Perched on a hill overlooking York, Clifford’s Tower has played a significant role in the city’s history.
Following a £5m refurbishment project, which included the construction of a roof deck using Marley’s CitiDeck® this historic monument can continue to delight and educate visitors for many more years.
The works included installing aerial walkways that provide access to the first-floor rooms of the tower, while a free-standing roof deck provides spectacular 360-degree views across York. To help ensure the safety of visitors, and to provide a natural and attractive surface, Marley’s non-slip timber decking, CitiDeck®, was used for the decking.
We chose CitiDeck® because we needed an attractive and robust anti-slip timber decking for use in high-traffic public areas,” explains an architect at Hugh Broughton Architects Ltd who worked on the project. With high numbers of visitors to the tower, safety was a top priority. “It’s great that CitiDeck® boards perform very well in testing when both wet and dry,” the architect says.
Decking should be tested to confirm its slip resistance. All of Marley’s antislip decking has been independently tested using the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) preferred method which generates a pendulum test value (PTV). A PTV of 36 is required for low slip potential. CitiDeck® exceeds the minimum, with PTVs of 61 when wet and 73 when dry. Register today for our decking CPD