Scott Thornton
02-09-2010, 11:25 PM
I'm hoping someone here can give me some good tips or recommendations for cutting skirt boards to go in between my stair treads and the wall.
I have a set of 8 stairs going down to a landing which turns and another 8 stairs going down to the bottom floor (my basement). I need to install a 1x12 skirt board between the stairs and the wall and then I'm going to add trim and wainscoting. This doesn't seem like a perplexing install, but I'd like to get it right the first time as I have just enough wood ready to do the job.
It seems to me like the easiest thing to do would be to lay the skirt board on the stairs and start with making vertical lines at the top and bottom. On the bottom there needs to be an angled section that sits on the floor as well. I apologize to those who are experts or people who do this kind of thing on a regular basis for my ignorance, but please help and forgive me for any improper terminology.
Thanks.
Scott
I have a set of 8 stairs going down to a landing which turns and another 8 stairs going down to the bottom floor (my basement). I need to install a 1x12 skirt board between the stairs and the wall and then I'm going to add trim and wainscoting. This doesn't seem like a perplexing install, but I'd like to get it right the first time as I have just enough wood ready to do the job.
It seems to me like the easiest thing to do would be to lay the skirt board on the stairs and start with making vertical lines at the top and bottom. On the bottom there needs to be an angled section that sits on the floor as well. I apologize to those who are experts or people who do this kind of thing on a regular basis for my ignorance, but please help and forgive me for any improper terminology.
Thanks.
Scott