Groundskeeping Journal Issue 16 2023 | Page 21

Prevent slipping on wooden surfaces

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Old railway sleeper have been used on golf courses from the 1930 ’ s and provide an ideal material for many situations whilst maintaining a natural feel in the landscape . Many golf course today use them either in bunkers or grassy hollows or more often than not to provide stepped access to elevated or steep sided tees . The advance of soft spikes and moulded sole golf shoes away from traditional steel spikes has led to an increase of slips on wooden steps and in the early 2000 ’ s this was becoming an increasing problem .

PROVEN was decided to obtain some samples and look at the benefits of the product more closely . Following that initial assessment a trial set of steps were chosen and the

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unscrewing the cleat and replacing it onto a new sleeper .
Since that first installation we have purchased GripClad every year to complete all of our wooden surfaces around the course , which includes 10 sets of very large sleeper step installations , 4 sets of sleeper rails around teeing areas and ancillary surfaces including service and mobility ramps etc around the Clubhouse .
The performance of the product has been
outstanding , not only did it cope with the
Having searched for many years and product installed . Installation was easy and

EXPERTS IN wear and tear of traffic , it performs in all looked at various ideas at other golf clubs , straight forward , GripClad arrived in precut years that the initial batch has been down , it weathers and has not deteriorated in the 10 including carpet , astro , chicken wire , tar

ANTI-SLIP SOLUTIONS and chips and chainsaw cut grooves , all been specified , only holes had to be drilled still looks as good now as it did 10 years ago . in their

The various No ways . 1 leading trying to eliminate pedestrian and the anti-slip cleats screwed product down with a mastic
We will continue to use it around the golf the
Neat slip issue , tidy and presenting and zero you with maintenance to act as a cushioning agent . A set of steps course as it provide the most cost effective
a trip issue or a higher than expected could be easily completed in a couple
ANTI-SLIP – STEP NOSING – STAIR TREAD COVER – DECKING solution STRIP both time – and FLAT longevity PLATE . I wouldn ’ t replacement schedule on wooden sleeper of hours and a large set in a day , much hesitate to recommend this product out on steps , www a chance . gripclad advertisement . co in . uk a trade • enquiries quicker @ than gripclad some of the . co other . uk products • 023 8040 the golf 6796 course • or 07803 around the 848819 Clubhouse
magazine highlighted a new product called GripClad . That was back in 2006 ? And it
mentioned above . In addition if a sleeper had to be replaced it was simply a case of
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