I’m trimming out some stairs that intersect with an opening (see pic.). Would you run the casing for the opening just to the finish stringer, or would you run it all the way to the floor? My inclination is to stop the casing at the finished stringer right at the height of the stair tread (not seen in pic.)
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All trim is American Black Walnut.
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Eventually I’m planning to have walnut raised panel wainscoting on the walls.
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Thanks,
Roger
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Edited 2/19/2008 7:37 pm ET by MrSQL
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If by "finished stringer" you mean the skirt board, then I would butt the casing to the top edge of the skirt. I don't know what you mean by "at the height of the stair tread" which would be below and inside of the skirt board.
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if you were looking from dining room to the rake side of the stair you might try something like this.
yes, I meant skirt board (I couldn't think of the name). my reference to the height of the stair tread was because I was thinking that I could make the skirt board come up slightly above the tread [i.e. tread notched around stringer] with a 45 deg., then where the casing intersects it would be a scarf joint.
That probably still doesn't make sense.
Thanks for your advice.
Roger
Why eventually? Build for the raised panel now.
Establish the height of your panels. If they finish at the same level as the top of your skirt board it does not matter where you stop the casing.
If the casing is the same profile as your panel dividers, and the panel wall finishes above or below the skirt, you may want to run the casing, to the floor.
If you are planning a panel wall, why do you need such a large skirtboard? Could the top rail of your panel wall and the skirtboard be the same size? That way the stair would be a incorporated into the panel wall.
Gord
Edited 2/20/2008 6:19 am by gordsco
Don't have an answer for your trim detail, but those double doors are fantastic!
Did you build them?
Bill
I would probably make something like a plinth block tobbutt both pieces into. I would definitely not run the casing to the floor.
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I agree with what Gord said--would look more "planned" to run the casing to the top of the baseboard and make the casing the same width as panel dividers and unify the whole thing--put up the raised panel wainscoating now--at least that part of the wall that's under the skirt board.