What are some safer, yet still effective, alternatives to rock salt to help melt snow around your house?

You are right to be concerned about using rock salt around your house. It may corrode anything it touches!





Every home-improvement store (and general store, and hardware store) has salt-free snow-melt products prominently displayed during the correct season.





Some brands? SubZero; Magic Salt; Safer Than Salt.... I have even used hot sand to melt snow and ice around my house.What are some safer, yet still effective, alternatives to rock salt to help melt snow around your house?
Some use kitty litter.What are some safer, yet still effective, alternatives to rock salt to help melt snow around your house?
Cheap kitty litter is good for ice. Even if it snows or freezes again, the kitty litter (clay type) will still give you traction.
Go to Wal-Mart and use Melt away. It is environmentally safe. It will not kill the grass and the dogs/cats or my ducks will be harmed from it.
Heating coils installed under the pavement.





A blow torch





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