First new topic I’ve started, but I’ve been a long time lurker.
These pictures are of the bottom step in my home. The house originally had floating hardwood flooring when we first looked at the house (August 05) that we had the contractor replaced with a glued down engineered hardwood. The gap along the front riser has been covered with shoe moulding that ran under the newel post. I’ve taken that off for these pictures. Any ideas on how to trim this bottom step to look “right”?
Extending the newel post down to the floor with a block and a thin riser “cover” over the existing riser extending down to the floor has been the best I’ve been able to come up with.
Edited to delete large picture.
Edited 12/21/2006 3:25 pm ET by omnimax
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Well that looks like crap, doesn't it!
I think your idea may be the easiest. The best solution would be to replace the newel post, but that would be a heck of a job.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
How about some 2/4 oak, 4 " long, with a 45' bevel on top. Or something to that affect. A simple fix to your problem.
I would be tempted to get a block under your newel post out of the same size stock . Then add a 3/4' x say 5" tall piece of trim to all three sides of the base of the newel made with matching material. (Imitation column base.) Extend the existing base up to the new " Column Base" and between the newels at the riser.
Drawing attention away from the bottom step using same colored mouldings/ trim as you intended is the way to go. The bottom of the newel could be easily covered with a ¼ X 1" flat oak shoe stained the same. An inserted piece would be hard to flush and match.
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