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Title: Step at transition from room to room
Post by Lectrician on Oct 2^nd, 2008, 3:16pm

I am nearing completing my dining room / garage conversion.

Before I dry line the last wall, I want to sort the step that is between the lounge and the dining room. I had to have a step unfortunatly.

There is to be matching carpet in the lounge and dining room, and I cannot decide what is best at the step.

A bullnose piece of wood level with the lounge, with the carpet run over the bull nose? Then painted wall for the few inched to the dining room floor?

Lower the dining room side of the cavity wall, and have a carpeted step midway in the wall?

I am not too sure!

Title: Re: Step at transition from room to room
Post by woodsmith on Oct 2^nd, 2008, 6:33pm

Can you not fit a tread (like on the stairs) with the bullnose projecting out, and just carpet the same way a staircase is carpeted?

Title: Re: Step at transition from room to room
Post by Lectrician on Oct 2^nd, 2008, 6:47pm

I find it difficult to visualise!

Would that bull nose be flush with the wall, or jut out a bit?

Title: Re: Step at transition from room to room
Post by woodsmith on Oct 3^rd, 2008, 8:04am

It would jut out; a carpet fitter will easily take the carpet over the edge.

Title: Re: Step at transition from room to room
Post by Dolallytap on Oct 3^rd, 2008, 8:32am

Polished timber tread and riser, ( just like the bottom tread of a good many stairs ) made wider than the door opening so you can stand architrave of the tread. Line out the reveal of the door opening and have architrave off the tread.

Have a look at this

Title: Re: Step at transition from room to room
Post by Lectrician on Oct 3^rd, 2008, 5:35pm

Something like this?

I guess I would have to talk nicely to a carpenter at work to router it for me!

Would you put this in before or after dry lining?

Title: Re: Step at transition from room to room
Post by woodsmith on Oct 3^rd, 2008, 6:23pm

That looks about right, if you are going to carpet there is no need to rout a perfect edge, just round it over with a plane.

Title: Re: Step at transition from room to room
Post by Dolallytap on Oct 3^rd, 2008, 9:34pm

Lectrician wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2008, 5:35pm:

Would you put this in before or after dry lining?

Before