Usually, slipperiness is caused by algae or dirt on top of the deck or terrace. A full cleaning treatment should restore the natural grip of the wood or stone. If slipperiness is a persistent problem, consider installing grip mats in high traffic areas of the deck.
Kilmacolm
Kilmacolm is a village as well as civil parish in the Inverclyde council location, and the historic area of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the northern incline of the Gryffe Valley, 7 1/2 miles (12.1 kilometres) south-east of Greenock and around 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of the city of Glasgow. The village has a population of around 4,000 and also becomes part of a bigger civil parish which covers a big rural hinterland of 15,000 hectares (150 km2; 58 sq mi) having within it the smaller sized negotiation of Quarrier's Village, originally established as a 19th-century household orphans' house. The area surrounding the town was resolved in prehistoric times and became part of a feudal society with the parish split between separate estates for much of its background. The town itself continued to be tiny, providing solutions to neighboring farm areas and also working as a religious hub for the church. The name of the village derives from the Scottish Gaelic Cill MoCholuim, showing the commitment of its church to St Columba. The parish church was stated in a papal bull of 1225 revealing its subservience to Paisley Abbey, and it remains on the website of an old religious community dating to the 5th or 6th centuries. Again in the 13th century, Duchal Castle was created in the church and also is noteworthy for being besieged by King James IV of Scotland in 1489, complying with the resident Lyle family's assistance of an insurrection against him. Feuding between the worthy families of Kilmacolm was prevalent in the Middle Ages, and also in the 16th as well as 17th centuries, the church once again concerned the interest of the Crown for giving assistance to forbidden spiritual Covenanters. The character of the village transformed significantly in the Victorian age, with the arrival of the train in Kilmacolm in 1869. Many of Kilmacolm's contemporary structures were created in between this day and the episode of World War I. The development of such transport links enabled the town to increase as a wealthy dormitory village serving the neighboring urban centres of Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock. The economy of the town showed this population adjustment, relocating far from its typical reliance on agriculture to supplying tertiary industry services to citizens as well as visitors.
