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RATTER15 | 11:55 Sat 28th Dec 2013 | Property
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The entrance to our holiday lodge is on a slope, you can drive or reverse up to the lodge entrance but it is a bit bumpy and we are looking to create a ramp up to it so one could disembark the vehicle on the level area . what would be the best surface for walking and pushing a wheelchair up, I thought concrete but would need a good gripping surface, decking timber would probably more in keeping with the lodge but again it would get slippery in the wintry weather. Either way I will need plenty of salt on the surface in the snow and ice. I just need a good anti slip surface.
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rubber matting ?
11:58 Sat 28th Dec 2013
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Asphalt, if you want something permanent and waterproof?
11:59 Sat 28th Dec 2013
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If your going for a wood decking then try galvanised chicken wire copiously stapled down. Mesh size about 1/2inch.

I used this on a wooden bridge over my pond. Bridge surface was very slippy in frost or snow.
12:01 Sat 28th Dec 2013
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think, childrens play areas,
12:03 Sat 28th Dec 2013
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I got the idea after I saw the National Trust using it.
12:03 Sat 28th Dec 2013
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Anne, im not sure how permanent that would be or how expensive as the ramp would probably be about 25 feet in length, I could maybe buy it on the roll and roll out as required, now thats a thought!


Boxy, Asphalt? as in tarmac? im not sure I want that on the farm at all to be honest, I hate the stuff and probably more expensive and not as long lasting as concrete, but thanks for the contribution.
12:05 Sat 28th Dec 2013
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Understood, ratter - my suggestion's based on what we have on our front steps - but you are right, not very "green".
12:08 Sat 28th Dec 2013
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Ratter, the ramp will have to comply with the Welsh building regs part M
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/planning/buildingregs/publications/part-m-access-and-use/?lang=en
A tamped concrete surface gives good slip resistance but you would have to 'salt' it throughout winter.
12:13 Sat 28th Dec 2013
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Ratman ... a good way to make concrete non-slip is to scatter plenty of 10mm chips onto it while it's still wet.
Rather like pebble-dashing a wall really.
12:44 Sat 28th Dec 2013

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