Stair Skirt Board

This product is good on one face sanded and ready to be cut to fit.
Stair skirt board. The cutting and installing stair skirts requires some basic carpentry skill and common tools. I want to put new treads on these stairs which are finished wood so that there is no visible gap between the end of the stair tread and the wall or skirt board. You may inherit a situation where your home s stair builder decided to skip the skirt the protective one by 12 that protects the wall. The skirtboard stair part which is also called stair stringer connects the stair tread to the riser and is an integral part to any long lasting stairway creation.
Skirtboards are typically edge glued with color and grain matched woods. Step by step how to video on scribing skirt boards into a marble stairway with steel tread nosing. Apr 30 2019 explore johnny navarro s board stairs skirting on pinterest. See more ideas about stairs skirting stairs diy stairs.
This method works on any stairway. The current skirt board was installed before the treads so the treads butt up against the skirt board. There are several ways to accomplish the task when pre fabrication in a shop is not an option. Stair skirts must perfectly line up with the staircase stringers so that both start and end at the proper angles and locations.
A finished skirt board on a flight of stairs is one of those tasks in finish carpentry that remains in prominent view always open to critique. How to install a stair skirt board to existing stairs. Anyone can do this. The current stairs had carpet on them so the gap didn t matter.