How To Layout, Cut And Install Wainscoting On Stairs
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- This You Tube video will show handymen and DIYers how to install wainscotting on a staircase/stairway. We'll show you how to get those difficult angles or miters needed for setting your miter saw, easily and accurately using the SAWSET PROTRACTOR.
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Visualizing the completed job in your head is the first step in any project.
Next step is to layout lines using a pencil, level, rafter square, chalk-line and measure tape.
Then find all the miter points and use your sliding t-bevel with the SAWSET PROTRACTOR to determine your saw setting angle at each point.
Measure the lengths and you are ready to cut.
Break out your favorite miter saw and go make some sawdust!
Now that you have your first piece cut, dig out your nailing gun, compressor hose etc. and make some noise!
If you need a second pair of hands ask a friend for help.
When you're done, stand back and admire your professional handy work.
Your Miter Saw is designed with 2 adjustable angle settings. One at the back, which enables you to tilt/ lean the blade, which gives you the bevel setting. The other is on the front of the saw parallel to the table, to adjust the miter setting. These settings done correctly, will give you that satisfying perfect fit!
The miter saw cuts at a fraction of degree, so why not have an angle finder that can do the same? This tool is the perfect companion for your miter saw. If you own a miter saw, you NEED a SAWSET!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Layout for wainscoting
2:10 Finding & cutting the angles for chair rail
3:02 Installing chair rail
3:36 Finding & cutting the angles for vertical pieces
4:33 Installing vertical pieces
5:16 Completed pictures & Outro
Love that wainscoting!
Thanks for sharing how to do this. You're detailed instructions really help.
This is great!
Ordering! My husband will love this!
Makes a great stocking stuffer!
Doing my panels on the stairs right now you’re the BEST thanks a lots 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😘
Thanks.
Love your emojis.
The simplicity of the angle calculation just saved my sanity
Glad I could help.
Wow, beautiful work. I have a stairway I was thinking of doing this. You make it look so incredibly easy, but I know for a DIYer, I would run into all kinds of difficulties. Mainly, getting my angle joints as tight and accurate as you. That was just great.
I do it for a living, that's why it looks easy.
Thanks for the compliment.
We recently had baseboard heaters removed from each room in our house. I was thinking I would call in the professionals to install new trim however after watching your video I think as an aspiring woodworker I will tackle it myself. I can see now how a sliding bevel and Sawset tool are your best friends for all sorts of trim work. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for your comment!
I love it! Great job.
Thanks.
Love the mask.
Stay safe.
Very informative and easy to follow the step by step instructions. That sawset tool is easy to use and eliminates errors. Thx!
Thank you.
Nice Work...
Way cool tool.
Awesome, what a great and helpful video!!
Thanks Gavin
Wainscotting made easy. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Feeling confident about having a go at this myself this weekend. Was going to get a carpenter in but going to go with it. Thank you
Glad we could be helpful.
Take your time.
I just used this method to do my stairs and it turned out great. If your baseboard on landing and on steps line up (as it does on this video) you can just put the angle finder there instead of doing the geometry on wall. It will be the same angle as both rails will run parallel. Thanks for posting this video as there aren’t many in this topic.
Good point! Thanks
Really cool technique - we're doing wainscotting now in our house and this was super useful!
Thanks
Great video!
Thanks. Hope you find it helpful.
Great video. Exactly what I needed
Glad I could help.
Ordering!
You'll find it very useful
Great video. They make digital t bevels too 💪👍
Perfect!
Thanks
This was a great presentation and simplified the process of calculating irregular angles using your saw set tool. Will order one today.
Thanks for your input!
@@SawsetTools
Where to oder saw set
@@brainoloughlin7628 go to our website, sawset.ca There are several options there to purchase one.
Excellent Video !
Thanks, Craig
Helpful, thanks.
You're welcome!
Excellent video - thank you for sharing your expertise. We’re looking at adding some wainscoting and this video was so helpful!
Thanks, I enjoyed making it. Take your time doing your wainscoting. Be safe.
Great tool.
Thanks Matt.
Hey Jordan, I just finished two days ago, for a high end client a stair wainscoting project similar to what you built. thanks very much for taking the time to share the basics of getting a staircase wainscoting. I could not have done it with your expert instruction. This new client was sooo appreciative of my finished product that she will invite be back to do some other projects for her. One counter intuitive is that the width of the panels at 90 degrees to the rake of the stairs are Not the same as the height of the horizontal panels off the floor. Diagonally yes, but not perpendicular. The suggestion for a digital read out sliding T bevel square was a big help also. Wish I could send you pictures of the finished project.
Question: what was that idea of brad nailing the 1 x materials into what appeared to be dry wall? First I put 1/4" birch plywood on the wall behind everything to act as a nailable surface and to make the painting look better.
Jordan that sounds like a good Idea.
You should also PL the plywood to the drywall.
Because the plywood could bow when painting with a water base paint.
Wow this looks fantastic and you made it look wayyyy too easy. Getting ready do this to my stairs and finding this video is a life saver!
Glad I was helpful.
I’m in the same boat as you! How did yours go!??
Job well done
Thanks
Great job
Thanks.
Check out "How to install CROWN MOLDING using Sawset"
Thanks u made it look easy
Thanks for the compliment.
thanks john
You are welcome.
At last a tutorial that I understand
Glad I can help.
Man I wished i could do this. Amazing
I'm sure could if you tried.
Hello Lee, Yes you can. Try some how to practice first. Maybe a scaled down version. Or at least lay it out on paper first. My success full project was layed out on the computer and on paper a few times before I was comfortable to actually install wainscoting for a paying client.
@@thetoolman3355 do the diagonal and verticle risers have to be the same height?
I'm just in the middle of planning mine
Excellent explanation
Thanks, Auzzie?
I was thinking about adding wainscoting to my staircase when I came across this video. I have not started the wainscoting project yet, but I purchased a Sawset. It works great. I tested it by cutting off the end of a board at a random angle. I then framed the end of the board with casing. I cut the casing at the angle determined by the Sawset on the double miter side. The result was a perfect miter. I am not a carpenter, only a home handyman. I happen to have an old, quality bevel. Most home handymen do not. The Sawset folks may want to consider including one as an option.
Thanks for your comment, James. Yes, we have considered that but shipping cost is expensive and big box stores carry inexpensive T-bevels.
Awesome!! Subscribed! Ps I wanna be your friend. 😆😄 You explained everything so well and in a calming tone.
Thanks man.
Love your enthusiasm.
this is a great video so well explained. My question is i will need to put my stair rail on the wall where would the placement be?
This method can be applied anywhere on the stairs.
Draw a vertical level line above any stair nosing.
Measure vertically approximately 32 inches from the nosing and mark the spot.
Now follow Jordan's method.
Hope that helps.
Hello! What size was your backband to make the chair rail?
I’m having issues with the molding meeting at the platform. I have an angle at 36 degrees what will be the angel and saw setting going down the stair rail?
Can you tell me please what you used for this? I have been trying to figure out this exact look hence my project has been stalled for at least 6 months! What did you use for the top board, I assume two different pieces? Excellent work!! Thank you!!! Btw: I ordered a Sawset protractor!!!
Hi Gina,
I used a 1x4 MDF board for top and vertical
The top had an additional Back-band glued on.
All box Stores sell Back-band.
Like 👌
Thanks
Is the horizontal mark 32” from the top of your baseboard or the floor/carpet?
sawset thank you very much for the reply! Your trim looks great! In my house I do not have a landing at the top of my stair. Can I start the same process from the bottom? I have some weird transition pieces in my stringer at the top and the bottom so not exactly sure where I should start the measurements. Thanks!
Looks great but I have a question. Does the height of the chair rail get smaller when your on the angled part of the steps?
Jordan used the rafter square to transfer the measurement down the stairs.
So the top of the rail was constant going down stairs.
You might have missed it in the video.
Sawset Tools I didn’t miss that. He measured off the stringer/skirting not the actual step tread which would cause a different elevation on the chair rail unless I’m missing something.
@@adamdemartinis72The shorter arm of the rafter square needs to run parallel with the stringer.
hi there, thanks for the useful video. may i know about your R ruler height? was it 60cm? let me know. thanks
Floor/ landing to top of Chair rail was 82 cm.
Great job! What width did you use for the wood?
We used 3.5 in. MDF for most of it and 5.5 in. MDF for the baseboards on the floor. Thanks for the compliment.
Should the stairs measurements be the same height as the the landing height? I'm thinking yes.
I haven't installed the bottom boards yet so may that's why my angle might be out.
Could you advise Pls. 🙏?
Love Yr work looks fantastic.
Hard to explain. Need to see your stairs.
The nosing on your landing verticaly to the top of your rail should be the same as the nosing on the steps verticaly to the top of your rail.
@@SawsetTools thanks for replying much appreciated.
Hi i am from England (Uk) what is that mould shape called that you used i love the look of it
I used a combo of 1 x 4 and a back-band molding.
When you take the framing square to the bottom of the stairs, is the horizontal part of the square going up the stairs, or is it pointing down the stairs?
Sorry, we should of shown the shot below.
It is placed in the same position at the bottom of the stairs as the top.
Hope that helps.
That helps, thank you. I ordered the sawset protractor angle finder yesterday and am anxiously awaiting for its arrival so I can get started on my stairway. Thanks again.
I had the same sort of question. I have my height set at the top and bottom of the stairs landing but when I transfer the square to the bottom of the stairs, it doesn’t line up. So the top of the stairs vertical measurement of 830mm does not match the bottom of the stairs measurement of 830mm. Not sure what I’m doing wrong?
What kind of trim is that you’re using on the chair rail portion?
4x1 MDF and Backband Trim.
Hi new subscriber here
If u don't have all these tools can u just put on top rail and then when u put up vertical pieces just mark where they have to be cut against the top rail
Yes you can.
But you may not have a tight fit.
@@thetoolman3355 thanks
What size of molding you used?
3.5 inches.
Where did you get that chair molding?
Backband and and flat MDF glued together.
I loved how simple it looked! I am planning on doing exactly that in my staircase but I could not find the trim profile you use as "chair rail": could you please tell me how it is called and if it is one piece of trim or 2 put together
I used .75 x 3.5 MDF and a Back Band that comes in different profiles.
And glued them together.
Any Box Stores carry both products.
@@SawsetTools Thank you! But what is a "back band" it is not a word I have seen in the molding aisle. Could it be called something else?
sorry...just entered "back band" on search and Lowes and HD show some results....but they do not label these as "back band" in the store. I will find it. Thanks again. Great video, I am going to start any day on this project.
@@isabellesabourin5767 Check out your local lumber store if you can't find what you want in the big box store.
@@SawsetTools i will. Thank you
When you say “double mitered” vs single, does that simply mean two mitered pieces coming together versus mitering only one piece to fit a space?
Yes, you describe it better then me.
Thanks
What size of nail gun is that 18 gauge ? Great work btw.
18 gauge is what I use. 16 gauge makes the surface raise around the hole. Thanks
Hi, can you tell me where you got your backband and did you have to order it?
You can buy back-band at Lowes or Home depot.
We bought ours at a local lumber store.
The back ban was glued on a 1"x 4" MDF to make a chair rail.
Any worries of not nailing into studs? It looks like you glued the rail up, but I didn’t see glue on the vertical pieces.
Hi Josh,
I glued all the flats.
The nails are there for support until the glue sets.
And its caulked around the perimeter.
That's actual over kill.
It has been over 3 years and no cracks.
How do you decide the spacing between the horizontal planks?
Not more than 4 ft center to center.
I just space them equally to what looks good to me.
Not sure if that helps.
@@SawsetTools oh perfect, I’m going to be doing my full hall and stairs and wasn’t sure about the distance, thanks 😊
What is the name or style of chair rail molding did you use.
Back Band trim on top of 3.5 x .75 MDF
Awesome thanks
I am trying to buy your protractor but seems it is unavailable? Also, can you explain the "double" vs "single" miter?
Where are you located?
We sell them through Amazon.ca or .com.
Also you can buy it through Sawset.ca
We mailed them as far as Australia.
Double miter is 2 pieces of wood meeting together like crown molding or base boards.
Single miter is 1 piece meeting an angled surface like handrail or spindles.
What did you use to fill the nail holes on the pvc without painting it?
My height at the bottom of the stairs isnt the same at the top have i done the chalk line wrong?
Wish I was there to see where the problem is.
Measure diagonal upper and lower stairs.
My landing is at the bottom. I need to measure up the stairs. How do I do that?
tina faulk with a tape measure
Aled Caebwd. . .If you didn’t know, no need to respond. Thanks for nothing!
tina faulk though my comment was originally sarcastic, it is factually true.
Aled Caebwd
No shit Sherlock. It’s very different when you’re going up the stairs. You’re not so clever after all.
Hi Tina,
That method can be applied anywhere on the stairs.
Draw a vertical level line above any stair nosing.
Measure vertically approximately 32 inches from the nosing and mark the spot.
Now follow Jordan's method.
Hope that helps.
Very nice , but why u don’t use glue for the joints
I checked the stairs, and there is no separation on the joints.
But you are right, gluing is better. Check our other video, we glued there. czcams.com/video/CBiNl8P8GMs/video.html
Would you still by an chance have a list of wood used?
We used a standard Back-band and 1x4 MDF boards.
Hope that helps.
@@SawsetTools I was specifically trying to figure out the top rail?
@@petespost The top rail was a Back-band glued to the MDF.
Back band comes in different profiles.
@@SawsetTools But you nailed the stiles. How did you fill those nail holes?
@@petespost Drywall compound.
Sands easily.
How much would this cost
Stupid question....would the verticle styles be the same height as the horizontal ones?
I'm using 1 x 4 MDF for both. The horizontal ones have a additional Back Band molding.
If that is not what you are asking, ask again.
@@SawsetTools kind of,
The horizontal spacers.....are they the same height as the vertical spacers?
Sorry I'm trying to make it make sense ha
@@kennethalbinson3581 Most likely different. There are no rules.
Google wainscoting images and see which one looks appealing to you.
@@SawsetTools good was just checking cause I've done mine and they're not the same, just wanted to make sure hahah, by the way........your work is awesome!!!!
@@kennethalbinson3581 Thanks
Question. Your height at top. Is it also the same height you used at bottom? 32 inch?
Upper landing and lower landing is the same, 32 inches.
@@SawsetTools thank you for response on an older video. I am sorting out design with higher lower lever 56 inch at bottom and 48 on top
That would work as well. Wish I could see it when complete.
Just sorting out angles is the pain.
When the stairs is 50 degree mitre cuts how would u do it thx
All miter saws do cut 50 degrees.
Not sure the question.
@@SawsetTools hi ty for the reply..the many mitre saws esp mine taps out at 47 degrees..and my stairs are a 50 degree incline so am scratching my head on how todo a a 50degree cut
@@dangerscouser Thanks for the info.
3 degrees is a lot.
Is it a old saw?
My wife wants ours 34.5 inches up. First is easy, then second step gets confusing as you don’t say how high to go. If I went 34.5 inches on step 2 and create angle at bottom of stairs would be around 7 feet tall.
So how would I keep the bottom of the chair rail at 34.5 inches using your method?
34.5 upper and lower floor is good measurement. I didn't mention the between dimension because it it is not important. You don't measure the second step. You need to watch the video layout again. I think you are missing a step.
@@SawsetTools I do cus then I don’t have 34.5 per step. I got it though using good old Pythagorean thereom
@@nighttrain316 Hi Peter,
I had to look up "Pythagorean theorem." If It works, great.
Ed
caulk is the answer
Plan B works.
Can't use just divide that measurement by 2 and that's you miter cut? That's assuming your reading you miter saw correctly, 0 is really a 90
If it was a standard protractor the math is (given angle - 90) then divide by 2 for the saw setting.
The Sawset never ever requires math.
All miter saws when cutting 90 degrees show 0 degress.
@@SawsetTools thanks so much, I wish you had a video on how you determine the spacing of the vertical boards
@@dshudson 48 inches or less.
Whatever looks good to you.
Ironically you didn't show the most important part, you just walked down the stairs, where do I place the framing square for the last part?
Before he walked down stairs, you can see he marked the framing square, which was transferred on the wall down stairs.
The shorter end of the square ran parallel with the stringer.
@@SawsetTools thanks man, I saw that but it would have been helpful to watch, my first time I used my tape with thar measurement from the top of the stringer straight up which was incorrect
@@dshudson Your right.
We should have shown the framing square placed.
Enjoyed the video but would look much better if your joints were tighter or sanded down to be less visible...or joined before adhering to wall. But good tutorial on the angles/process.
Dick
This is the best tutorial video on this subject out there, great job
Julie Odin not sure why you find it unreasonable to comment on the joints. It would take this job from a DIY job to a professional. We all get better by doing. Not meant to be disrespectful I’m just pointing it out for others that take this type of project on. But as for angles and process (as I mentioned before) this is an excellent video and appreciate him taking the time to post.
21.5 ishh x2 = 43.25... no math needed but it can confirm the tool's reading
That DeWalt saw didn’t look like it had accurate settings to 1/2 or 1/4 inch with the big knob.
Perceptive. You could be right, or it's the angle of the camera.
Very good job. But for the record let your listeners know that a vertical level line is a PLUMB LINE.
Thanks for your in suggestion.
Being “plumb” is just trade talk for having used a plumb Bob and line the old fashioned way. Saying vertical line isn’t incorrect if a plumb Bob and line wasn’t used
Is it just me or did anyone else notice he started his first miter to wrong?
Looks so bad lol, every joint is off
Wrong layout technique 😮Sorry
Hi Ed ,There is more than one way. This is the most accurate. My opinion.