On my house, there are floorboards on the landing.
There is a piece of bullnose level with the boards and along the edge.
i wouldn’t be surprised if it was just a standard stair cut down on site. (House was built in the mid 50’s)
on mine, that bullnose can actually be lifted off. So if I wanted to, I could stain it, and make it level with some kind of landing flooring.
Don’t forget that you will need access to the riser to install carpet that tucks behind the bullnose.
The top "step" of a closed riser staircase is normally only a narrow strip with something lime a bullnose on the outside edge and a groove on the underside to hold the top of the riser. The riser and the top step are housed into the stringers, but unlike the other steps, which have triangular shaped glue blocks at the top of the riser where the riser and tread meet, the top riser has no glue blocks. This is logical, because the top riser needs to sit flat against the joist or trimmers. The fact that you can lift the top tread/nosing just indicates that someone has over overtrimmed the stringers at some time - but it isn't the norm
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