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3 Key Points to Ensure Access for Sight Impaired Consumers

If you are managing a facility, the first thing that you need to ensure is to provide safe and easy access to sight-impaired consumers. Your organization must follow the best practices to make your facilities inclusive to make the facility safe, and accessible to all consumers who either have a physical disability or are visually impaired.               So, let’s take a look at the three key points to ensure access for sight-impaired consumers:  Use Contrast Colors    You can use different types of lighting and contrasting colors to allow your sight-impaired consumers to identify different surfaces. For example, you can add a colored strip along the stair edges to help your consumers easily watch out for the stairs with a lesser chance of falling accidents.     2.      Provide Tactile Flooring Tactile tiles are raised tiles with specific patterns that are useful in assisting visually impa...

Why Opt for Stair Nosing Solutions?

  Safety is of the utmost importance when it comes to new constructions or renovation projects. But, unfortunately, one of the most neglected parts is the stairs. Today, stair nosings are a part of the law in many commercial buildings, or the staircase will not comply with codes and regulations.    Stair nosing solutions maybe "glued" or "screwed" to any existing surface if there is no need for a new floor. It may also be placed in various materials and colors while meeting all safety regulations, including contrast requirements.    This blog consists of the outlined reasons why  code-compliant cast-in-place stair nosing  is essential apart from helping reduce accidents in your work.   code-compliant cast-in-place stair nosing   Stair nosing makes your staircase safer. Whether it's your household stairs or office stairs, walking on those without stair nosings is trickier. This is because stair nosings provide you with some extra...