Carpeted Stairs With No Stair Skirt Board

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Carpeted stairs with no stair skirt board. I was out of town during the installation. It occurred to me only after seeing this that the problem is no stair skirting. When we first moved into our new house i knew the first thing that needed to be addressed was the steps leading upstairs. Minimum 4 inches from the bottom of the stringer to where the intersection of your tread riser intersect looks very close on this one 4.
I recently had maple hardwood floors and stairs installed replacing carpet. We were planning on sanding and painting the stair skirt board. L j smith is the leading manufacturer of skirt trim boards. Diy stair trim my stairs look 100 better with this faux stair skirt board added since adding traditional trim wasn t an option.
For a simpler appearance cut a skirt board from a solid plank of wood. We manufacturer over 150 different skirt trim boards. The current stairs had carpet on them so the gap didn t matter. The current skirt board was installed before the treads so the treads butt up against the skirt board.
When i returned i was not pleased with the unsightly gap between the stairs and the wallboard. Aug 13 2015 discover the magic of the internet at imgur a community powered entertainment destination. If you want to diy this type of molding the most difficult part will probably be cutting mortises into the skirt board to accommodate your treads and risers. 5 8 drywall needs to be attached to the bottom of the stairs for fireproofing.
Lift your spirits with funny jokes trending memes entertaining gifs inspiring stories viral videos and so much more. Maximum riser height should be no more then 8 appears you are more. This board will slide between the wall and stairs and have a straight edge on top. We had the upstairs floors professionally re finished leaving just the stairs.
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 where it abuts the stairs and constructed the treads and.