Flooring choice for basement/tank area

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Yes the stairs need to be done. Hence me not wanting to do carpet since I won't touch stairs...

Hardwood stairs can be pretty dangerous, especially if kids are around, hardwood stairs are also pretty expensive as you have to buy the nosing which costs around $60-$90 per stair. Carpet is much safer but hard to keep clean, installers do charge more for stairs but not that much more.