Fitting a dado rail, round a corner, going upstairs.

Ahleckz

Ahleckz

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I’m losing my mind with this. I’m putting a dado rail up my stairs, but I can’t figure out how to cut the rail to fit in the corner and create a seamless join.

You go up my stairs with the wall on the right, then turn 90 degrees left and continue going up.

I’ve watched every video (it feels like) on YouTube and no one seems to be doing what I’m trying to do. Is it impossible?

Help!



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You will have to cut it in one axis for the "angle of stairs" once this is correct then mitre at45 degrees in another plane to meet the corner. Hope that makes sense.

Effectlively both points on mine, but on mine they are seperate. On yours you'll want to do both cuts on the same section. Here's mine below (came with the house)



Personally I wouldn't bother with a dado rail and say just laser a line with frog tape for a neat finish, but hey!

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chroniclard said:
No idea, I would have paid someone to do it by now, but dado rail, proper retro. :)
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Yea, I’m kinda getting to that point! We put a picture rail up in the living room and liked it so she wanted the hallway done. Just this final bit to do!
We like a lot of colour (ask me about my gold ceiling!) and texture so we think it works in the house.

phil-k said:
Get an adjustable square to get the right angle on the end of each piece
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@Buffman
Yea, this seems to be the only option. To have a straight bit and then the diagonal, then straight then diagonal. Unfortunately, I’ve not got a lot of room as you can see to put a straight bit on but it may look ok with a small one.
 
Surely it's just a case of cutting the ends at the descending angles first, and then mitreing the face at 45 degree to go round the corner?
 
Ahleckz said:
Yea, I’m kinda getting to that point! We put a picture rail up in the living room and liked it so she wanted the hallway done. Just this final bit to do!
We like a lot of colour (ask me about my gold ceiling!) and texture so we think it works in the house.


@Buffman
Yea, this seems to be the only option. To have a straight bit and then the diagonal, then straight then diagonal. Unfortunately, I’ve not got a lot of room as you can see to put a straight bit on but it may look ok with a small one.
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No you don't need two seperate bends, I've probably just explained it poorly. From my photo above you want to have both cuts all done on the end piece in the corner.


Ie cut to the angle of the stairs first then cut that same cut piece to the angle of the corner.


Its a bit of a carpentry difficulty that takes some familiarisation if you haven't cut much skirting board etc before.
 
yeah compound mitre
Difficult even if you are a craftsman especially on your shown angles
IF you can do a similar to Buffmans but maybe with a shorter horizontal you will find it much easier
A mitre saw will make it MUCH easier.Maybe try a few times on some extra/scrap wood first?
 
Ah, yea a compound cut makes a bit of sense. I’m using a manual mitre saw so don’t think it’ll be possible without a new piece of equipment. Not against buying an electric mitre saw though… shame I’ve done all my dado rails and picture rails I’ve planned already and this is the final piece!

I’ve looked at the coping saw way as well and just can’t get my head round that either but haven’t actually had a go. This is my first ever foray into carpentry and it’s definitely not my skill set.
 
Cut the descending piece to finish in the corner of the wall. Then use a coping saw on the piece to match.

Genuinely the easiest way.

Compound mitre cuts are easy when you get your head around then. Look at an adjust able bevel and bisect the angle!

Coping cuts allow for wonky walls!

Looks good though!!
 
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