Fitting Black Stair Nosing for Your Property
You may already be aware of stair nosing as an integral safety feature for staircases in commercial properties, but they can also be utilised as modern decorative features for homes as well. By adding black stair nosing to your property you’ll be doing exactly this, adding a modish feature to your home while making sure that your wood, laminate, or vinyl staircase is safer than ever to walk on.
Here, we’ve noted down some information you should know about black stair nosing before you decide to make your purchase. Read on through before getting in touch with us to order the pieces you need today.
What Fitting Types Do You Have for Black Stair Nosing?
Our black metal stair nosing comes in a variety of types and styles, from premier lips and bullnose style to nosing for Luxury Vinyl Tiles and bendy bullnose types.
We also offer a range of other material finishes, including different colour metals, available for you to choose from. The design that you decide on will normally depend on the colour theme you have already established for your staircase, as well as your own personal tastes. It’s important, however, to choose a finish that complements the design of the staircase as it stands, if you want to make the most of its potential as decoration, as well as protection for the edge of your stairs.
What Benefits are There to Fitting Black Stair Nosing?
The first benefit that you’ll find with fitting your black stair nosing is that it immediately becomes anti-slip stair nosing as soon as it is installed. This adds a level of protection and safety to your staircase that wouldn’t have been present otherwise, minimising the risk of anyone tripping and falling by making it slip-resistant.
The other benefit, which may be the reason you’ve opted for black stair nosing in the first place, is the aesthetic appeal added to your staircase. Black stair nose edging creates an eye-catching feature that’s bound to be noticed by guests to your home, and lets you keep a trendy theme running throughout every single part of your property.
We also have a range of other types of stair nosing that you may wish to look at:
- Aluminium stair nosing
- Other anti-slip and safe tread nosing
- Polished brass stair nosing (as well as our other brasses and metal types)
- Single or double channel stair nosing
- Ramped Edge stair nosing
How to Install Black Stair Nosing
The exact steps you’ll need to follow to fit black step nosing to a staircase in your home will all depend on the nosing you’ve bought and the type of staircase you have. However, there are some basic points and steps that will need to be followed in any case, no matter what kind of stair nosing or staircase you have:
Cleaning
If your black stair nosing is going to be fitted to solid wood or laminate floors, you must make sure that the floor is clean and in its best condition before the work begins. This means making sure there aren’t any cracks in the floor and that the area is free from dust.
To take care of this, you should vacuum the area and wipe down the stairs, producing a smooth and completely clean surface. If there is any damage to the area, including cracks or holes, these should have a wood filler applied. Allow the filler to dry and then sand it down so it’s level with the rest of the floor.
Cleaning the area will also apply to vinyl floorings.
Measuring
You will also need to make sure that you measure your staircase before beginning work, so that you can be sure your stair nosing will fit as you have imagined. This will mean measuring each of the step edges.
When you carry out this step, you will need to pay careful attention to steps and stairs that curve, change shape, or change size (like you would find on a curved or L-shaped staircase).
Prepping
There are several steps involved in prepping stair nosing, one of which will be making sure the pieces are cut to size. It is possible to buy black stair nosing in pre-cut lengths as well, but if you would like to do the work yourself, you will need to make sure that you are accurately marking out your measurements and double checking these before you make the first cut.
Taking this precaution means ensuring the product isn’t ruined accidentally. For extra security in this, you can also cut the pieces slightly bigger than they need to be, so there is room to trim them down before the work is done.
Dry Fitting
Before any of the final fixings are made with screws or construction adhesives, we would also recommend dry fitting your black stair nosing so that you know everything has been measured correctly.
To learn more about how to fit stair nosing, along with a more comprehensive set of steps, please take a look at our advice page.
Looking for Black Stair Nosing for Your Home?
If you’ve been searching for a simple yet stylish feature to add to your stairs, that also adds an anti-slip safety measure to any wooden, vinyl, or laminate staircase, then our black stair nosing will be ideal. Take a look at the types, designs, and styles we have here. We have a fantastic selection for you to choose from, and can even make sure that they match any stair-rods or T-bar thresholds you want in the same colour for your home.