Anyone any idea what this is on concrete stairs?

murrays2

Morning All,

I have a metal stair nose that covers the concrete part of my hallway stairs. See attached image.

The nose has came off at the weekend. Its my understanding these should be drilled in, but this looks to have been glued down., and it has started to lose its hold. Its a rented accomodation and I have made the landlord aware. We agreed just to put down double sided tape to hold it in place.

My question is what is the white stuff that is over the concrete in the image? And is it needed? It was peeling at the edges so I just took it off to put the tape down evenly.

I am thinking it is some kind of adhesive they have used years ago, but then then they have written a number on it years ago? Some kind of insulator?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Asking in case it is needed to protect the steps?

Thanks

murrays2

https://ibb.co/x2jdGDw

Is the image url

neilmcl

Looks like they've simply used some sealant to adhere the stair nose to the floor at some point. Don't know what the number relates to, is it a measurement, 1.122" for example?

murrays2

Thanks Neil.

phill99

If you measure the nose something tells me it is 1122 mm long.

neilmcl

phill99 wrote: »

If you measure the nose something tells me it is 1122 mm long.

That seems a little excessive don't you think?

phill99

neilmcl wrote: »

That seems a little excessive don't you think?

Thats just over a metre or around 42" in old money.
Not excessive for stairs at all.