Landing tread is the final trim piece or "top step" in your staircase remodel. It is a transition piece intended to extend a floor covering into the staircase while maintaining a consistent overhang & appearance throughout every tread in the staircase. Often, people will assume that because they're installing carpet on the upper level, a landing tread is not needed but the final wood piece is usually required for construction code purposes & to maintain consistency.

If you have carpet on your upper level, you can tuck the carpet to the back of this moulding profile. For a great article on using a landing tread with carpet upstairs, see this blog entry. It's not uncommon for this piece to already be installed along the top edge of your stairs by the flooring contractor if you have existing wood floors. This profile is designed to be installed with carpet or 3/4" hardwood floors behind it - if you are using flooring of a different thickness, you will need to source a stairnose from your flooring supplier.

There are a few other parts you will need for a staircase remodel using components in the Low Country Maple Collection. Most commonly, you'll need the standard Low Country Maple Retro Tread for closed staircases. If the right end of your stair tread is exposed, you may want to consider a "Low Country Maple Right Mitered Return tread". If the left edge is exposed, you need a " Low Country Maple Left Mitered Return" style stair tread. For the vertical space between each tread, you'll need either white risers, or matching Low Country Maple Risers. Also consider matching Low Country Maple Cove Moulding under the bullnose of each step. Cove moulding looks great whether installed over matching risers or white risers.