What material is on your Entry Steps?

[CountryB]

Originally Posted by windsorbill

I'm anxious to see your final product.

What are you doing on your side walls? I couldn't tell by your picture, do you have a step cover that slides out? I see you have a drawer down at the bottom step.

The sides of my step well is carpeted. The same carpeting as the living area. I'm going to leave that as is. If I ever get around to replacing the carpeting in the bedroom with engineered-wood planks, I save some for the step entry sides.

I do have the air-powered step slide cover. If you look at my picture in the first post, that "broom looking" part is the slider. Maybe your were asking someone else.

I don't need to do anything with that other than I will put the SS panel on that riser just under the slideout opening. The landing above that slider is the coach floor level and it is already tiled.

[palehorse89]

Originally Posted by firedoc

Commercial rubber coin tread with acacia sides to match floor. Coutesy of Ernie.Attachment 197230

Love that look Terry Beautiful!!!! Love the wood better than tile. What kind of wood is that....? Finish is gorgeous........

[RCG604]

Mike, will you grout the tile or caulk? My fear would be the grout cracking.

Originally Posted by CountryB

That wood on the sides is nice.

I have already pulled off the "outdoor" carpeting installed by previous owner, and found the original rubber tread underneath (like in the pic above, but black). I pulled that off and see the step frame is made of metal.

I'm going to be using 18ga 304 stainless steel (mirror finish) on the risers, and will put porcelain tiles on the steps. I plan to use a Schluter stair profile on the step nose (like this) https://www.schluter.com/schluter-us.../p/TREP_SE-S-B to provide slip resistance and hide the tile edge.

I contacted Laticrete tech support and was told I can use their Latapoxy 300 (trowels on like thinset) directly on the metal step surface and set my tiles on that. https://laticrete.com/en/our-product...y-300-adhesive

I am trying to find tile now that matches what is already in the couch. If I can't find anything closely matching, DW has a few ideas.

[CountryB]

Originally Posted by RCG604

Mike, will you grout the tile or caulk? My fear would be the grout cracking.

That's a good question.
I have had good success with SpectraLock (epoxy grout) at home. It goes on easy, wears great, and doesn't stain, but in this case maybe color matched sanded-silicone grout would be better.

I'm not sure how much flex to expect. The step area is very minimal (30" x 9" for each step. So that is like three tiles/grout lines per step, and the edges.

[10Boomer]

Originally Posted by CountryB

That's a good question.

I have had good success with SpectraLock (epoxy grout) at home. It goes on easy, wears great, and doesn't stain, but in this case maybe color matched sanded-silicone grout would be better.



I'm not sure how much flex to expect. The step area is very minimal (30" x 9" for each step. So that is like three tiles/grout lines per step, and the edges.

They have polyurethane sand or non sanded grout. Completed my whole floor. No more crack grout.

[firedoc]

Originally Posted by palehorse89

Love that look Terry Beautiful!!!! Love the wood better than tile. What kind of wood is that....? Finish is gorgeous........

Acacia manufactured hard wood

[CountryB]

John, very nice!
What did you use for grout? And what did you set the tiles in (thinset or epoxy, or something else)? I going to be using laticrete "Latapoxy 300" which is a three part epoxy adhesive. https://laticrete.com/en/our-product...y-300-adhesive

Originally Posted by Captjake1

We did this a few years ago.
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[Captjake1]

Originally Posted by CountryB

John, very nice!
What did you use for grout? And what did you set the tiles in (thinset or epoxy, or something else)? I going to be using laticrete "Latapoxy 300" which is a three part epoxy adhesive. https://laticrete.com/en/our-product...y-300-adhesive

Thine and quartz lock urethane grout. Doesn't stain as easy as regular grout. Similar to epoxy, but a little easier to clean up. Epoxy wears better and doesn't stain. If I were to do it again, I would use epoxy grout.

[CountryB]

I removed all the old material (the outdoor carpeting and rubber step under that), cleaned everything and installed SS mirror plate to the risers and tiled the steps. I was lucky to find tiles for the steps that closely match the interior tiles.

I used the Epoxy thinset (Laticrete Latapoxy 300) https://laticrete.com/en/our-product...y-300-adhesive to set the tiles, and automotive panel adhesive (Lord Fusor epoxy adhesive) to attach the stainless steel panels. https://www.lord.com/products-and-so...adhesive-(slow)

The grout is coming tomorrow. I using Laticrete SpectrLock (Epoxy grout). https://laticrete.com/en/support-and...ctralock-grout

Once I finish the grouting, I will install LED light strips with the aluminum track at the bottom of each riser. (from LEDSupply). https://www.ledsupply.com/led-heatsinks/led-strip-track

Hopefully, I will finish everything this Saturday. I'll post a photo when I'm done.

Thanks for all the advise, photos, and ideas.

[10Boomer]

Originally Posted by CountryB

I removed all the old material (the outdoor carpeting and rubber step under that), cleaned everything and installed SS mirror plate to the risers and tiled the steps. I was lucky to find tiles for the steps that closely match the interior tiles.



I used the Epoxy thinset (Laticrete Latapoxy 300) https://laticrete.com/en/our-product...y-300-adhesive to set the tiles, and automotive panel adhesive (Lord Fusor epoxy adhesive) to attach the stainless steel panels. https://www.lord.com/products-and-so...adhesive-(slow)



The grout is coming tomorrow. I using Laticrete SpectrLock (Epoxy grout). https://laticrete.com/en/support-and...ctralock-grout



Once I finish the grouting, I will install LED light strips with the aluminum track at the bottom of each riser. (from LEDSupply). https://www.ledsupply.com/led-heatsinks/led-strip-track



Hopefully, I will finish everything this Saturday. I'll post a photo when I'm done.



Thanks for all the advise, photos, and ideas.

It will be good to see finished product!

[zo66]

After acquiring a serious case of "stair envy" at Quartzite, I joined the team [ATTACH]199771 BEFORE

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[10Boomer]

Nice looking!

[Captjake1]

Nice!

[windsorbill]

Originally Posted by zo66

After acquiring a serious case of "stair envy" at Quartzite, I joined the team [ATTACH]199771 BEFORE

[ATTACH]199772
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Looks nice.

stair envy is contagious.