STAIR FINISHES
BY
RITU RIMZON
LAMIA ALIKKAL
ANUPAMA M R
AADHIL P
CARPET
• CARPET IS A COMMON
FORM OF FINISHING
• IT IS PREFERRABLY
USED IN WOODEN
STAIRS TO AVOID
SLIPPAGE
• CARPET IS CUT
ACCORDING TO THE
SIZE OF THE STAIR
• IT IS DIFFICULT TO
MAINTAIN.
TILE FINISH
• WHEN YOU INSTALL CERAMIC TILES ON STAIRS IT IS DONE IN
THE SAME WAY AS AW WALL OR COUNTER TOP
• A LAYER OF THINSET IS SPREAD ON THE SUB FLOOR AND THE
TILE IS PRESSED INTO THE MORTAR
• RISER TILES AND TREAD TILES ARE TYPES OF CERAMIC TILES
• WHEN INSTALLING THESE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFULL THAT NO
TREAD TILE EXTENDS OVER THE EDGE
• BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE CERAMIC TILE, THE MORTAR
AND THE GROUTING STANDARD WOODEN STAIRS ARE NOT A
GOOD MATCH FOR A CERAMIC TILE. CONCRETE STAIRS ARE
PREFFERABLE
TYPES:
MARBLE,
PEBBLES AND STONES,
ONYX,
QUARTZITE
CERAMIC TRAVERTINE
GRANITE
FAUX WOOD
SLATE
PORCEILIN