If you’re looking for a way to light up or illuminate your stairs, you’ll find that there are a couple readily available options.
I came across an interesting article by DHi that gives more extensive information about photoluminescent products and details some of their offerings. Gradus has a photoluminescent insert that can be used with some stair nosing profiles, but doesn’t offer a full photoluminescent stair nosing or tread.
The actual lighting element of the system can be supplied in two different ways:
The Gradus LED Interlok Advance Lighting System offers a pin point lighting effect, meaning that you can see each LED on the strip. The LEDs are surface mounted onto strips that can be cut to desired lengths without causing any reduction in brightness.
The LEDs have a lifetime of up to 50,000 hours. On the Gradus LED lighting strips, the LEDs are spaced at intervals of just under 4 inches (100mm). You can get the LEDs in Blue, Green, Red, White, and Amber.
Continuity is an LED lighting system that provides a continuous lighting effect down the length of the step, giving a streamlined and modern finish. With this system, instead of seeing the individual LED “bulbs” on a strip, the LED units are at the end of the strip and the light is projected through a fiber optic rod. Again, the lifetime of the LED units are up to 50,000 hours, and you have a choice of color - Blue, Red, Green, and White.