I wonder if you may be refering to rehydrated deicing fluid refreezing in control surface hinges and the like. This can, potentially, restrict the movement of the control surfaces but with powered flying controls it would likely be unnoticeable in the flight deck.
Control column force will vary by type and airspeed, dynamic pressure feedback, but there is a maximum force allowable by certification.
At a rough guess I would say most types I have flown would be somewhere up to 75 pounds of force required to achieve full back stick. But I reiterate that that is a guess.