I used a product call Retrogrip on my parents decking. Were very easy to fit. I created a pathway across the deck from the back door of the house to the steps down to the lawn. Look very neat and tidy and still look like new after 3 years of been down. Think this is the company that makes them Gripdeck. They seem to sell them direct, I bought mine from eBay but they seem to be available from a number of supplier.
Power washing ruins the grain of the wood and makes it splintery and dull.
I have seen chicken wire stretched taught and stapled down on very wet and slippery decking and it worked a treat. No chemicals needed and pretty soon the chicken wire weathers and fades into the woodwork and becomes invisible but gives you grip.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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If it's a hard wood deck it will be fine with a power washer but the cheaper softwood ones get splintery very quickly when power washed. Happened to someone I know. Especially not good for children or pets and looks awful.
In Belgium there's a decent rainfall each year so the biocide treatment doesn't last long and can't be good for other microbes in nearby soil. Even treated railway sleeper steps grow green stuff so short of some serious tar type paint, chicken wire is cheap, effective and unobtrusive. Just need some help to stretch it out and a staple gun to pin it down.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I'm sticking to a sprinkling of sharp sand. Cheap, does the job and brushed off in seconds when the weather dries up. Couldn't be more environmentally friendly really. Some does get ingrained in the wood so probably not for decking areas where children may throw themselves about, or knees etc. may get scraped instead of just splintered and bruised.
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Think this is the company that makes them Gripdeck. They seem to sell them direct, I bought mine from eBay but they seem to be available from a number of supplier.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have seen chicken wire stretched taught and stapled down on very wet and slippery decking and it worked a treat. No chemicals needed and pretty soon the chicken wire weathers and fades into the woodwork and becomes invisible but gives you grip.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
6monthly biocide treatment is the best way to keep it clean and slip free
In Belgium there's a decent rainfall each year so the biocide treatment doesn't last long and can't be good for other microbes in nearby soil. Even treated railway sleeper steps grow green stuff so short of some serious tar type paint, chicken wire is cheap, effective and unobtrusive. Just need some help to stretch it out and a staple gun to pin it down.