How to Cut and Install Stair Skirts is part 2 of a complete guide to installing stair skirts.

A skirt board is a piece of trim that runs a staircase's full length.They are mounted on the wall next to the staircase steps.The skirt boards can be added later as a trim feature.Both the start and end of the staircase must line up perfectly.Basic carpentry skills are required to cut and install stair skirts.

One of your star skirts can be created by laying a staircase stringer on a length of 1-by-12-inch lumber.The skirt has a slope at both ends.Use a circular saw to cut the skirt.The skirt has the same length, landing angle at the bottom, and rim attachment angle as before.The process can be repeated with a second skirt board.

The skirt board will be mounted against the wall.The location of the baseboards at the stairs' bottom end is marked with a straight edge and pencil.Cut a notch along the pencil lines with a circular saw to make sure the baseboard and skirt board fit together.