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The stair skirt board is a long, unbroken piece of trim, 9 inches wide and inches thick. . You can use similar colored caulk at any seams to hide any other gaps. The stringers appear to but cut properly but the treads and risers have large gaps on the sides next to the skirt board, as much as 1/4 inch. The risers should be the same color as all the trim. 3. 2-7 here. and what should be expected as "normal". There are two kinds of skirt boards for stairs. The skirt projecting above your top step should be cut vertically to match the height of your existing trim if that is the look youd like. 1 x 12 x 12' TRANSCEND LINEAGE COLORS: Ray, study your wood sciience notes about swell and shrink in longitudinal direction. If you use stainable filler, tape the edges of any adjacent wood you want to stain, because any smudges of filler that get onto the wood will show, even after sanding, and it takes the stain differently than the surrounding wood. This gap is usually either 3/4" or 1/2" in width. Should a skirt board on a stair case be installed over the treads? i like your idea about the masking paper with built in tape and will give it a try. One final question regarding replacing carpeted stairs with new oak treads. You can retrofit the entire staircase using stair kit You can make and slip a new wall stringer and trim it out, etc. The skirt cutting is then all straight forward without coping around any nosing details. Skirt boards are one of the hardest things in my opinion to do. Installing a stair skirt board before the stairs are installed is the recommended method for installation. I would never leave a gap either on the tread or the riser where it meets the skirtboard. It has a far less busy look than using trim to frame around each step and is easy to work with. View unanswered posts | View active topics. And once you do find one, expect to pay a pretty penny for it. It would seem to me that if every step is that way, then they were either poorly done to begin with, or the outside trim was replaced at one time, and the cuts were off. While they don't offer any protection to your wall, they come in a variety of designs. This gap is usually either 3/4" or 1/2" in width. 4 years). btw I forgot to mention the $1,500 savings was just on the staicases. Also good luck notching out the skirt to match all of the overhangs on the tread if you decided to do it last. When using the jig to measure the tread, I may cut to exact measurement, if it seems to tight, I can use a power sander to knock it down so I have a 1/32 clearance between the tread and skirt. 01-05-2006, 11:07 PM. Having your stairs already assembled helps when installing a skirt board.