Best way to join skirting to staircase - advice

[Dave123456789]

Hi all

I bought some torus skirting board as I didn’t like he old style previous home owner had - which was basic 3” straight skirting

Anywya - under radiatior I’m happy enough with the “join”

But any advice on how to join to the other side of the staircase? See attached pics

At the moment I’ve kept their bigger skirting piece - but rather it be a torus - joined best as possible to staircase skirting which is “straight”

 

[big-all]

probably the easiest is to do a return end about 15mm from the string
return end is the same as going round an external corner but into the wall
other choice is to remove about 15mm from the end off the string to a point the string and skirting tops intersect

 

[Dave123456789]

Is there a way / visual to explain this to a non carpenter at all please!

 

[Tigercubrider]

You're going to love me!

Is the skirting going to be painted? Is it just screwed on?

I would be tempted to take it all off and refix it, adding some timber at the bottom to bring it up to the same height as the stringer/original square. One option would be to take it higher, then apply a bead to the existing woodwork to blend it in.

Second option is to just go to the height of the stringer and not apply a bead- with this one you'd replace the existing old skirting with the new - but tweak just that bit's height.

Nobody is going to compare the two sides
But they will notice a step

Then paint the lot

 

[Dave123456789]

Yes painted as I bought the raw wood torus

I can’t make it go same height because it sits on the floorboard and only comes up to about 3/5 of the height of their skirting board..

 

[Tigercubrider]

Well, you can, by adding a piece underneath
Just something the same thickness. Ideally cut at an angle where the two parts meet

 

[Dave123456789]

Ok so like it is now but basically replace their piece with my torus board.

Not keen on raising height as other torus boards will be shorter however!

Don’t thibk there’s a “nice” way about it!

 

[Gerrydelasel]

The answer to skirting problems is nearly always: Use a plinth block.
You can make one quite easily from a scrap piece of timber, and add chamfers or route a nice profile into it to make it as decorative as you like.

Here's a more fancy-pants solution: