A door swinging over the stairs will not meet residential building codes.
Sliding door top of stairs.
Stair landings are required at top and bottom with exceptions at top of interior stairs or in garage if door swings in away from the stairs.
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A prehung door is easiest but you must remain.
Diagram 7 tells you that if a door opens onto the landing from diagram 6 that the door must open no closer than 400mm from the top of the steps.
Measure the door frame at the top of the staircase with a measuring tape.
An interior door at the top of a flight of stairs need not have a landing at the top of the stairs provided the door swings away from the stairs.
Measure the height and width of the door to ensure that it fits in the door frame.
You noted the ceiling being a possible issue with doors.
The door should be about 1 inch shorter than the height of the door frame to provide floor clearance.
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For a door to swing outwards you would need to have a landing at the top of the stairs.
Installing an interior door into an existing door frame at the top of the stairs is the best choice to protect your family and separate the levels.
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It looks like the slope would not accommodate a barn door not enough room to the side before it would run into the ceiling.
R311 3 2 floor elevations for other exterior doors.
A floor or landing is not required at the top of an interior flight of stairs including stairs in an enclosed garage provided that a door does not swing over the stairs.