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Posted By Shane J
Is there a site with information on methods and materials that could be used to create an 8 meter non-slip walkway on decking?
Does anyone know of any practical solutions.
The solution should preferably be long lasting.
Thanks
Shane.
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Posted By Chris Jerman
Shane, any reason why your decking would be slippery?
Bit more info perhaps.
Type of decking - wooden or plastic?
Presumably it's outside?
Slippery only with water - or something else?
Cleaning regime applied?
Particular environemtnal issues?
Amount and type of traffic?
etc.
Solutions really do depend on the nature of the problem.
Chris
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Posted By Shane J
It's that grooved type of decking and can be slippery when icy or wet.
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Posted By Stephen D. Clarke
My experience of wooden decking at home is that it is incredibly slippery when wet but I haven't come up with any answers as yet.
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Posted By Shane J
to be exact it's wooden grooved decking to which some anti fungal solution has been applied but this doesn't stop it from being slippery in wet conditions.
It's on a walkway to a car showroom. Outside. In Ireland.
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Posted By Liz Bennett
Sand works in the short term. This might mean that you could glue sand on for a longer term solution. CIRIA have a document on slips that I believe you can download from their website.
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Posted By Shane J
thanks liz, I'll look into it.
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Posted By Chris Packham
You could try the non-slip deck paint used on yachts and boats. This contains a fine granule (sand usually)which is held in place by the paint. If paint would spoil appearance you can also get non-slip varnish. You'll find these at any boat chandlers.
Chris
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Posted By Ken Taylor
Alan Titchmarsh and Tommy Walsh have a lot to answer for.
In addition to the suggestions above, you can also get metal plates with a hard, durable and rough ant-slip surface that can be screwed down into the decking. The self-adhesive 'sandpaper' type don't last - particularly with grooved decking.
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Posted By Chris Jerman
The difficulty is the grooves. Self adhesive cleats are very good and will work outside. The problem with grooves is that the surface contact area is more than halved so nothing will stick. What is effective, but less sightly is mesh. We use outside grade plastic coated fine guage chicken wire stapled (that's proper staples not one for fastening paper together) to the deck. It gives superb grip under most conditions.
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Posted By BB
Regular pressure washing helps immensely.
Also there are some proprietry decking cleaning solutions out there that do exactly what they say on the tin.
This will probably always be required, in addition to some of the sound suggestions above.
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Posted By Shane J
Thank you everyone.
I've been through the various options and I think the non slip varnish might be the best option.
It is an architect I'm trying to convince and so mesh or any other unsightly objects would be rejected.
Although mesh would be the most effective.
Classic example of safety vs appearance.
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Posted By Sally
Have a look on the HSE's slips & trips website - there is lots of useful info and solutions for various problems there. I'm sure there is a case study for decking.
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