How to install a stair skirt board to existing stairs.
Stair skirt board installation.
Using a two foot level scribe a line plumb with each riser.
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.
Lay the skirt along the points of the stringer butting the board against the wall.
This method works on any stairway.
Scribing in a stair skirt.
Installing wall skirt the following steps describe this process.
Miter riser cut on skirt.
The cutting and installing stair skirts requires some basic carpentry skill and common tools.
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.
Staircase skirt boards are installed during the construction or added as a trim feature later.
2 7 measuring and cutting the wall skirt.
Anyone can do this.
The current stairs had carpet on them so the gap didn t matter.
Tack the skirt board into place.