Suggestions on repairing top step transition for basement stairwell?

Hey yall, All the floors in my house have been replaced over the years. this stairwell was the last remaining carpet. It was old and stunk and out of place, so we ripped it up. Then we discovered this wild transition. We have only removed the carpet, this transition strip, and a tiny section of trim on the right side of the first picture. What are y’all’s suggestions on making this a relatively cheap and simple job? Already plan to and know how to sand, stain/paint, and apply stair treads, just looking for suggestions on the transition from the hardwood-ish floor above, the concrete, and the top step. The thoughts so far are: 1 - Patch the chipped cement 2 - Remove the top nose by either cutting right along the wall on either side, or pulling out the Stringer to access the top strip to remove 3 - Cut to size a wood piece to fit on top of the top riser that meets flush with the cement 4 - Cut another piece of wood to sit flat on top of the cement and the new strip from step 3 5 - Install that flat piece somehow 6 - Install new transition strip 7 - Cut to size two wall trim pieces to insert around finished step 8- Use extra 1/4 round trim from another project to install at the bottom step in the final picture Does this seem like the right idea? I don’t have a lot of funds, but i have all the tools necessary to complete this, just would love some direction on this shitty step. Open to any suggestions on any of the steps above, or entirely different ideas altogether. Thanks in advance for any assistance! In the meantime, i’ll be searching for flooring videos on atypical basement stair transition strips. submitted by /u/BoiFriday [link] [comments]

Apr 4, 2025 - 03:01

Hey yall,

All the floors in my house have been replaced over the years. this stairwell was the last remaining carpet. It was old and stunk and out of place, so we ripped it up. Then we discovered this wild transition. We have only removed the carpet, this transition strip, and a tiny section of trim on the right side of the first picture.

What are y’all’s suggestions on making this a relatively cheap and simple job? Already plan to and know how to sand, stain/paint, and apply stair treads, just looking for suggestions on the transition from the hardwood-ish floor above, the concrete, and the top step.

The thoughts so far are: 1 - Patch the chipped cement
2 - Remove the top nose by either cutting right along the wall on either side, or pulling out the Stringer to access the top strip to remove
3 - Cut to size a wood piece to fit on top of the top riser that meets flush with the cement
4 - Cut another piece of wood to sit flat on top of the cement and the new strip from step 3
5 - Install that flat piece somehow
6 - Install new transition strip
7 - Cut to size two wall trim pieces to insert around finished step
8- Use extra 1/4 round trim from another project to install at the bottom step in the final picture

Does this seem like the right idea? I don’t have a lot of funds, but i have all the tools necessary to complete this, just would love some direction on this shitty step. Open to any suggestions on any of the steps above, or entirely different ideas altogether.

Thanks in advance for any assistance! In the meantime, i’ll be searching for flooring videos on atypical basement stair transition strips.

submitted by /u/BoiFriday
[link] [comments]