GROUNDSKEEPING
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 .
Having searched for many years and looked at various ideas at other golf clubs , including carpet , astro , chicken wire , tar and chips and chainsaw cut grooves , all in their various ways
PROVEN trying to eliminate the slip issue and presenting you with a trip issue or a higher than expected replacement schedule on wooden sleeper
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Following that initial assessment a trial set of
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steps were chosen and the product installed . Installation was easy and straight forward , it did 10 years ago . We will continue to use it around the golf course as it provide
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had to be drilled and the cleats screwed down with a mastic to act as a cushioning agent .
A set of steps could be easily completed in a couple of hours and a large set in a day , much quicker than some of the other products mentioned above . In addition if a sleeper had to be replaced it was simply a case of 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 wear and tear of traffic , it performs in all weathers and has not deteriorated in the 10 years that the initial batch has been down , it still looks as good now as
the most cost effective solution both time and longevity . I wouldn ’ t hesitate to
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