Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Shutterstock / Soho A Studio Credit: Shutterstock / Soho A Studio It's hard to ever feel fully prepared for a winter ...

Here are five household items that can help melt snow and ice—and keep you safe on slippery sidewalks and driveways.

Clearing the snow off your porch, driveway or parking spot may get difficult if you didn't stock up on all the rock salt needed to melt the snow. Luckily, traditional rock salt isn't the only thing ...

Rock salt a popular ice-melting materials option; it's budget friendly and completely natural (though it may be treated or enhanced with dyes and other chemicals like magnesium chloride). It's also ...

Winter can throw all sorts of extreme weather our way, from blizzards to ice storms and more, posing a maintenance headache for homeowners. Of course, we’d always like to be prepared to tackle snow ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Ahead of winter weather, property owners will likely reach for the most popular and least expensive de-icing product on the market: rock salt. But extremely cold temperatures ...