Over our 30 years in the industry, we’ve been asked countless times - are stair nosings really necessary? We’re realistic. If some cataclysmic event happened today and all stair nosings vanished from the face of the Earth, it probably wouldn’t be a huge deal.  In the grand scheme of things, you could live without them.  But, do you really want to?

Over the years, we’ve found ourselves in constant contact with flooring dealers and school systems across the country, working to provide safe flooring accessories for primary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities. Most often, these educational facilities select products from the Gradus line of stair nosings and transition strips.

Here at Optimum Technologies, we receive hundreds of questions per year about which stair nosing profile is right for our customers’ projects. Often, what our customers really want to know is what kinds of problems they can anticipate down the road with the product. After all, the last thing architects and installers want is a callback. For facilities managers, the last thing you want is one more thing to fix or replace.