Matching stair nosings for your timber floor
Petit Château and Icons floors have colour-matched oak stair nosings, made in the factory with the return already formed, so the floor carries straight up the stairs.
What you get
A stair nosing is the shaped edge that finishes each step. It takes more traffic than anywhere else on the floor, and it’s the line everyone looks at as they come up the stairs. A nosing made on site from a different batch of timber, then stained to suit, can be hard to match to the floor beside it.
Ours come from the factory colour-matched to the collection and finished the same way as the boards, so colour and grain carry from floor to step. They match closely, allowing for the natural variation every oak floor has.
| Profile | 110 x 40 x 20 mm |
|---|---|
| Length | 1.2 m. Ask us about longer lengths |
| Material | European oak, finished in the same lacquer as the floor |
| Made | In the factory, with the return already formed. No site mitre on the leading edge |
| Collections | Petit Château and Icons, every format of each colour listed below |
| No matching nosing | Icons Conde, and the Château collection |
The colours with a matching nosing
Each colour below has its own nosing. Tap a colour to see the floor.
Petit Château
See the Petit Château collection
Icons
See the Icons collection. Conde is the one Icons colour without a matching nosing, and the Château collection has none.
Buy them with the floor
Oak changes colour with light over time. A nosing supplied with the floor ages alongside it, while one added years later starts from a different point. So the simplest approach is to count your step edges, including any landing edges, and include the nosings in the same order as the floor.
Send us the stair plan or a photo and the colour you’ve chosen, and we’ll add the nosings to your quote. The treads themselves are clad in the same engineered boards as the rest of the floor.
What a nosing doesn’t decide on its own
Stair geometry, handrails and the slip performance of the treads are set by the New Zealand Building Code, and the nosing detail is one part of an assessment your designer and building consent authority make for the whole stair. We don’t give slip ratings on this page. Our timber stairs guide sets out what clause D1 asks for.
One thing worth knowing before you specify: on an accessible stairway the Code (D1/AS1 clause 4.1.7) asks for nosings that contrast in colour with the tread. A matched nosing is the right detail for a private stair and the wrong one there.
Stair nosings: common questions
Can I get stair nosings that match my timber floor?
Yes, on two collections. Every Petit Château colour (Antibes, Bordeaux, Cannes, Claret, Giverny, Lyon, Marseille and Nice) and the Icons colours Coco, Frida, Monaco and Westwood have a colour-matched oak nosing.
What size are your stair nosings?
110 x 40 x 20 mm and 1.2 m long, made in the factory with the return already formed and finished in the same lacquer as the floor. Ask us if you need a longer length.
Which colours don't have a matching nosing?
Icons Conde has no matching nosing, and neither does the Château collection. For any other range, ask us.
Do you supply stair treads?
We supply the engineered European oak boards that clad a stair, plus colour-matched nosings for Petit Château and Icons.
Can I use a matching nosing on an accessible stairway?
No. The Building Code asks for nosings on an accessible stairway to contrast in colour with the tread, and ours are colour matched. They suit private stairs.
Can I add nosings to my floor later?
You can, but oak changes colour with light over time, so a nosing bought years later starts from a different point. We recommend ordering nosings with the floor.
Planning a stair?
Send us the plan and the colour, and we’ll include the matching nosings in your quote.