Skirting on stairs

metricspaces

Is it normal to finish skirting on a stairs with just a thin bit of wood running up the wall? See attached pic



It's in a new build timber frame house. Apparently the staircase is embedded into the wall. The thin bit of timber is to hide the join line between the staircase and the plaster board above it.

I have never seen skirting on a stairs finished like this before.

I was expecting it to be finished like the image below as described on this page here
http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2011/04/16/scribing-skirt-boards/

kadman

It should be finished as shown in your second pic.

Whether the full string is imbedded in the wall or not. Its easy to scribe in a full size piece
of skirting, over the existing risers and treads to give a nice neat finish.

Whether the full length of skirting is run straight from top to bottom, or stepped in pieces horizontally
over the treads, and vertically down the front of the risers.

What you have is a poor finish to the stair.

Coming from many years in timberframe construction, and staircase construction and fitting.
2 cents

kadman

Proper type of finish would be similar to this,

metricspaces

Oh, I actually prefer the straight line. It is just a matter of taste what way you finish it?

kadman

Straight line is also easy to do. But requires either a wider piece of material,
or small triangular infil pieces below the skirting, and running right into the tread and riser junction.