"readandpost" wrote

i have bare wood stairs going down into my basement and they can get
slippery with just socks on.
i am contemplating putting those rectangle rug pieces down on each
step. they are about 10" deep and 20-24" wide.

Is it a finished basement where looks are important? Is it the sort of
indoor-outdoor square 'stick on tiles'?

That sort will fray fairly fast. at the edges and can be hard to pull back
up after being down for a while, but may be suitable enough for an
unfinished basement with a bare (not fancy) stair, and add a safety bit. It
wont look good enough or last long enough though for a finished basement
that guests etc may traverse.

I have a friend who had a semi-finished basement and a problem like that.
Game room and pool table down there so the hubby and his buddies would
gather to have beer and play pool. That part was floored. The other side
was dirt floor with paving stones set in it.

For stair safety, she ran a long thin runner of that outdoor 'green grass'
stuff (heavily staple gunned down with dark staples) and it was sufficiently
nice looking and durable for the conditions.