Q. A few years ago, I removed the carpeting from two flights of stairs and replaced it with maple hardwood. They look beautiful, but they’re very slippery. A few months ago, I fell down the stairs and ...

Danny Lipford: Anytime you have wood outside—whether it’s a set of steps like this, or a wood deck, or a walkway—sooner or later it’s going to get dirty and that means it’s going to get slick and ...

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This is the new sport we all need right now: A bunch of people trying their hardest to climb a flight of stairs, which are covered in a slippery substance: You're telling me that's not a sport? Really ...