Stair skirts must perfectly line up with the staircase stringers so that both start and end at the proper angles and locations.
Stair skirt board installation.
2 7 measuring and cutting the wall skirt.
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.
Installing wall skirt the following steps describe this process.
Tack the skirt board into place.
Scribing in a stair skirt.
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.
This method works on any stairway.
Miter riser cut on skirt.
The cutting and installing stair skirts requires some basic carpentry skill and common tools.
The current stairs had carpet on them so the gap didn t matter.
Lay the skirt along the points of the stringer butting the board against the wall.
Staircase skirt boards are installed during the construction or added as a trim feature later.
Anyone can do this.