Stair Skirt Board Alternative

Sep 27 2012 a blog about home decor design diy doughnuts and dumb stuff.

Stair skirt board alternative.

The current skirt board was installed before the treads so the treads butt up against the skirt board. How to install a stair skirt board to existing stairs. When we first moved into our new house i knew the first thing that needed to be addressed was the steps leading upstairs. To put skirt boards in is not an easy fix.

X2 what buck said a skirt can be added most stair companies who make stairs and install railings or a finish carpenter can add a skirt board to existing staircase. The trick is precise line transfer of existing stair onto a board and precise cutting. Diy stair trim my stairs look 100 better with this faux stair skirt board added since adding traditional trim wasn t an option. Nov 6 2019 explore kristen lisa s board alternative stairs on pinterest.

Enough to give an even reveal of the skirt around the stairs and still leave enough room for the baseboard to make the end corner. The current stairs had carpet on them so the gap didn t matter. Staircase skirt boards are installed during the construction or added as a trim feature later. The cutting and installing stair skirts requires some basic carpentry skill and common tools.

So from this distance use a level to mark a straight line vertically near the bottom end of the skirt board. I choose 4 for our stairs. 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. One thing you have on your side is the treads are painted so fixing the gaps that you will have after cutting and installing a skirt board will be easy.

Stair skirts must perfectly line up with the staircase stringers so that both start and end at the proper angles and locations. Then we determined how far we want the skirt to go past the stairs. Sit the board down on the edges of the treads and make a.