Safety is our top priority. With our extensive winter maintenance solutions, we help keep your commercial properties, industrial sites, and public spaces safe and accessible throughout the season.
We have many years' experience providing winter maintenance solutions for a wide range of clients. During this time, we’ve built strong partnerships with local businesses, healthcare providers, property management companies, and industrial and retail parks throughout the North East of England.
At North East Gritters, we specialise in providing comprehensive winter maintenance services designed to ensure your business remains safe, accessible, and operational regardless of weather conditions.
From professional gritting services and reactive snow clearance to pathway de-icing and road maintenance, our proactive winter strategies are tailored to your specific needs. Our services are ideal for commercial properties, industrial sites, and retail parks.
A key part of our success lies in our proactive winter maintenance strategy. With advanced weather forecasting and monitoring capabilities, we stay ahead of changing conditions, enabling us to respond swiftly and efficiently. Additionally, our live reporting system keeps you updated on all completed tasks, ensuring you’re always informed about the status of our gritting, snow removal, and other services.
Our winter maintenance services are designed to cover all aspects of your site’s winter safety, including:
Road and car park gritting: Prevent ice and snow build-up with our expert gritting services, ensuring safe and accessible routes.
Reactive snow clearance: Quickly and effectively clear snow from car parks, driveways, and pathways to maintain safety.
We provide a winter gritting service tailored to your site and needs, whether you are looking for a proactive approach or a more automated service.
Our two main service levels are:
Automatic Service
Your site will be automatically gritted when road surface temperatures at your site are forecasted to fall below zero degrees or ice/snow is forecasted.
Permission Service
You are contacted with the forecast and you can then decide if you would like your site to be gritted.
When harsh snowy winter conditions hit, rely on our snow clearance services to keep your site clear, safe and operational.
We can provide an on-demand service or an automatic snow removal service for proactive winter site management.
Being a local provider we are able to respond promptly to your site and offer our full range of snow removal services covering the North East.
Our bespoke in-house built online Winter Portal thoroughly documents each visit with on site off site times, fully GPS vehicle tracking and photos as evidence for the safety and records for you.
In a time when legal challenges are easily made, it's crucial to minimise risks to your staff, visitors, and customers as mandated by the HSE 1992 Act and the HSE 2005 Act on Preventing Slips & Trips at Work.
We offer other services on top of our core winter maintenance.
Stay prepared for winter with site-specific weather forecasts, helping you plan and us to respond effectively.
We can provide and maintain grit bins on your premises installed at a location of your choosing.
Whether you require single bags of salt or larger bulk bags, we can supply you with salt throughout the winter.
A winter maintenance contract with North East Gritters ensures your property remains safe and functional during the colder months. It includes responsive gritting, GPS-tracked vehicles, and an online portal with all your data. We keep your grounds gritted, with snow clearance available upon request.
Gritting is crucial for ensuring safety and accessibility in icy and snowy conditions. It helps to prevent accidents, maintain access to properties, and allow daily activities to continue smoothly during winter weather.
We grit in the evening as it is typically more convenient for our clients. Evening gritting, based on the weather forecast, ensures that the ground is prepared for staff arrival the next day.
Our services cover the North East of England, areas such as Tyne & Wear, Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire.
If you need our services in a different area, please contact us. We will explore the possibility of accommodating your request or provide alternative solutions.
Here’s an overview of the sectors we cover:
After gritting is completed, we will send you a Service Completion Report. This report provides assurance that your site is safe and fully prepared for any icy weather conditions.
North East Gritters use weather forecasts and real-time monitoring to determine the best timing for gritting operations. We receive a daily 24-hour forecast from our weather provider, which helps us decide which sites require service for that night. Sites are activated for gritting when the Road Surface Temperature (RST) is forecasted to be 0°C or below.
North East Gritters will collaborate with you to create and agree on a gritting plan. Using our professional mapping software, we will identify all areas that require service, including access roads and pathways.
Yes, North East Gritters provides comprehensive insurance coverage. While no company can completely remove liability from site owners, we can offer substantial protection. North East Gritters ensures all necessary insurances and fully auditable processes and procedures are in place to safeguard against liability.
If you require winter maintenance for your site, you can call us on 0191 300 2426 or email us. We can assess your needs and provide a tailored plan to suit you.
From day 1 this company has been very punctual with delivering a gritting service to our business centre. Daily weather updates, with the option to add a gritting service for that day is great and not a pushy company. Definitely recommend.
Since North East Gritters took over the site gritting I have had no complaints regarding slippery paths or roads. Every time we have a risk North East Gritters have attended site automatically and ensured we have a safe workplace in the morning.
North East Gritters have looked after the gritting of our premises for 3 seasons now. They provide an excellent, friendly & reliable service.
Our gritting teams are available 24/7 to respond to any emergency gritting service needs, ensuring your premises are always safe and accessible throughout the winter.
As a local business, we offer competitive pricing for our gritting services without compromising quality - regardless of the size of your site.
We provide peace of mind by fully documenting all visits. We handle everything to keep your site safe in winter, so you can focus on your core business.
