I’m preparing to install hardwood treads and risers on an existing carpeted stair and I’m fairly puzzled about the best way to handle the intersection where the top riser, the bullnose and some drywall meet.
I have been considering running the top most riser all the way across the 7′ span from wall to wall, but that will require cutting out some drywall and I will have a 1/4″ reveal where the bottom of the riser will meets the cut drywall. I’m thinking that this will look awkward and will need some molding, but I will only have 1/4″ to work with. Maybe some panel molding would fit well?
Alternatively I have considered stopping the top riser where it would normally stop and leaving the drywall in place and then running some inverted baseboard directly under the bullnose. But then I will have a vertical intersection where the baseboard will meet the riser, and I’m not sure how that would work out.
Please check out my crude drawings and any advice or input is greatly appreciated. The top drawing is plan view and the bottom is a section view.
Thanks again,
Ryan
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Thanks for the bump. Could you see my drawing? I'm not that familiar with attaching stuff.
I saw it but my neck hurts. Re-Bump
With the 2 different open areas in your drawings, I'm not sure what you've actually got... but, if you're doing a skirt board on the the open side, it can extend to the nosing so the top riser miters into it, like the rest of them do.Can you post a pic of your actualities?http://www.tvwsolar.com
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Yeah, I think it's a question of how to intersect
the profile of the bullnose.
Yeah, I'm missing if there's a newel, if the bullnose runs straight across the whole schmeer, and there's also an apron under it, or ???http://www.tvwsolar.com
We'll have a kid
Or maybe we'll rent one
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We don't want a bent one
He'll drink his baby brew
From a big brass cup
Someday he may be president
If things loosen up
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A small moulding or even a small strip of hardwood will cover the intersection of riser and drywall.
I doesn't have to be anything fancy. The railings will be so busy most won't notice.
Then trim under the nosing, one to the left, one to the right of the intersect trim.
Edited 11/20/2009 7:41 pm by gordsco
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Thanks for all the replies. I will get some pictures posted Tuesday AM that will hopefully be a bit more clear than my lame drawings.To answer some of the questions so far, yes, this is at the top of a stairway and yes there will be a newel pretty much right above this intersection. The existing newel that I removed from this spot was fully seated on the bullnose strip, i.e. the newel did not run over and carry down the top rise. I am somewhat limited in moving the baluster system due to the tile being notched around the bottom newel at the landing area at the bottom of the stair. I am essentially going to put the new baluster system back on the same centerline as the old one.Thanks again and I'll get the pictures put up tomorrow AM.
Any chance or real pictures?
I would not run the bull nose all the way across, I think that may look funny
It looks to me like this is at the top of a stairway. If so then then there would normally be a newel post at the spot youre talking about. There is a riser (3/4") that would meet sheetrock (1/2") if there were no newel there. If for whatever reason, and i cant imagine why, there would be no newel you would have a 1/4" difference in the thickness of the sheetrock and the riser. This would necessitate an 1/4" outside corner on the nosing. Same would apply even if you ran a trim board under the nosing to the left of the riser except the outside corner or offset would be 1/2".