The exclusive South Kensington night club, Boujis has put the safety of its A-list clientele first and gained a beautiful, softly illuminated stairway by installing LumaGrip™ illuminated stair nosing on the staircase leading down from the foyer to the main night club area.

The low, seductive, ambient lighting that characterises and sets the Boujis sexy and intimate atmosphere, great music and friendly bar staff certainly attracts a wealth of high profile guests to the extremely popular London night spot. However, low light levels posed a problem on the main stairway leading down to the night club itself and that was where LumaGrip™ came in to play.

Illuminated stair nosing’s have been available for many years using LEDs but they have always been bulky, complicated, high maintenance and expensive. LumaGrip™ is set to change this with a range of illuminated inserts that replace existing infill in standard Aluminium and PVC nosing’s.

LumaGrip™, illuminated stair nosing insert, ticks all the boxes by providing a safety feature that is anti –slip and can be supplied in a variety of colours, making it easy to colour co ordinate or contrast creating an ideal solution that will enhance any stair area.

Compared to standard illuminated nosing’s LumaGrip™ comes with the added benefits of having a good anti-slip rating and a glare free illumination. Also, standard illuminated nosing has, due to the bulb size, been limited to the front of the nosing on the face of the riser, which means they can be seen clearly only when going up the stairs.

The light source has to be bright enough to illuminate the lower tread and the resulting glare can prove visually distracting. LumaGrip™ however is fitted in to the tread of the stair and so can be seen clearly from both the top and bottom without glare, providing easy to see illuminated edges, complying with Health and Safety regulations

LumaGrip™ incorporates the Light Tape® electroluminescent lighting product into its design which also makes the lighting system extremely economical to run. LumaGrip™ illuminated inserts have been developed to fit into any standard 50mm x 4mm Aluminium or PVC Plastic profiles. It is available in a width of 50mm by 4mm deep and up to 5m in length, incorporating either 6mm or 12mm Light Tape® in a variety of Colours. All connections are embedded in resin making the product safe and easy to clean.

LumaGrip™ has been developed to fit into standard Aluminum profiles, timber stairs and decking as well as uneven floors (edges of dance floors etc) safer and more visible with the benefit of light, which also has the advantage of looking attractive and adding a splash of truly visible colour and interest to any bar or club. This is one safety essential that really looks good too.

In the interest of safety, it makes sense to ensure that steps and varying floor level changes are as visually obvious as possible.
 
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