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Retrofitting a Skirtboard

Watch carpenter Chris Whalen as he devises a creative solution to a botched skirtboard.

By Chris Whalen

To complete the rebuild of this staircase and bring it up to the level of the homeowners’ original expectations, Chris needs to address the skirting. This is arguably the most challenging aspect of this job because this is where the previous carpenter made his most egregious blunders. He totally ignored the standard treatment of hanging the treads and risers over the skirtboard. Instead, he just hacked everything too short and tried to dress up his mess with a few bits of trim.

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  1. rfuller | | #1

    Good video on repairing mistakes. I would like to see more of them. It might be worth taking a moment to spell check the title block "Watch carpenter Chris Whalen as he devises a creative solutin to a botched skirtbaord"

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