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Thread ID: 134254	2013-06-14 10:22:00	Non Skid Surface on Wooden Steps	Bobh (5192)	PC World Chat

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1345814	2013-06-14 10:22:00	A couple of years ago I had some wood steps build at my house's front door. About three mornings ago I went out to get the Southland Times in my slippers. I slipped on the wooden steps and landed hard on my back. I suffered bad bruising on the side of my back near the waist. I must have pinched a nerve because I have been in pain ever since. Putting my shoes on or changing gear while driving was painful but I was still able to work. The pain is going away so I am getting better. I need some advice on how to prevent this painful experience again. Any suggestions for non-skid surfaces on wooden steps. I will not be going out to get the paper in my treadless slippers again.	Bobh (5192)
1345815	2013-06-14 10:30:00	I hope you went to a doctor to register with ACC because if you have problems later they will not even look at it. If you have not DO IT NOW. As far as non slip is concerned there are several products available from you DIY store.	Arnie (6624)
1345816	2013-06-14 10:41:00	Go to your local skate shop, and get some grip tape. This is what covers the surface of the board. $15 a sheet	plod (107)
1345817	2013-06-14 10:46:00	I happen to be in the right industry for this. Google Ecoglo. Send me a pm and I will sort something for you	hueybot3000 (3646)
1345818	2013-06-14 21:48:00	We ended up using grip tape that you can pick up for a few bucks from your local DIY store. Not hard to put on the steps, just gotta find a sunny day and an hour to DIY and you're good :) The Ecoglo stuff looks nifty too!	Chilling_Silence (9)
1345819	2013-06-14 23:35:00	I lived in a house once where the front door was inaccessible because there was no way onto the front lawn that was above a 1.5M retaining wall. So I built some steps and was quite proud of myself. Then some visitors came round and the ladies wouldn't use them because they deemed them too dangerous so I added a railing to hold onto. That worked until someone in heels visited, I'd made the steps from two horizontal pieces of timber with a gap between them. So then I capped them with plywood and painted it - now they were slippery... (old steps were rough sawn timber so had natural texture). TLDR; Final step and the relevant point to all this.. I found some green coated chicken wire that matched the colour of the steps and attached that - finally people would use them. footnote - then I moved and rented out the house and my tenants backed into the stairs and destroyed them.	dugimodo (138)
1345820	2013-06-15 04:08:00	The Murphy is with this one. ;)	R2x1 (4628)
1345821	2013-06-15 05:56:00	I have just treated my front steps. One coat acrylic paint then lightly sprinkle with fine sand whilst still wet. The nonskid effect still works after later touchups. I even did this on my boat.	gradebdan (2186)
1345822	2013-06-15 10:59:00	I had a boardwalk to my office out the back of our former home. It was shaded in the winter, so became a skating rink and in the first winter I was using it I came a real gutser on it. I got some of that black plastic mesh that DoC uses on its boardwalks and stapled it on using a staple gun. Never a problem again. Staples are great if you ever want to remove the mesh - you can't see any fixing marks on the timber. Regarding gradebdan's suggestion - I did that on the floor of my Sunburst, and ended up with the worst case of sandpaper burns on my legs and feet - my knees in particular. Other yachties told me to use epsom salts rather than sand. I guess abrasion will only be a problem on front steps if you fall on them, but that sand is vicious.	John H (8)
1345823	2013-06-15 11:10:00	Now that I have been reminded, I did use Epsom salts on a larger boat. Came up as a nice stiply finish.	gradebdan (2186)
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