Traction But No Attraction

Composition shingles, roll roofing and carpet are something a home inspector really does not like to see tacked on a wood deck. People put these surfaces down, usually because they feel the deck is slick. The carpet, immediately, allows rain through to the wood, so the wood stays wet and rots. The asphalt roofing material is not waterproof in such an application, and is not designed to be walked on, so it breaks down and is nothing but a cover over the wood which means that it stays soggy underneath -- at least in the Pacific Northwest climate that is what happens. My suggestion is to keep these stop-gap traction materials off your decking, it will lead to rot. If you are worried about traction, regularly remove moss and slime from the deck or do that and treat it periodically with a quality deck-coat.

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Steven L. Smith