SafeDeck Flooring
Anti-Slip Flooring, Precision-Engineered for Underfoot Safety.
What is Safedeck Flooring?
Safedeck flooring is our trusted range of anti-slip perforated metal flooring, engineered for durability, safety, and performance. Designed for industrial, commercial, and public environments, the Safedeck range includes flooring panels, stair treads, and ladder rungs, offering excellent slip resistance and long-term durability.
Ideal for walkways, ramps, and elevated platforms, Safedeck flooring combines a high strength-to-weight ratio, robust drainage and wear resistance, making it a practical choice for environments exposed to frequent foot traffic or outdoor conditions.
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Why Use Safedeck Flooring for Your Project?
Excellent Slip Resistance
Safedeck profiles are designed for secure underfoot grip, reducing the risk of slips and falls. Whether installed in wet, oily, or outdoor conditions, the textured surface provides confident traction under all weather and workplace conditions.
Wide Range of Patterns and Materials
With over 22 perforated flooring patterns available, customers can choose from a variety of materials, including stainless steel, mild steel, and aluminium, to suit both load requirements and visual specifications.
Built for Durability
Engineered for resilience, Safedeck flooring withstands heavy usage and exposure to harsh environments. It’s a low-maintenance solution that doesn’t compromise on performance over time.
Simple Installation
Each flooring panel is manufactured with side perforations on the long edges to support quick mounting. For unique project needs, we also offer options with unperforated edges on one or both sides, available on request.
Quality Manufacturing
Graepels is an ISO Certified Company, and our commitment to quality runs through every stage of production. Our manufactured Safedeck flooring meets rigorous specifications for safety, structural integrity, and longevity.
Fast Delivery
Our most popular patterns and sizes, including stair treads and ladder rungs, are held in stock and available for immediate dispatch.
Your Safedeck Options
Non-Perforated Safedeck
Pearl
Lightly textured with a fine-grip surface for smooth indoor transitions or light pedestrian traffic. Often used in architectural applications.
Rhombus
Diagonal layout for decorative and functional flooring. Offers good drainage and is popular in façade-adjacent walkways or stylish access areas.
Indoor
A smooth-profiled anti-slip flooring option ideal for internal applications, offering grip and drainage for dry or lightly trafficked environments.
Spikes
Features raised spike grips for maximum anti-slip performance, even in muddy or greasy areas. Suited to harsh outdoor settings.
Light and Subtle Safedeck
Garden
Designed with a subtle grip and sleek drainage for outdoor paths and landscaped environments. Combines function with aesthetic appeal.
Special 8-8
A precision-perforated panel offering a firm grip and even load distribution. Ideal for industrial steps, machinery platforms, and service access areas.
City
Urban-grade profile balancing visual design with slip resistance. Frequently chosen for public walkways, transport hubs, or access platforms in built environments.
Glide 4
Small round perforations offer a balance between drainage and underfoot comfort. Ideal for pedestrian access steps and ramps.
Glide 12
Deeper punched pattern for additional grip and material strength. Used in more demanding industrial or outdoor environments.
Glide 15
Mid-sized perforated flooring pattern for all-around performance, offering consistent slip resistance across varied footfall conditions.
Glide 18
Large perforated holes for high-risk slip zones. Favoured in heavy-duty work environments such as construction platforms.
Special P-12
Precisely punched profile delivering robust load-bearing and drainage. Ideal for access steps in both public and private sectors.
All-Round Safedeck
Universal
A multipurpose pattern with robust grip and drainage, suitable for both commercial and industrial flooring where flexibility is needed.
Metric
A compact, grippy surface pattern with high slip resistance. Suitable for machinery access, fire escapes, and commercial walkways.
Quattro
Features four-point perforations to deliver improved anti-skid properties. Excellent for elevated industrial platforms or catwalks.
Special 14-14
Highly textured perforation pattern, designed for high drainage and strength. Commonly used for marina walkways and maintenance decks.
Special 4-18
Unique perforation style tailored for specific drainage and loading needs. Often specified in bespoke fabrication projects.
Steg
Hybrid perforation pattern with large and small holes. Common in food processing, marine docks, and where hygiene or wash-down is essential.
Heavy-Duty Safedeck
Stabil
Features wide, waved anti-slip ridges for extra underfoot security in heavy-duty zones. Effective in areas with frequent mud, snow, or grease.
Light Profile
A weight-reduced panel for lighter load areas or overhead access walkways. Offers great grip and simple installation.
Open
Features large circular perforations for maximum drainage and slip resistance. Ideal for areas with high levels of moisture or debris exposure.
Stabil Xtrem
A waved grip profile with jagged edges for extreme anti-slip performance. Used in offshore, marine, or heavily contaminated areas.
Stabil
Features wide, waved anti-slip ridges for extra underfoot security in heavy-duty zones. Effective in areas with frequent mud, snow, or grease.
Light Profile
A weight-reduced panel for lighter load areas or overhead access walkways. Offers great grip and simple installation.
Open
Features large circular perforations for maximum drainage and slip resistance. Ideal for areas with high levels of moisture or debris exposure.
Stabil Xtrem
A waved grip profile with jagged edges for extreme anti-slip performance. Used in offshore, marine, or heavily contaminated areas.
Spikes
A slotted and ribbed format of Spikes offering additional load-bearing and alternative installation benefits for industrial steps.
Special 4-18
Variant of the 4-18 pattern with deeper rounded perforations. Often chosen for architectural integration or high-load applications.
The Benefits of Our Fine Metal Mesh
- High strength-to-weight ratio: Safedeck panels are engineered to offer strong load support without excess bulk, reducing the overall weight of platforms and walkways.
- Tailored sizes and configurations: Panels are available in a variety of widths and flange heights, with side perforations or smooth edges to suit different structural requirements.
- Extensive surface pattern options: From aggressive anti-slip textures to visually subtle patterns for commercial use, our range caters to a variety of performance and aesthetic needs.
- Rapid availability of standard sizes: Popular surface patterns are held in stock, allowing for immediate use in time-sensitive projects or urgent replacements.
- Custom manufacturing support: For unique applications or challenging site conditions, we offer fully bespoke fabrication, whether you need curved panels, unusual shapes, or specific material grades.
- Metal Ladder Rung Integration: All our safedeck flooring options are fully compatible with our ladder rung range.
Looking to use SafeDeck flooring alongside perforated metal? Take a look at our perforated products.
Here Are Some of Our Top Picks
Stabil Xtrem | Flooring for Extreme Conditions
Stabil is ideal for areas characterised by extreme weather and environmental conditions.
Stabil Xtrem offers underfoot safety in environments with precipitation, sediments, oils or grease. Stabil Xtrem has many applications including catwalks, marina walkways, wind power plants and inspection areas on oil platforms.
Rhombus | Safety Flooring Types
Graepels Rhombus anti-slip metal flooring is ideal for interior usage.
Graepels Rhombus is suitable as covering for surfaces and platforms in public and industrial areas where closed surfaces are required. This perforated flooring offers a comfortable walking surface and is suited to barefoot walking.
City| Perfoated Metal Flooring
Graepels City offers a secure and comfortable walking surface for pedestrians & cyclists.
Graepels City slip resistant flooring can be used for many interior and exterior applications including metal stairways, walkways and steel catwalks. Graepels City metal flooring type offers good slip resistance and drainage effects.
Steg | Graepels Florring & Cladding
Steg permits high lump loads on larger grating widths.
Graepels Steg features an embossed, round perforation and debossed elogated holes; this reinforces tranverse stiffness. SafeDeck Steg offers high slip resistance and permits high lump loads on larger grating widths. Furthermore, Steg has been utilised by architects as a design element for cladding facades.
Special 8-8 (Graepel Eco) | Safedeck Metal Flooring
Graepels Special 8-8 is ideal for public areas and industrial use.
Graepels Special 8-8 offers an excellent anti-skid effect and displacement, as well as some drainage effect. Due to its small perforation size, Graepels Special 8-8 is ideal for public areas with pedestrian traffic such as trench bridges, and also in commercial areas such as canteen kitchens.
Light Profile | Grating & Cladding
An excellent choice for walkways in areas with extreme precipitation and dirt volumes.
Graepels Safe Deck Light Profile offers an extreme drainage effect, in addition to excellent slip-resistance and displacement. It is suited to areas in which precipitation and high dirt volumes put underfoot safety at risk. Due to its high open area of between 74% and 80%, Light Profile offers a safe walking surface without obstructing the view of the user.
Pearl | Perforated Flooring Types
Pearl metal flooring is suited to corporate and public interiors.
Graepels Pearl has a closed surface with pearl-like perforations. This metal flooring type pffers a secure walking environment and is suitable for barefoot walking and is an excellent choice for interior usage.
Garden | Safety Flooring Types
Safety metal flooring which is suitable for interior and exterior usage.
Safe Deck Garden offers improved underfoot safety. Its surface has a mixture of cone and round perforations. Graepels Garden is ideal for barefoot walking and is suitable for both interior and exterior applications.
Universal | Anti-Skid Flooring
Graepels Universal is an ideal choice for flooring surfaces and stairs.
This flooring type offers an excellent anti-slip effect with adequate displacement space and a good drainage effect. Graepels Universal is an excellent choice for both flooring and steps.
Which Industries Use Safedeck Flooring?
Safedeck flooring is widely used across commercial, industrial, and infrastructure settings where underfoot safety, drainage, and durability are paramount. Its slip-resistant profile and load-bearing capacity make it ideal for:
- Industrial staircases and fire escapes: Designed for secure footing in high-traffic areas, especially in manufacturing plants and warehouses.
- Maintenance platforms and access ramps: Supports safe access for operational and inspection teams working around machinery or elevated platforms.
- Construction walkways and catwalks: Temporary and permanent solutions for high-risk environments where footing needs to be stable, even in wet or muddy conditions.
- Pedestrian bridges and marinas: Offers excellent drainage and corrosion resistance, making it suitable for areas exposed to weather and water.
- Machine access steps and anti-slip ladder rungs: Improves safety for operatives navigating vertical access points or enclosed machinery zones.
- Offshore and marine-grade safety flooring: Stainless steel options are ideal for coastal or offshore environments where saltwater exposure and safety regulations demand high-performance flooring.
Take a look at all the industries we manufacture for.
Get In Touch to Find the Perfect Safedeck Solution
We support projects across many industries, including construction, industrial processing, agriculture, transport, and public infrastructure, offering advice from concept through to fabrication.
If you can’t find what you need off the shelf, we’ll work with you to create a SafeDeck solution that fits. Contact us today to discuss your requirements, request a sample, or speak to our technical team.
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