Timeline for How do you make outdoor wooden stairs less slippery in winter?
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| Dec 4, 2022 at 9:02 | history | edited | Criggie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 1, 2022 at 13:20 | comment | added | Chris H | +1 for chicken wire, but it needs lots of staples. Galvanised is fairly common on boardwalks and wooden footbridges in the UK (I can think of a few bike routes) | |
| Nov 30, 2022 at 18:07 | comment | added | Graham | Another vote for chicken wire. It's very common on boardwalks, stairs and stiles, especially around nature trails and wildlife sanctuaries. | |
| Nov 30, 2022 at 13:38 | comment | added | FreeMan | Outdoor carpet will get filled with snow and pack down into a nice, icy surface that won't be any less slippery than the wood itself. Of course, where I live, we get ice falling from the sky, and the carpet would hold onto that quite nicely, too. There might be enough give in the carpet material, though, to making shoveling it off easier, though. Some flex would allow the ice to break when hit with a shovel, giving an edge that could be pried up more easily so it can be cleared from the step, avoiding the problem in the long run. | |
| Nov 30, 2022 at 10:32 | comment | added | Criggie | @jpa good point - you'd probably want one that is more of a mesh with tufts on top, not a solid back plate. | |
| Nov 30, 2022 at 9:34 | comment | added | jpa | Outdoor carpet can be rather slippery in cold conditions, depending on the material. | |
| Nov 30, 2022 at 8:08 | history | answered | Criggie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |