Do you have solid / engineered wood on landing? What happens at the top step?

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The engineered wood landing in our house stops short of the top step, the last couple of inches are carpeted, which then goes down the stairs. Is there a way around this? It's pretty ugly!

Yes , new carpet on landing and new carpet on stairs.

Sounds like a real bodge job, so anyway it's time to get the card out

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So there's no way to keep a wooden floor on the landing? Was wondering whether there was some sort of rounded piece you can buy to finish off the edge of the step.

A bodge job is about right.

Myself I would not lay 2 different materials on a staircase and landing. I just wonder if it could be dangerous.

Yes there are curved pieces for stairs - can't recall exactly what they are called though. Bull nose? Seems to ring a bell.

Thanks so much! That's exactly it!

Bull nose is a profile. Your house will be able to sort something out but it might not look ideal/perfectly blend. Do you actually want wood floors on the landing? Not a fan personally so unless you do maybe chance to carpet both?

We've only recently bought the house and we're trying to prioritise what to keep and what to change.

There is maple engineered wood on the landing, which is in reasonable condition given it hasn't been well treated. I reckon a sand down would bring it up very well. On the other hand, the stairs carpet is vile, and I'd like to get shot of it, but if I do that we have the issue of the wood flooring not going as far as the edge of the top step.

From a design perspective, our house is slightly odd in that we have a mezzanine landing type thing, off which comes the bathroom, living room and two bedrooms. This is directly above and open to the the hall, so I think it would be nice to have the same flooring, and only have carpet in the bedrooms (and on the stairs for noise).