Weeds and their roots die at over 100°C. No chemicals.
Our custom 400,000 BTU saturated-steam unit kills weeds and their roots with superheated water vapour — nothing applied to your property but steam. Safe for kids, pets and pollinators the moment the surface cools, and effective in the joints, beds and edges where nothing else works cleanly.
Wilting in minutes. Dead in days.
Same spot, one treatment. Saturated steam penetrates the plant and collapses it from the leaf down through the root crown — which is why the weed browns off instead of bouncing back the way it does after trimming.
Four places where steam is the right tool.
Interlock joints, patios & driveways →
Joint weeds cooked in place before restoration work begins. Steam does the killing; the re-sanded, compacted joint afterwards is what denies the next generation a place to root.
Garden beds & mulched areas →
Weeds wilt within minutes and brown off over days — without disturbing the mulch, the soil, or the plants you want to keep. No spray drift, because there is no spray.
Walkways, curbs & edges →
The cracks and edges where string trimmers tear and chemicals used to go. Saturated steam reaches into the gap and takes the root crown with it.
Whole-lawn termination — before a Restart →
When a lawn is too far gone to save, steam terminates the old turf and weeds chemical-free — clean ground for the new lawn, with no waiting period the way a herbicide would demand.
400,000 BTU, verified at the gauge.
The custom-built unit generates commercial volumes of saturated steam at over 100°C — enough heat, delivered fast enough, to take a root crown with the leaf instead of just scorching the surface. Temperature is verified at the gauge on every job.
It's the same reason we run a 24-inch Aeraseeder and commercial surface cleaners: purpose-built tools change what "done properly" means.
Common questions.
Is it really safe for kids, pets and pollinators?
Yes — immediately. The only thing applied to your property is water, as saturated steam at over 100°C. The moment the surface cools, which takes minutes, there's nothing to keep anyone off the lawn or patio. No re-entry intervals, no residue, no drift.
Does steam kill the roots, or just the leaves?
Saturated steam collapses the plant from the leaf down through the root crown — that is what separates it from string trimming, which leaves the root alive to push regrowth in days. You see the weed wilt within minutes and brown off over the following days.
Will weeds ever come back?
The treated weed dies, but no chemical-free method sterilizes the soil's seed bank. New seedlings that germinate later are shallow-rooted and quick to treat. On interlock, the real long-term defence is the restoration itself — weeds mechanically removed, then fresh polymeric sand compacted into a locked joint that gives seeds nowhere to root.
How is this different from what lawn companies spray?
Ontario banned cosmetic pesticides in 2009. Steam isn't a workaround — it's a better tool for the job: it kills on contact, works in any weather warm enough to grow weeds, and leaves nothing behind but water.
What does it cost?
Steam work is priced by area and access. Most of it is quoted as part of a larger job: for interlock and garden beds, the free on-site assessment covers it; for lawn renovations, it's priced into the plan we agree in advance. Get in touch and we'll look at what you're dealing with.