Installing laminate on top stair to carpet can work both ways.
Top of stairs transition to carpet.
The tacks should be facing toward the back of the landing tread.
Carpet transition at top of stairs.
At the top of the stairs nose molding will cover the seam similarly if the vinyl flooring ends at the stair edge.
Here is a quick step by step guide on how to transition hardwood steps into carpet.
And it sure beats having that carpet up at the top run all the way down the stairs.
You may have carpet on the stairs and need to install the laminate up to the top stair where the carpet ends.
Or you can have laminate on the stairs and need to finish the carpet up to the top stair of laminate.
Always try to transition materials on an inside corner.
It seems the norm is wood to carpet.
Most often the top stair will involve installing a stair nose.
Not beautiful but not that noticeable really.
I believe here are my options to correct this.
Hey all we want to have a carpet stairs leading to a semi solid engineered plank wood landing.
If you do not have a new tack strip you can use a track strip you removed after pulling up the carpet from your staircase.
Do we have the wood floor on the very top stair on the landing which will be be higher than the rest of the stairs o.
1 cut the sub flooring in that small area and replace it so the transition between the carpet and stair tread is level and acceptable.
3 use some sort of transition piece between the stair tread to carpet when new carpet is installed.
What is the best way to achieve the transition.
2 bevel cut the back edge of the stair tread to minimize the height difference.
New carpet will be installed so some sort of transition piece can be used if possible.