Icy Deck

[ptann]

As the mercury has gone down I have been looking forward to my first winter as a hot tub owner.  I had a few friends over and it really was great with the cold weather, the only problem is the deck around the hottub became a skating rink with spill over and the puddles from people getting in and out.  The ice sheets combined with hot wet feet (attached to pretty tipsy people) was a significant fall problem.  Any suggestions on preventing the deck from becoming a slip and slide?

[wmccall]

We put down a cheap carpet "runner" between the tub and the house.  If it gets wet and freezes,  you can just pick ip up, and shake it out.

[spa-ing]

We wear beach shoes in the hot tub to get from the deck to the tub. We just leave them on and get wearing them. No more cold feet.

[Dr. Spa™ Ret.]

Wearing beach shoes in the spa, and socks to bed................ *sigh* just what is this world coming to  :-/

[bosco0633]

we run for it, but it makes the feet sting.  I like the carpet idea, but after a big snow fall it would hard to shovel it all out.  I would just get a pair of flip flops or crocs with some traction.

[PotomacG]

I went out to check my tub this morning after using it last night and there was some slippery ice on my deck.  I am going to get a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet to put down.  I will remove it when it snows.

[kervis]

We wear beach shoes in the hot tub to get from the deck to the tub. We just leave them on and get wearing them. No more cold feet.

Great plan!   I won't wear them IN the spa, but I will grab them and put them on in the spa before I get out.  I was amazed at how frozen they got (don't usually wear flip flops when it's below freezing!) and indeed, I could barely get my feet in them as I was trying to towel off.  

Santa was going to bring fuzzy slippers for everyone, but as Santa was shopping around, Santa noticed that the bottoms were questionable--possibly slippery on wet/icy surfaces.

I may have to return them now, and stick to the submersible flip flops--again, a great plan, and I really don't need a pile of giant, fuzzy slippers in the house.

[bosco0633]

if they are clean, once your about to get out.  dip them in the tub to warm them up  That is what we do.

[hot tub Frank]

Get the skates out.
that give you good grip on ice


 

[jfish63]

I looked at some mats at Sams club. The kind that is about 3/4" thick with large draining holes in them. I have seen them behind more than a couple bars. I wonder how they would work?

[anne]

I looked at some mats at Sams club. The kind that is about 3/4" thick with large draining holes in them. I have seen them behind more than a couple bars. I wonder how they would work?

We had mats that would fit that description at a restaurant I worked at years ago, and we keep them now in the kennel end of the hospital. They're great for reducing slippage in that context. Two possible problems come to mind: 1)they were very heavy (but they were very large in square footage, too) and 2) they might freeze and crack.