When deciding stair options it seems like a stair runner would be needed. If you went with a solid oak tread with nice finish, it seems like it would be slippery. The last thing you’d want to do is have someone take a spill
Are runners necessary or are they recommended???
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I do a lot of stairs and I recommend runners. Not only for the slip resistance but for reduced noise and wear and tear on the wood. They can add a real classy look, too. They are much easier to replace than worn treads and kicked risers. Those that choose not to use them, change their minds in a few years as the treads get scratched up.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
thanks, sounds like a plan
Even on high gloss finishes, I have never thought of the surface as slippery.
Now if you were using wax!....hold onto the rail
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Do you wear shoes in the house? Do you wear rubber soled slippers? Or do you run around in your socks?
shoes or bare feet.Why the personal question?
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I was helping a friend take the canopy of his pickup - sliding around on the bedliner he has coated with Armourall to remove the clamps. When I got home I sat down on the stairs to take off my boots and still had enough on the seat of my pants that my DW, rushing down to greet me, took quite a spill.
She thinks: Armourall>Wax
Whale, hot Dang - your beloved still RUNS to greet you!Rejoice!
Regardless what kind of wax you use on her;)
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We have oak floors and stairs in our home with a gymnasium floor type finish. Very high gloss. The only one who seems to find it slippery is the dog. And I'm in socks most of the time around the house.
I got to thinking more about this after Doright asked the other day.I wonder if some folks have slippery socks.Orit could be our occupations and physical training.
After twenty years on roofs, I have this inner sense of balance like a gyroscope. I have fallen off too many roofs, but I always land on my feet. If I slip on ice right outside the door, my body moves horizontally, but I don't go down.Remember the story of when I waxed my feet and ended up skiing down the stairs one night? I went all the way to the bottom making lots of noise, but I was still upright when I got to the bottom.So I am wondering if I automatically compensate internally for slight5ly slippery surfaces without noticing. You get on a lot of rough and sloped surfaces framing too so you might have the same internal mechanism.just speculating...
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