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Earlier I very much loved winter. Here to you and New year, both gifts, and a vacation, both skis, and a skating rink in Not dull, and other winter entertainments. Now all – it was run off, otkatalas. I do not love. Couple of years has slipped back and has broken a foot. As at cinema: has fallen, has lost consciousness, has regained consciousness – plaster… Since then I do not carry footwear on heels, I move in time and space slowly and on any skating rink a kalatch you will not entice. Yes that a skating rink! At us the skatin rink in the street suffices, especially when will freeze after thaw. The especial sincere trembling is caused in me by every possible steps and kryilechki. And if the porch in a fashionable way is revetted by marble, all – write was gone! At us on the prospectus near bank owners have laid out a main entrance integral plates of perfectly ground natural stone. As winter – carefully exhibit beautiful plates: «it is cautious, skolzko!» And how, tell on favour, I will "cautiously" if they these plates before an input have laid out all sidewalk? In general, the show is developed each time not for the nervous.

And they, that is characteristic, are not lonely. To us, poor fellows-passers-by, it is necessary to collect all will in a fist to step into ominously gleaming tile or a granite. Here where the present circus! Here where it is necessary to show all ability, dexterity and skill! Otherwise krantyi! If will carry, it is possible to reach a treasured door. If you the loser on a life to lay to you, batenka, in plaster. In such cases someone convulsively catches at a handrail (if they are), someone places feet for width of shoulders and moves, as a cyborg.

In this article I wish to understand and answer immemorial Russian questions: who is guilty and what to do? Who is guilty what every winter we manufacture dizzy pirouettes on kryilechkah shops? And the main thing – what to do that it did not occur?

Behind explanations we have addressed to the Moscow company of protection of the rights of consumers. It has appeared, that responsibility for the crippled finitenesses and other parts of a body bears establishment, on whose steps to you "has had the luck" to be stretched. And therefore you have the complete right to bring an action against it which should protect your rights and achieve the indemnification.

However not all so is simple. To begin with it is necessary, that employees of "first aid" have in writing fixed a place of your falling. If you have fallen at an input, an exit or in the territory adjoining to shop, bank, office, do not rise at all! Lay at-sight incidents, have a rest before arrival of doctors. Certainly, if in a city, as always, stoppers and "fast" will arrive at a distant day, and in the street-20oS, it is necessary is unsweetened. There is one more variant. If (with the broken foot) any miracle will manage to limp to a polyclinic, to you should draw the conclusion about «the fact happened» and the statement from a medical card.

Further the most interesting begins. If it will appear, that normal functioning of your knees, anklebones, elbows, wrists and forearms needed long treatment in sanatorium, necessarily take the account from this establishment. And also collect all receipts and the checks testifying to those, how many money you have spent for medicines, survey in a paid polyclinic and imposing of expensive plaster. Besides, while you were ill, to pay your sick-list that organisation is obliged, on whose steps you were traumatised. Certainly, all mutual accounts will be made on a court decision. In a word, if you manage to receive indemnification for physical sufferings and mental cruelty, means, you suffered not in vain. But there are situations when we break hands-feet simply so, not in «official territory». We will assume, I will break a foot at an input in a country house of the friends. Clear business, that in court I will not submit on them. But also it is quite good to them to take care in advance about health and safety the and visitors. Only here is how? As I have found out, certain building norms and rules of "registration" of a porch do not exist. Hence, inputs in shops and establishments it is not forbidden, so, it is authorised to decorate all everything. Here the people also exercise the wit.

Granite and as with it to struggle

It is quite good, when on a floor the granite lays. To it no frosts are terrible. Will serve a granite floor of years hundred, and even it is more. If it also polished, in general beauty. Looks richly – words are not present, costs really much – 80–224$/sq.m.

Three kinds of a granite: a granite polished with the notches, the polished granite, a granite with fire processing

All anything, but in the winter on such porch of bones you will not collect. What to do? It is necessary to process a surface properly. And it is not so obligatory to tear off plates from a porch. It is enough to cause team of workers from firm which sells a granite. They to you will make all as it is necessary directly at-sight. That is:

SureStep – a confident step

Despite a huge choice protivoskolzyaschih tiles, I advise to you to pay attention and to other variants of registration of a porch. For example, on SHurStep (SureStep), that in a translation from English – a confident step. Contrary to the overseas name this invention purely Russian, protected by the patent. Speak, analogues are not present all over the world.

As is known, all ingenious is simple. I was convinced of it itself. SHurStep – an elastic strip (profile) which do of cold-resistant elastic rubber and put on step edge. Rubber saves the properties at temperature from–60 ° to +60°S, is not erased and does not come unstuck. Tile corners become elastic so, its edges will not break away in due course.

But has put at all in it. The main thing AS works SHurStep. As a rule, if after thaw suddenly will burst a frost, on tiles it is formed naled. Because of it any surface turns to a skating rink. And if on steps it is laid SHurStep – to be afraid there is nothing. When we attack a rubber strip, the profile caves in and, coming back in former position, breaks naled on small slices. That is clear head ShurStep clears itself.

The profile piece by piece (length of one piece – 1185 mm) is sold. If the step of a porch has more, it is possible to lay it end-to-end. If they semicircular or zigzag, too it doesn’t matter: flexible rubber is easy for putting at a step of any form.

But there are two important nuances. First, the tile should not be thicker 10 mm. Secondly, at first put rubber strips, and already then a tile. And at all on the contrary. It speaks simply: the profile has two "pads" which leave under a tile. Thus the profile is reliably fixed at steps.

And still. SHurStep manufacture only black colour. On it too there are reasons. First, as is known, black colour – universal also approaches for a tile of any colour and with any drawing. Secondly, black strips are is better visible. And if, for example, the person with sight the minus six forgets houses points, he all the same will see, where one step comes to an end and other begins. So that if someone begins you to offer multi-coloured rubber strips, know are a fake. Present SHurStep only black colour.

Protivoskolzyaschie porozhki

Protivoskolzyaschie porozhki happen two kinds: one fix on a tile at its stacking, others can be put on a ready porch

Except SHurStepa rescue us from traumas can protivoskolzyaschie porozhki. Is excellent they are done by Italians. For example, porozhki firms "Folotek" (Folotek). Outwardly they look so – the metal basis and inserts from elastic plastic. But it is made porozhek artfully enough. It has special metal "uvula" which at stacking put under a tile. Folotekovsky porozhki happen three kinds. The first variant when a relief insert drive in into the basis. In due course it is possible to replace it. Itself porozhek there is approximately 10$ a/running metre, and a replacement part – 3$/running metre. The second kind porozhkov – all-metal, but too with a relief surface (the price from 37-40$ per item, length 2,7. And it is possible to acquire porozhki which are attached to a tile from above. Then the tile should not be changed on new, with porozhkami.

Adhesive tape

It appears, there is also one more possibility to make a porch not sliding provided that the tile on it already lays. It is possible to purchase abrasive protivoskolzyaschuyu samokleyuschuyusya a film of firms «Three M» («3M») and «Folotek». It is sold in rolls in width from 19 to 50 mm, in the length from 3,5 to 18 Its m. without ceremony it is possible to paste independently. To begin with it is necessary to draw a strip of the necessary width from an underside of a roll. Then to cut out its usual scissors or a knife.

Only consider, that strip edges should be rounded off – so it will long lie and will not be lifted up along the edges. But in any case will serve such adaptation a maximum one season. The square metre of an adhesive tape in width of 19 mm costs 1,2$/running metre, width 25 mm – 2$, and the 50-millimetric adhesive tape will manage in 3$.

Our advice

Well here, now you know what to do, to live easy. By the way, there is one more remarkable variant of a porch without danger. Once and for all to get rid of a problem of slippery steps, we advise to make them with heating. Under a porch the electroheating cable is laid, and cleaner Petrovne will need to brush away from time to time from steps water. But it in an ideal.

For now we need to hope only for itself. Moreover to hope for quickness of holders of a slippery porch which, maybe, will guess to strew its any muck like technical salt. In this variant – farewell the footwear, but a head is whole.