the back, doesn't mean they don't use the sidewalk.

[JSALES]

Did anyone see on Global News how most of the Shaughnessy area sidewalks are still not shovelled and when they interviewed the homeowners they were young Asians and most had stupid excuses lol

[EmperorIS]

Did anyone see on Global News how most of the Shaughnessy area sidewalks are still not shovelled and when they interviewed the homeowners they were young Asians and most had stupid excuses lol


Shaughessy?s icy sidewalks are a serious matter | Watch News Videos Online (http://globalnews.ca/video/3163926/shaughessys-icy-sidewalks-are-a-serious-matter)

[Timewav3zer0]

good thing i live on the east side and don't have sidewalks :awwyeah:

[JSALES]

Shaughessy?s icy sidewalks are a serious matter | Watch News Videos Online (http://globalnews.ca/video/3163926/shaughessys-icy-sidewalks-are-a-serious-matter)

Yeah that was the one

[Euro7r]

Whomever lives near me is lucky. I shovel the alley too haha. My car is low with a front lip, can't make it through if the snow on the median is too high, so I just shovel everything in the alley out of the way =P

[N.V.M.]

Asians seem to be causing issues in this thread. Hmmmm.

[EmperorIS]

its always funnier when Asians are shamed... theres just more embarrassment to it.

[Ch28]

its always funnier when Asians are shamed... theres just more embarrassment to it.

It's because we know a certain segment of the asian (mostly chinese) population have no shame whatsoever

[Gh0stRider]

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[Mr.HappySilp]

Shaughessy?s icy sidewalks are a serious matter | Watch News Videos Online (http://globalnews.ca/video/3163926/shaughessys-icy-sidewalks-are-a-serious-matter)

LOL both the men and women said "is too icy to shovel: WELL THAT COZ YOU LEFT IT FOR DAYS! If you shovel it within a few hours or even a day it wouldn't be so icy. They are just lazy. Since the gov won't actually fine then what can you do? Maybe the RS crew should go to their house and fell on their sidewalks. I am sure we all could sue them for some money.

[Ch28]

LOL both the men and women said "is too icy to shovel: WELL THAT COZ YOU LEFT IT FOR DAYS! If you shovel it within a few hours or even a day it wouldn't be so icy. They are just lazy. Since the gov won't actually fine then what can you do? Maybe the RS crew should go to their house and fell on their sidewalks. I am sure we all could sue them for some money.

Just dump water all over their backyard walkways. Guaranteed these people just do the walk from their backdoor to their car and don't even walk in the front.

[godwin]

Honestly CoV is so worried about empty houses? Go rent the Google Streetview camera, drive around the city and see who has snow piled up miles high.. then you can narrow down which house is empty..

None of this stupid passive agressive self reporting or snitching on neighbours bs.

It is not the fault of Mr Robertson per se, but leadership sets the tone of the administration (guess why people are afraid of Donald Trump becomes the President of the US?).. in the end the bucks stops with him. I am glad the election is happening soon.

And yes it won't catch empty condos/ town hosues but those are in good supply (and maybe a bubble) anyways.

[Gh0stRider]

Desperate to melt the ice? Don't use beach sand, says Vancouver - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-sand-ice-melt-1.3923604)

[Teriyaki]

Desperate to melt the ice? Don't use beach sand, says Vancouver - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-sand-ice-melt-1.3923604)

LOLLL. Sends all her kids to private school. Drags them out to scavenge for sand at a beach.:lawl:

[GLOW]

Wow. People in this city continue to amaze me. Bike path is clear...well...walk on the bike path? Maybe learn to share the path instead of bitching about the city not doing duplicate work clearing TWO paths going to the same place.

People gonna be raging with you walking on their bike paths.

he must have never walked across a bike lane before :lol

[tegra7]

Wheres the snow at :yuno:

[minoru_tanaka]

It's because we know a certain segment of the asian (mostly chinese) population have no shame whatsoever

The best part is those old chinese scrambling for salt, they all used to be starving peasant rice farmers growing up during the commie revolution, once they have the salt, even though it's free, they're too cheap to use it.

LOLLL. Sends all her kids to private school. Drags them out to scavenge for sand at a beach.:lawl:

Look at these white people. Have they no shame????

http://www.troll.me/images/cheeky-michael-scott/cheeky-michael-scott.jpg

[Nlkko]

These salt hoarders, probably tell their whole family to line up, each with 1 bucket. :lawl:

[pb.kidz]

Where can I get my 15" snow tires mounted on rims for cheap in Vancouver ?

[DA9ve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYchXGGweVo "thank you"

[tegra7]

Where can I get my 15" snow tires mounted on rims for cheap in Vancouver ?

Not local but, National tire on river road delta.

[godwin]

Looks like they work at a restaurant.. (which I think fair to take salt).. The buckets are not HD variety but ones for soy sauces and the like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYchXGGweVo "thank you"

[trd2343]

I would let them both know that it is all of their responsibilities to clear the walkways, then it's up to them to tag team or take turns or rock-paper-scissors, whatever. IMO if you specifically delegate one person to do it, then it's all on you if they get upset. If you tell both of them, then they have to decide between each other. They are cool with each other, right?

I did some searching, and actually, I'm not quite sure if it's really the tenants' responsibility, at least in a multi-unit complex (house)

Policy Guidelines Listed Alphabetically - Province of British Columbia (http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies/tools-and-resources/policy-guidelines/policy-guidelines-listed-alphabetically)

Landlord & Tenant – Responsibility for Residential Premises

The landlord is responsible for cutting grass, shovelling snow and weeding flower
beds and gardens of multi-unit residential complexes and common areas of
manufactured home parks.

I'm assuming here that a "multi-unit residential complex" also refers to a house with more than one tenant (family)

This document was from 2004.

[godwin]

The hourly report on the Weather Network is usually pretty accurate.. it seems <1 cm for most of the night.

Remember because of the data and computing resources we have.. we don't have that accurate weather forecast outside 3 days.. (or you can check the EU ones which is good for 5 days because they use more data).

Since it will be sub zero again tomorrow.. there is no need to lay down salt if you are early to clear snow. You don't want the snow to melt and refreeze, and just throw the snow to the side with your shovel tomorrow.. easy peasy. For those who have ice problems.. work on it during the day after the sun has been on the ice for a while, since the ice melt underneath you will have a easier time breaking them up.

Can we have a sticky on salt availability? I told my friends and they managed to get some from Burnaby Walmart.

Wheres the snow at :yuno:

[godwin]

I thought the multi unit complex has to be a strata. Most houses that rent out basements are not stratas.

I did some searching, and actually, I'm not quite sure if it's really the tenants' responsibility, at least in a multi-unit complex (house)

Policy Guidelines Listed Alphabetically - Province of British Columbia (http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies/tools-and-resources/policy-guidelines/policy-guidelines-listed-alphabetically)

Landlord & Tenant – Responsibility for Residential Premises



I'm assuming here that a "multi-unit residential complex" also refers to a house with more than one tenant (family)

This document was from 2004.

[Gumby]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYchXGGweVo "thank you"
The free salt was supposed to be available starting at 9am... that looks awfully dark for 9am!! :flamemad:

[roastpuff]

Where can I get my 15" snow tires mounted on rims for cheap in Vancouver ?

Costco $15/tire.

[jeedee]

Burnaby Walmart will have a whole pallet of salt at 7am tomorrow morning

[ilovebacon]

i think one bucket is already enough for each family. even though I'm Chinese, most Chinese people are not desperate they're just greedy..

[winson604]

Greed, lack of knowledge of how to use salt, laziness and selfishness when it came to shoveling, media hyping up the outage of salt just to name a few things that have made it what it is.

Really nobody needs that much salt like fucking seriously I've only used maybe 2-3 lbs worth all winter but that's because myself or my parents in law shovel early. oh humanity we're so screwed when the earthquake comes, I've got my guns and extra ammo ready already though.

[Mike Oxbig]

ive only used 3kg so far this winter, bought a 10kg bag back in the days before this free salt bullshit


4 BUCKETS!!!! :fuckthatshit:

[Mike Oxbig]

it is worth about $1.09 per kg in stores

[The_AK]

Welp, looks like disaster has been averted

[HonestTea]

Not a flurry in sight..

[JSALES]

There were a bit of flurries in Vancouver/Burnaby when I left for work this morning

[thumper]

flurries in north bby starting to stick but not that much... will this get worse towards the afternoon?

[Ch28]

flurries in north bby starting to stick but not that much... will this get worse towards the afternoon?

According to weather.gc.ca

"Periods of snow ending this afternoon then cloudy. Amount 2 to 4 cm except 5 cm near the North Shore. High plus 3 except zero inland."

[stewie]

I did some searching, and actually, I'm not quite sure if it's really the tenants' responsibility, at least in a multi-unit complex (house)

Policy Guidelines Listed Alphabetically - Province of British Columbia (http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies/tools-and-resources/policy-guidelines/policy-guidelines-listed-alphabetically)

Landlord & Tenant – Responsibility for Residential Premises



I'm assuming here that a "multi-unit residential complex" also refers to a house with more than one tenant (family)

This document was from 2004.


One of my coworkers is a bylaw officer and I had this same question last week that I asked him. He said it's a grey area, unless it has been stated in the lease that the tenant will be the ones responsible for cutting grass and keeping side walks clear then they'd have no incentive to go and do it themselves. After listening to him go on for a while he finally said he'd consider the landlord to be the responsible one.
I shovel my front sidewalk (only one on my block) and have the back lane cleared just in front of my driveway.
http://www.bacasafety.com/img/cache/GMCTCPB-450-450.jpg
I used the chisel end of one of these style bars and it's a very heavy bar. All I needed to do was stab it on the ice and it would crack it. After a couple hundred stabs I had cleared the entire lane way. a few houses down from me there was an asian man and his wife watching me go at it. He saw the end result and the next day he had what looked like a brand new axe that he was swinging into the ice on the ground.

[Ch28]

One of my coworkers is a bylaw officer and I had this same question last week that I asked him. He said it's a grey area, unless it has been stated in the lease that the tenant will be the ones responsible for cutting grass and keeping side walks clear then they'd have no incentive to go and do it themselves. After listening to him go on for a while he finally said he'd consider the landlord to be the responsible one.
I shovel my front sidewalk (only one on my block) and have the back lane cleared just in front of my driveway.
http://www.bacasafety.com/img/cache/GMCTCPB-450-450.jpg
I used the chisel end of one of these style bars and it's a very heavy bar. All I needed to do was stab it on the ice and it would crack it. After a couple hundred stabs I had cleared the entire lane way. a few houses down from me there was an asian man and his wife watching me go at it. He saw the end result and the next day he had what looked like a brand new axe that he was swinging into the ice on the ground.

Where'd you pick up something like that?

[Zedbra]

Just woke up to 3" of snow in Squamish and still dumping hard

[supafamous]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5mdamy/never_forget_how_raleigh_nc_handled_25_of_snow/

And people complain that Vancouver can't handle a bit of snow.

[stewie]

Where'd you pick up something like that?

60 in. Lining Pry Bar | Princess Auto (http://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/60-in-lining-pry-bar/A-p8277295e)

More or less the same as mine. Mines a 6' bar that's quite heavy. They come in different weights, the bigger it is the more tiring it'll be to lift and stab but it'll be a lot easier than using a tiny little narrow one that only weighs 5lbs.
Stab the ground all over with the chisel, lay the chisel on an angle on a piece of the asphalt and just keep pushing it forwards and it'll split the ice up to the point where you can take a shovel and easily scoop it up and toss it to the side.

edit:

I asked my shop stores dept where Burnaby orders ours from and it's a place in Vancouver called Micon

http://www.miconproducts.com/scaling_bars.html
last one on their list - digging bars

[The_AK]

/throws summer tires back on

[R&R]

It's starting to snow in rmd

[murd0c]

Where'd you pick up something like that?

I bought a bar just like that a couple weeks ago to pull up my kitchen floor (didn't work) from Rona and it was about $40.00. I didn't think about using it to chip up my driveway ice until now.

[SpeedStars]

No snow in central Richmond...:okay:

[racerman88]

Where can I get my 15" snow tires mounted on rims for cheap in Vancouver ?



That's going to be a tough one given that you want to do it now.
Have you tried calling around?
Maybe Costco?


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[winson604]

That's going to be a tough one given that you want to do it now.
Have you tried calling around?
Maybe Costco?


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Ditto, I was at Costco a couple days ago and the tire department was still busy as hell. Likely to be the same at other places like Kal Tire etc but then again if you can find a place with stock you could get a garage to install them since they are not as busy.

[badgerx3]

Some patches of blue sky appearing in East Van :lawl:

[westopher]

I can't believe what a little snow does to this city. From people ready to kill each other for a bag of free fucking salt, to the people acting like they were personally molested by their neighbour due to ice on their sidewalk....
This city is full of fucking idiots.

[MG1]

RS is a car club. Wouldn't it be great if somehow we were able to order salt and shovels for our members? I get emails from Global Industrial and they have salt and shovels in stock. Not for long, probably. Anyway, probably a logistical nightmare, but not impossible. Members place orders, RS charges a nominal fee which gets donated to a worthy charity and to cover costs. Members pick up their orders in a civilized manner at a sponsors' place of business. In a perfect world, of course.

[MG1]

Some patches of blue sky appearing in East Van :lawl:

Makes sense, I broke down and decided to get Nokians this morning for the ILX that has been hibernating. The truck is nice and whatnot, but not very fuel efficient.

Dad borrowing son's EV isn't cool, either.

It'll probably not snow for the rest of the year. Kind of like washing the car and it starts to rain within a few hours, lol.

Sitting at Kal Tire, bored out of my gourd. RS helping kill time........

[twitchyzero]

I can't believe what a little snow does to this city. From people ready to kill each other for a bag of free fucking salt, to the people acting like they were personally molested by their neighbour due to ice on their sidewalk....
This city is full of fucking idiots.

I was hoping we'd be more civil like the fort mac fire last year and less like American Black Friday videos
looks like we may be more on the latter side of the spectrum when it comes to aid

[7seven]

I was hoping we'd be more civil like the fort mac fire last year and less like American Black Friday videos
looks like we may be more on the latter side of the spectrum when it comes to aid

This is why everyone should have their own go bag and emergency kits ready for a potential natural disaster. When that hits Vancouver, the whole city will be a shit show, so make sure you have your own supplies on hand.

[whitev70r]

Makes sense, I broke down and decided to get Nokians this morning for the ILX that has been hibernating. The truck is nice and whatnot, but not very fuel efficient.

Sitting at Kal Tire, bored out of my gourd. RS helping kill time........

I'll help a bit with your boredom, going with snow or all-weather WRG3?

[MG1]

All weather. Saves from buying new rims and TPMS sensors. I now have a set of OEM tires with 26000 km on them. Potato garden in spring, lol.

[thumper]

It'll probably not snow for the rest of the year. Kind of like washing the car and it starts to rain within a few hours, lol.


the old man could be right about no more snow...? unless higher terrain:

British Columbia Long Range Weather Forecast | Farmers' Almanac (http://farmersalmanac.com/long-range-weather-forecast/british-columbia/)

[roastpuff]

I broke down and finally installed my Blizzak DM-V2s on the truck. It already had KO2s on it, but the KO2s don't do so well on ice. Great in slush, soft snow and packed snow though!

Have to buy a 3 ton or better jack, I paid a tire shop to do the seasonal changeover this time. Last year I did it with borrowed tools but moved away from the friend who has the big jack for the truck.

[GLOW]

All weather. Saves from buying new rims and TPMS sensors. I now have a set of OEM tires with 26000 km on them. Potato garden in spring, lol.

does costco sell an all-weather tire? google could not answer this for me so i'm thinking no.

[unit]

presumably all weather is a little softer than all seasons so they might wear quicker?
any real downsides to using them year round?

[Sid Vicious]

the snow and weather demonstrate how easily a totalitarian dictatorship could easily take hold even in a society we consider to be civilized.

even a minor inconvenience is enough to send people fighting and harassing each other over resources, and people are reporting each other to the gov't over minor things like not clearing your walk

imagine if a real disaster or calamity struck lol

[320icar]

does costco sell an all-weather tire? google could not answer this for me so i'm thinking no.

We sure don't. We do not like the idea of doing things half asses to be honest. An all weather is okay in everything, but good at nothing. A dedicated snow tire would kick its ass.

[boibuddha]

All weather tires typically have all season tread patterns with extra siping but use winter tire compound.
They are aimed at people who do not drive their cars often enough to justify buying two sets of tires (<10k per year)
There should not be any downside to the all weather tires as long as your car is an appliance and not a weekend toy.

[JSALES]

On my way home from work today, saw some guy using a propane torch to get rid of all the ice on his front sidewalk

[thumper]

https://twitter.com/CityofVancouver/status/817463646276165633


and while we were on the topic of people too lazy to clear their sidewalks and driveways before it froze... we have this:

https://twitter.com/SurreyRCMP/status/817453582660366337