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Outside stair skirt board.
Skirtboard is an overlay for stringers that run diagonally up the stairs following the pitch.
Mopboard is an old fashioned term for skirtboard.
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Skirtboard is the diagonal piece of wood on each side of a staircase.
Follow this tutorial to add a faux stair skirt board to your steps.
I choose 4 for our stairs.
This method works on any stairway.
Diy stair trim my stairs look 100 better with this faux stair skirt board added since adding traditional trim wasn t an option.
Next i temporarily tack the outside skirt into place so that i can use the template without accidentally shifting the skirt board.
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.
It follows the pitch of the stairs covering the stringers or support structure of the.
How to install a mopboard or skirt board on stairs.
So from this distance use a level to mark a straight line vertically near the bottom end of the skirt board.
Then we determined how far we want the skirt to go past the stairs.
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How to cut a skirtboard for stairs.
Staircase skirt boards are installed during the construction or added as a trim feature later.
Perfect for decks gazebos terraces and other outdoor areas where the stairs are exposed to the elements.
The cutting and installing stair skirts requires some basic carpentry skill and common tools.
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Stair skirts must perfectly line up with the staircase stringers so that both start and end at the proper angles and locations.
One thing to watch out for at this stage is to make sure the outside skirt is high enough that when you are cutting out the triangle shape you don t leave a miter corner that is clipped at the top.