Flooring choice for basement/tank area

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Originally Posted by sphelps

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.

Yeah somehow I keep getting excited about the floor and forget about the nose pieces. I suppose I could carpet the stairs and do the hardwood downstairs...