Orange Grove?

[willgr1]

i slipped on the steps at madison last week with a tank in each hands. landed on my canister light and reels, but somehow managed to protect the tanks (the important things right...). the only damage was the bruise on my upper leg from the canister.

[Puttzer]

With all this slipping I mention:

I have a long ramp to a floating dock. It is usually quite steep and often wet and affected with algae.
I used to just pressure wash it frequently and be careful: but recently I painted it a "special" deck paint. Seems to grip quite well and the literature says it is very durable.

But expensive.

Would this be a better alternative to the slippery carpet?

[Arnold Mesiser]

Why not put some aluminum expanded metal mesh on the steps?

http://www.great-wy.com/eng/Expanded-Metal-Mesh.html

[FW]

With all this slipping I mention:

I have a long ramp to a floating dock. It is usually quite steep and often wet and affected with algae.
I used to just pressure wash it frequently and be careful: but recently I painted it a "special" deck paint. Seems to grip quite well and the literature says it is very durable.

But expensive.

Would this be a better alternative to the slippery carpet?

The biggest problem I see with this, is the time the state would spend getting the environmental testing done on the paint. Not to mention that to work for all the steps, it would have to be applied during extreme drought, when the lowest step was completely dry.

[kidsdream]

Might create more problems then it would solve.

Why not put some aluminum expanded metal mesh on the steps?

http://www.great-wy.com/eng/Expanded-Metal-Mesh.html

[Arnold Mesiser]

Might create more problems then it would solve.

What problems can you think would arise? Aluminum would last in the fresh water due to the oxide coating


We have a dive we do here in the Niagara river gorge and there are about 250 steps made completely from expanded metal-I have not heard of any problems-or slips.Trips-yes but that is sort of endemic for stairs-the railings took care of that for the most part.

Now if only we could turn gravity off for people who forget things and have to climb back up the stairs

Certain profiles of expended metal can be tapped into the wood tread and would simply give a low profile -non slip texture.Aluminum u-cleats could hold the metal down in conjunction with the friction fit of embedding it in the wood.

[TONY CHANEY]

New product...dry suit boots with cleats.

[Puttzer]

Well if "they" would at least remove the carpet.

If slippery wood I can figure out how to make non slippery "on the spot"

So why do we have carpeting?

[FW]

What problems can you think would arise?

How about kids in bare feet?

[kidsdream]

My concern is pulling yourself up (or even worse, falling on expanded) expanded metal would be truly unpleasant.

Now they do make alu metal grate decking, but it is very expensive

How about kids in bare feet?