On 5 Sep, 07:34, Chris J Dixon wrote:

I may have misunderstood, but doesn't your proposal simply move
the problem large step to the bottom of the flight, or do you
also intend to cover the hall floor?


The original problem as pointed out to me was a potential safety issue
with a change in riser height on the top step. Your point did occur
to me but it seemed to me that this is less of an issue on the bottom
step. Furthermore, the plan is to have a hardwood floor in the hall
and the carpet the stairs and landing so there was going to be a
difference anyway. The thing I am not sure about is in what direction
that difference would be. How does the thickness of the hardwood
flooring over whatever underlay may or may not be needed compare with
carpet plus underlay? If thicker then I can afford a slightly higher
first stair. If thinner then I maybe I would need to think again.

In any case, the plan I proposed is now looking less practical anyway.
When I actually went and looked at the stairs I noticed that the
bottom stair is what I believe is called a Bullnose Step (see
http://www.pearstairs.co.uk/pages/st...y/default.aspx for
an example). So the nose covers I had in mind wouldn't fit this
anyway.

Bob