The Post-Season Walkthrough: What to Check Before Your Snow Contractor Disappears for the Summer
July 20, 2024 · JRW Services LLC
The last plowable storm isn't the end of the snow season. The walkthrough is. Here's what to look at with your contractor before everyone forgets the winter happened.
Walk the edges
Plow damage lives at the edges: gouged turf, shifted curb blocks, cracked parking stops, bent sign posts. Walk the perimeter of every plowed area while the marks are fresh and photograph anything questionable. A contractor who staked and photographed the property in the fall can settle these in minutes. That's why we do it.
Check the drains
Snow piles melt, and everything they collected all winter (sand, salt, trash, gravel) heads for the nearest catch basin. Confirm inlets are clear now, before the first big spring rain finds out for you.
Look at what the salt did
Concrete spalling near entrances, burned turf strips along walkways, white residue on pavers. Some of this is cosmetic, some is a material choice worth changing next season. This is the conversation where "switch the entrances to calcium blend" happens.
Close out the paperwork
Collect the season's service logs and event reports into one file while the contractor still has them handy. If a slip claim surfaces in June for a January storm, and they do, that file is the whole defense.
Renew or rebid while you have leverage
Spring is when you know exactly how your contractor performed and they know you have all summer to replace them. Renewal pricing is honest in April. It gets less honest as the leaves fall.
Our seasonal contracts end with this walkthrough, documented, with anything that's on us fixed by us. What a seasonal snow management agreement covers start to finish is on its own page. If your current contractor's season just quietly ends with the last storm, you're missing the part that protects you.
Looking for a contractor that is prepared for the worst?
That is the whole way we run. Fill out the form or call (973) 459-0074, and we will walk your property and build the plan before the first storm.