JBCitiDeck Smooth Decking Provides A Stable Surface To Walk On With Urban Footwear İncluding High Heels

John Brash's new JBCitiDeck® smooth decking produce offers all the anti-slip benefits of John Brash’s castellated timber decking, but with a characteristic smooth profile that makes it more suited to an inclusive urban environment.

The smooth, easy to clean profile of JBCitiDeck® combines detectable contrasts in surface texture, whilst providing a smooth surface for wheelchair users. JBCitiDeck® also provides a stable surface to walk on with urban footwear, including high heels.

Building maintenance teams will find that the smooth profile prevents the accumulation of dirt, litter and food waste, making it ideal for boardwalks, bridges, hotels, restaurants, pubs, retail outlets and offices.

The ability to choose a smooth deck board, along with different aggregate types for the anti-slip inserts, was illustrated on a recent sports development supplied by John Brash where the designers were looking to create a series of pedestrian bridges.

Tests highlighted that castellated decking, especially when combined with anti-slip inserts, would create a slight ‘rumble’ effect for wheeled vehicles such as bicycles, wheelchairs and prams. The client was looking to reduce this effect and so John Brash proposed a smooth deck board with two anti-slip inserts with slightly less abrasive grit – its JBCitiDeck® range. Tests showed that this would provide easier access for wheeled vehicles, whilst still exceeding the HSL’s anti-slip testing guidelines for pedestrians.

The anti-slip properties of JBCitiDeck® have been independently tested by the HSE’s (Health and Safety Laboratory) using a Stanley Pendulum Test (as described in BS7976 parts 1-3, 2002) operated to issue 3, 2005 of the UK Slip Resistance Group guidelines.