Types of Stair Lights and Safety
Installing LED lights around your family's outdoor entertaining area protects family, friends, and guests from accidents and spills while also creating a beautiful backyard view all throughout the night.
Adding lighting creates a cozy, welcoming deck - but even more important is the feeling of security and the knowledge that guests are having a fun, safe time over at your home. Learn more about the different types of stair lights and the safety they can add to your outdoor living space today!
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Recessed Stair Lights
Recessed stair lights are generally round light fixtures that are installed into a hollowed-out opening to provide directional light. These fixtures can be installed in stair risers to provide outward angled light down and along the staircase, within the stair tread for an upward glow directing guests, or even in ceilings and architectural features to highlight a special area.
Homeowners will often install upward-facing recessed lights underneath the bottom rail of their deck stair railing to both illuminate the graspable rails for guests while highlighting the overall style of their deck railing layout.
Several customer-favorite options from DecksDirect include the Trex LED Recessed Riser Light, the Recessed LED Dek Dot Light from Dekor, and the Flush Angled LED Light from LMT Mercer.
Riser Lights
Riser lights are fixtures that are primarily mounted directly into the stair riser boards and provide illumination for the steps below while adding a touch of design detail to a walkway. Offered in a wide variety of designs, shapes, and materials, riser lights can range from subtle and low-key to eye-catching and bright.
Typically, homeowners will install a riser light on each of the steps within a path to ensure that a proper footing can be had. Riser lights often attach via included installation screws or a simple swipe of silicone adhesive.
Choose from popular designs such as the Corona LED Recessed Riser Light, the Mt. Evans Riser Light, or the Deckorators ALX Luna Riser Light.
Stair Tread Lighting
Mounting under tread lights on your outdoor living space can highlight the width of your staircase. You can also install them along curved steps to emphasize a unique walkway design. Available as either LED strip lights or solid one-piece fixtures, tread lighting accentuates the overall appearance of your staircase as a whole.
Attached directly under the lip of the stair tread, under tread lighting is typically installed via included installation screws and adhesive strips, or a silicone adhesive purchased separately. From single solid-piece lights to pliable rope lights and full lighting sets, under tread lighting can be as flexible as needed for your design needs!
Shop customer-favorite tread lighting options such as the Odyssey LED Strip Light from LMT Mercer, the Flex Deck LED Rope Light, or the Radiance LED Multipurpose Light from Dekor.