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Gap between floor, wall and stair

5 years ago

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We recently purchased a resale house, which is about 25 years old. I just noticed there is a gap where the floor, wall and stair (leading to basement) meet. The gap seems pretty big (about 1 cm). This was not caught by the inspector.

Is this something to be concerned of or I can simply caulk it?

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GN Builders L.L.C
5 years ago
They cut-short the nosing, usualy instead of the cut back that they did, the nosing would have "ear" cut to overlap the wall, here is an example.

This can be easily fixed by an experienced finish carpenter or or a contractor using matching trim.

I wouldn't calk it would create more of a mess and it will not look good.

If you don't care much about the look, you can use none-shrink compounds, filling the voids sanding and painting, but using trim it would apear more finished and it will look much better.

Good luck
elty thanked GN Builders L.L.C
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