Roppe Holding Company Announces New Installation Process for Roppe® and Flexco® Brand Stair Treads
Epoxy nose filler no longer required on most resilient stair treads
FOSTORIA, Ohio, Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Roppe Holding Company (RHC), the parent company to commercial flooring leaders Roppe® and Flexco® brands, announced today that most of their resilient stair tread installations no longer require epoxy nose filler.
"We recognize that distributors and installers value three performance attributes from their manufacturer partners above all else: design aesthetics, quality and ease of installation. While the market recognizes RHC flooring companies for their continuous commitment to all three, eliminating the need for epoxy nose filler is going to be recognized by the professional flooring community as a significant benefit," stated Brent Fike, RHC's General Manager of Technical Services.
Green building guidelines are continuously pushing the envelope to make buildings more efficient and healthier for occupants. Holistic scrutiny of the elements that go into the building is at the heart of RHC's design process. RHC offers a variety of resilient stair treads including Vulcanized Rubber Stair Treads, which are formulated with ingredients that do not appear on the Red List of chemicals published by the International Living Futures Institute. However, epoxy nose fillers are formulated with ingredients that appear on the Red List. In addition, epoxy nose fillers are commonly formulated using chemicals that appear on California's Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as the California Prop 65 list. Excluding the additional step from the installation process will not only drive down total project costs, it will also provide a safer choice to Architects and Specifiers to build tomorrow's buildings with reduced chemical hazards.
RHC resilient stair treads have always been designed to fit stair nosings snugly using quality workmanship and materials. However, through consistent advances in design and engineering systems, stair treads produced in 2018 and beyond no longer require epoxy nose filler on most installations.
To learn more about Roppe's stair treads, visit roppe.com.
To learn more about Flexco's stair treads, visit flexcofloors.com.
About Roppe Holding Company
With headquarters in Fostoria, Ohio, the Roppe Holding Company is committed to excellence, growth and value-added synergies through the combined strengths of our subsidiaries. We are proud of the companies within our organization, and their names are widely recognized for quality and leadership in the markets they serve. With offices and manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Alabama, Florida, and over 750 employees nationwide, our companies have solid ties to the local communities in which we work and live. Our goal is to utilize the RHC's unified brands for the benefit of our companies and employees, as well as our customers.
SOURCE Roppe Holding Company, Inc.
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