With the popularity of slate in recent years, whether it is a commercial space or a home space, slate has become an inescapable material for high-end decoration. With its excellent physical properties and design, slate has advantages in applications such as walls, floors, countertops, and even furniture finishes. But there is one place that is rarely mentioned, and that is the "slate stair steps".
New Pearl Slate Laurent Black Gold by Hangzhou New Pearl Slate
In the past, many natural stones were used for stair treads, but the high-end artistic texture, boundary-breaking continuous pattern design, and reliable and stable physical properties have given slate stair treads a very good spatial performance, and also Gradually it has become the choice of many customers. Today we will take the specific shape of the New Pearl slate stair treads as an example to show you which shapes are suitable for slate, and also to avoid some unsuitable shapes.
Today we will take the specific shape of rock slab stair treads as an example to show you which shapes are suitable for rock slabs, and also to avoid some unsuitable shapes.
Recommended style 1: Steps on the facade and the facade turned at a right angle
The name seems complicated at first glance because it involves the professional name of processing, but it is not difficult to understand when you look at the picture. This style is the most widely used style of rock slab stair treads. On the one hand, it can intuitively display the continuous pattern effect of rock slabs on the stairs, giving it a sense of high-end and design.
It is especially suitable to use marble colors with obvious texture trends. Of course, if you like simplicity, you can also choose granite colors, which are simple and natural.
On the other hand, the processing and delivery of this style of slate stair treads is relatively simple and quick. The service provider can directly prepare the modular components in the processing factory after measuring the dimensions, and then bring them to the decoration site for direct assembly. The only drawback is that it cannot be installed with hidden light strips.
Non-hidden light strips can be installed
Recommended style 2: step on the surface and turn at a small right angle
This style is more traditional and widely used. It is close to the effect of natural marble stairs on both sides, but because the hardness of the rock slab itself is higher, there is no need to add artificial stone cushions under the tread like natural stone.
Magician slate staircase of Huawei Shenzhen flagship store
Compared to the above shape 1, this approach is more visually layered, but will accordingly affect the presentation of the continuous pattern effect. It is suitable to use rock slabs with non-continuous patterns of colors to make it, which is simple and has just the right visual hierarchy. The specific method also depends on whether to install light strips. If it is not installed, it can usually be turned at a right angle of 30-50mm; if it is installed, it can usually be turned at a right angle of 30-80mm.
Recommended style 3: step on the surface and turn at a large right angle
This style can be said to be a combination of Style 1 and Style 2. It not only shows the majestic effect of turning the right-angled facade to the continuous pattern of the rock slabs, but also does not lose the visual hierarchy. Generally, a height of about 40-60mm is left under the facade, and it is more suitable to make hidden light strips or not.
New Pearl Slate Carrara White by Hangzhou New Pearl Slate
When this style is used on stairs with a relatively large tread, the effect will be more elegant. A common technique is to set a slightly larger "ground"-like step for the slate staircase. The width and width are matched to create a visual hierarchy and fully demonstrate the design and aesthetic advantages of the slate material.
Not recommended style 1: step on the face and make double sides
It is not recommended to make double-sided rock slab stair treads, mainly because apart from the full-body rock slab, the grain and texture of the rock slab itself basically only exist on the surface of the slab. The green body shown in the cross-section after cutting is the same color but has no Patterns and textures, on the contrary, affect the overall beauty.
Not recommended shape 2: curved tread or curved railing position
Not recommended doesn’t mean it can’t be done, rock slabs can also be used to make isolated treads.But on the one hand, because the arc shape is irregular, it is difficult to increase the yield rate during cutting, which increases the overall cost in disguise; in addition, the orphan shape cannot be cut "seamlessly", which leads to the inability to connect connected products, affecting the The design of the finished product.
On the other hand, a curved tread means that the facade also needs to be curved. If it is made of rock slabs, it will cost more to do the hot-bending shape, and the curved tread surface must fit closely. This undoubtedly requires extremely high processing and delivery capabilities, which means a much higher cost. cost.
If something goes wrong, money will be spent, but the effect will still not be good. Of course, other materials, such as stainless steel, can be used instead, but it cannot be used well at home and is not a suitable choice after all. Using other materials to replace the inside also defeats the original purpose of using rock slabs for stair treads.
For this reason, when making curved and rotary stair steps, rock slabs often use other materials as railings to achieve curved surfaces, and appropriate cuts are made on the rock slabs. The arc is spliced with the railing, while the other parts are still straight. This can not only retain the advantages of slate stairs, but also avoid inconveniences in processing and delivery, and reduce the overall cost.
