What about a strip of smooth rubber flooring, or rubber threshold?
Installation options could range from a full rubber nosing to rabbeting a
strip of rubber (flat or perhaps arched up like a threshold) into the wood
nosing.
Karl
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From: Jim Franklin
Subject: [Shop-talk] Non-skid replacement for hardwood floor strip?
I just put down some prefinished hardwood in my upstairs hallway, and I was
slipping all over the place in socks. The piece that will go between the
nosing at the top of the stairs and the rest of the flooring isn't quite a
full width piece, so I've left it out until I get the nosing, but I'm
thinking of putting in a non-skid thing as a last resort if I start sliding.
Of course it has to look nice :-)
I was thinking of a piece of perforated hardwood, but all I'm finding are
soundproofing materials. It needs to be 3/4" thick like the flooring. I
don't have a drill press so DIY 250 holes is not an option...
Any thoughts? Actually something that incorporated the nosing too would be
nice, so it isn't slippery. The rest of the stairs will have a carpet
runner.
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