Hello all! I'm hoping someone can come up with an amazing solution for me. We are hoping to install an engineered oak floor on the ground and first floors of a Victorian house including the hall and landings. We are planning to sand and stain both the stair treads and handrail and paint the rest of the staircase (risers, stringers, spindles etc) white. We are not planning on carpeting the stairs unless the stairs don't come up well, in which case we will have to add a stair runner. Our question is, if we are not carpeting the stairs, how can we safely and neatly finish the wood floor at the top step on each of the landings. The stair nosing are curved which makes it difficult and I'm a bit worried about creating a trip hazard if there is a raised edge to any finishing. I'd appreciate any advice. Obviously, I know the easiest solution would be carpet but I've got joint problems and wood is so much easier to hoover! I've attached a few photos - not brilliant quality - but they give an idea of the problem. Thank you.
Either a stair edge nosing or get a joiner to make something up, you will be able to find a edge that has minimal height difference to the floor
Thank you for your reply. That sounds encouraging from a safety aspect. I'm just worried that the nosing will look a bit odd from the bottom of the stairs looking up as we haven't seen one that would "fit" with the existing nosing. It's my fussy carpenter who's made me rethink my plans as he is worried it will look untidy: both from the edge profile point of view and from the multiple wood colours (new floor, existing tread and new stair nosing).
If not take what he says into consideration to be honest as he is a chippy and and not a Floorlayer, it will look fine as that's what they are designed for, I'd recommend getting a Floorlayer in to do wood to be honest, have yet to see a chippy lay a good wood floor
