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Lol you trim guys are super technical and detailed, even ones who cut corners, but you are top shelf far as your level of quality... I'm a cheater, I've worked a little bit here and there for 30 years and I've stolen so many techniques from subs of all kinds, so I know how to do everything, just not as efficient as if I did only that for 20 years... Lol I've did trim for about a month for a home builder in the south and omg straight garbage from framing to paint, the trim company wants two man crews to get two 1500-2500 sq ft houses trimmed out in a day, 🤣🤣 yeah, nope... I'm a old dog, I put in work, but I'm not a hebrew slave... And because the demands you obviously knows what happens to quality... So I appreciate seeing a guy set up saws and sanders and takes time to run trim perfectly at every joint... Respect...
@@neilraymondraymond1447 a private trim guy probably gets lumber from a mill or a bender who does, but most your major builders use box store quality, and even if not their material sits out in the elements in a garage without a door, and remaining boards get passed down to unfinished houses in said track of homes... If you doing it yourself and want quality find a private vendor, the box stores sell banana boards, they should be embarrassed with this last price hike, because you can look at their shelving, they don't care about level, lol...
I've watched a handful of channels on here, yours is very well presented and we have very similar techniques for most of the videos I've seen, as I am sending some newer workers of mine to watch your videos to learn things they don't know or some good tips. Keep up the great work! P.S. Complementary angles equal 90 and supplementary angles equal 180. And I'd like to hear you call the horizontal cut a level cut to component you plumb cut
No stupid music, no trying to be funny, just a good old fashioned craftsman sharing his knowledge which is greatly appreciated. I am a framing carpenter by trade and never really trimmed. But I will say I am learning so much from your channel. Thanks!
FOOTSTEPS!! 🤪🤪 Every time I have to take unnecessary footsteps on the job I hear your voice in my head. You sure have driven that philosophy home with my daily routine.
I been a full time Carpenter 18 years , I’m very impressed how you explain your math it’s the way I learned , kids learning the trade lucky that there’s a guys like you teaching them stuff that trade school will not show them. I learned all my carpentry math from my grandfather who did carpentry his whole life can you remind me of him.
Thank you so much for the tutorial on skirtboards. I watched it over the weekend and took notes. Sure enough, I was tasked with installing a set on a remodel today. Came out perfect. Thank you sir. I'm 57 and back in the trade again after being out of it for 10 yrs. Recently laid off from the railroad. I thank God everyday that I have well over 20 yrs experience as a carpenter. Each evening I usually watch 4 or 5 tutorials. They always teach me something.
Spencer, I have watched many of your videos and I have to compliment you. I have been a professional carpenter for 43 years, 25 as a rough-in carpenter and 18 as a trim carpenter. The first couple of years I did production work on track homes...the last 40 I have specialized in high end ...pain in the ass ....custom work. I have seen both sides of this equation. Rough-in vs Finish work. I love your videos. Watching another highly skilled carpenter's work has helped me tweak and refine my own work. Thank you very much
Omg! I’m going on 72 yrs old this year. To go back in time having your talent would have mine life so much easier and financially wealthier. Good job Charlie Brown!! Bob
Damn 72, back in the days of wooden underwear 😂 heck 90% of the tools nowadays make everything way easier, so the fundamental knowledge and these tools my God... Instead of back in the day having to naw a miter cut with your teeth 🤣 I joke I joke,
VERY clear tutorial. I send your videos to my apprentice as required instruction (after I've watched them so he won't know more than I do...:-) Thank you.
I consider myself a very good carpenter, but if you don't know, you don't know??? You explain things plain & simple. You know all the tricks!!! Learned alot from you in a short time. Thank you 🙂
There are so many ways to trim stairs. It's clear that the most important thing is to think about how all the stair cases and base transitions will intersect before you start. Thanks for sharing your techniques Spencer, always a professional...
Thank you for being the creator that you are. I can honestly say your the only person I’m subscribed to that I watch every video. As a young green carpenter, straight to the point informative videos like this are awesome.
I'm working on a friend's finished basement and this tutorial will go into action when I get to the stairs. Thankfully you published this. Happy New Year
This was such a fantastic video. Someday if I ever get the opportunity to build a house I hope I have professionals like you working on it. That was some of the best trim I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
i consider my self a fairly competent carpenter but this video def made life easy doing a couple 12ft stair skirts took a fraction of the normal time. thanks.
I'm not a Carpenter but just a Homeowner, and isn't a Homeowner also a Carpenter? If he wants to learn the ins and outs of what he does not understand he is. Easy and well explained for the Homeowner to understand. Now I need to find a video of yours to explain pinch dogs. I know biscuits but want your easy explanation of watching you install them for these skirt boards. Great New Channel I found. Subbed
Thanks Spencer! This is just what I needed. I just didn't know that they were called skirting. My skirting is cracked at the knot on the board. Now I know how to replace it. Thanks again.
Excellent video Spencer. I am an old school carpenter and used to install skirt boards just like you said. But with todays technology I use the Bosch digital level only because I don't have a Stabilia with the same results. I loved the biscuit idea for those weird joints. Back in the day we just glued and nailed and eventually the joint would crack over time. Thanks again for your videos, they are fantastic!!!!
Love your attention to detail, Spencer. You're an excellent teacher too! I'd love for you to explain more strategies for baseboard-skirtboard transitions. Especially transition from a profiled speedbase to an existing, thicker skirtboard with square top.
Love this guys work ethic and approach, if only he could be teaching the next generation, I'd work with this guy any day, I'm particular but this guy would even sharpen me up a bit and I wouldn't say that about anyone
Thank you for making and posting this video man. Very clear explanations and guidance. DIY’er here about to tackle his first skirt job. This video will help ALOT!!!
I think the termination point you did to the door is definitely the best way. I'm a carpenter of 20 years and that looks the best way there for the floor/door/ stair transition.
That was a super helpful video.. i have been doing carpentry for like 5 yrs and never got to do stairs. I mostly do custom kitchens now....but i was always wondering how people figured them out so fast...thank you for the helpful video...great work like always....i know have my first set of stairs to do...all of your stair videos have given me knowledge to take on this job...it has also helped me not be stressed about it...🤞🏻 hope i nail it...(no pun intended)
Nice job as always We use a framing square to mark the plumb and level cuts on the skirts by the rise and run. You can double both dimensions and be more accurate as long as the rise is less than 8". On enclosed stairs once we have the skirt board angles cut we tack them on the wall and scribe the rise and run with a scrap of the riser material. Then we cut the notches in the skirts and install them on top of the risers which can be a rough dimension slightly short of the wall because the skirt board covers ~3/4". Anywhere the scribed skirt board isn't tight to a riser gets a shim driven between the riser and the stringer. This method lets saves the time of custom cutting each riser. Additionally the 3/4 space above the run makes it possible to get a shim in between the skirt and the sheetrock to close a gap when you miscut a tread.
Baaaaahahaha ! I’m doing this tomorrow! It had been over a decade since I did an interior stair case! What a great refresher. I gotta step up my sander game tho.Those festool sanders are sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Thanks for the tutorial, you are helping us all raise our game!
Spenser, you are truly talented trim carpenter. You're making excellent, no nonsense videos with just enough detail . You are a wonderful teacher. Please keep up the good work.
Great video! I’ve never had to do large amounts of skirt boards but if I did I would definitely do it your way. Need to get me some of those pinch dogs!!
Some good tips for guys who are starting with the interior trim. One thing that I would add is if you have to make a plumb cut to go around the end of a wall, it looks good if you put the same plumb cut on the other skirt board at the corresponding location. Gives it a symmetrical look.
Hello my friend, I really admire all of your work and I you really make it easy to understand how you explain things. Keep all that amazing work you do and thank you for your schooling.👍🏼
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Stabila Digital Level 48" - amzn.to/39WU7PO
Dewalt Cordless 15 Gauge Nailer - amzn.to/2ICGVV5
ProSensor Stud Finder - amzn.to/2LtWYWp
Shinwa Chalk Line - amzn.to/2L3F24N
Pinch Dogs - amzn.to/3ngA4yG
How important is it you choosing the material and not the client from a box store
Lol you trim guys are super technical and detailed, even ones who cut corners, but you are top shelf far as your level of quality...
I'm a cheater, I've worked a little bit here and there for 30 years and I've stolen so many techniques from subs of all kinds, so I know how to do everything, just not as efficient as if I did only that for 20 years... Lol
I've did trim for about a month for a home builder in the south and omg straight garbage from framing to paint, the trim company wants two man crews to get two 1500-2500 sq ft houses trimmed out in a day, 🤣🤣 yeah, nope... I'm a old dog, I put in work, but I'm not a hebrew slave...
And because the demands you obviously knows what happens to quality... So I appreciate seeing a guy set up saws and sanders and takes time to run trim perfectly at every joint... Respect...
@@neilraymondraymond1447 a private trim guy probably gets lumber from a mill or a bender who does, but most your major builders use box store quality, and even if not their material sits out in the elements in a garage without a door, and remaining boards get passed down to unfinished houses in said track of homes...
If you doing it yourself and want quality find a private vendor, the box stores sell banana boards, they should be embarrassed with this last price hike, because you can look at their shelving, they don't care about level, lol...
Is there any chance you could do a video on notched skirt boards at some stage? Your channel is fantastic, 👍😁🔨🇮🇪
I've watched a handful of channels on here, yours is very well presented and we have very similar techniques for most of the videos I've seen, as I am sending some newer workers of mine to watch your videos to learn things they don't know or some good tips. Keep up the great work!
P.S. Complementary angles equal 90 and supplementary angles equal 180. And I'd like to hear you call the horizontal cut a level cut to component you plumb cut
No stupid music, no trying to be funny, just a good old fashioned craftsman sharing his knowledge which is greatly appreciated. I am a framing carpenter by trade and never really trimmed. But I will say I am learning so much from your channel. Thanks!
The world is big enough for everyone. Even Derek from Vice Grip Garage. 😉
Yeah I'm glad I found this channel
You speak so clearly without constantly saying “ you guys” and ahs and hms and explain clearly. Thank you.
FOOTSTEPS!! 🤪🤪
Every time I have to take unnecessary footsteps on the job I hear your voice in my head. You sure have driven that philosophy home with my daily routine.
I been a full time Carpenter 18 years , I’m very impressed how you explain your math it’s the way I learned , kids learning the trade lucky that there’s a guys like you teaching them stuff that trade school will not show them. I learned all my carpentry math from my grandfather who did carpentry his whole life can you remind me of him.
Thank you so much for the tutorial on skirtboards. I watched it over the weekend and took notes. Sure enough, I was tasked with installing a set on a remodel today. Came out perfect. Thank you sir. I'm 57 and back in the trade again after being out of it for 10 yrs. Recently laid off from the railroad. I thank God everyday that I have well over 20 yrs experience as a carpenter. Each evening I usually watch 4 or 5 tutorials. They always teach me something.
Glad it was helpful!
Mike, you are an inspiration. We need more people like you. Never give up and never stop learning. Thanks for sharing
Spencer, I have watched many of your videos and I have to compliment you. I have been a professional carpenter for 43 years, 25 as a rough-in carpenter and 18 as a trim carpenter. The first couple of years I did production work on track homes...the last 40 I have specialized in high end ...pain in the ass ....custom work. I have seen both sides of this equation. Rough-in vs Finish work. I love your videos. Watching another highly skilled carpenter's work has helped me tweak and refine my own work. Thank you very much
Omg! I’m going on 72 yrs old this year. To go back in time having your talent would have mine life so much easier and financially wealthier. Good job Charlie Brown!! Bob
Damn 72, back in the days of wooden underwear 😂 heck 90% of the tools nowadays make everything way easier, so the fundamental knowledge and these tools my God...
Instead of back in the day having to naw a miter cut with your teeth 🤣
I joke I joke,
One thing that I have definitely learned from watching your stair videos is that stairs are not for the noob!
This was so helpful. I shaved about 30 minutes from not having to carry a 16ft board back and fourth from the saw. Keep the tips and tricks coming
VERY clear tutorial. I send your videos to my apprentice as required instruction (after I've watched them so he won't know more than I do...:-) Thank you.
Thank you for this video and every other video you have done. For finish carpentry this channel is second to none.
I consider myself a very good carpenter, but if you don't know, you don't know??? You explain things plain & simple. You know all the tricks!!! Learned alot from you in a short time. Thank you 🙂
There are so many ways to trim stairs. It's clear that the most important thing is to think about how all the stair cases and base transitions will intersect before you start. Thanks for sharing your techniques Spencer, always a professional...
Thank you for being the creator that you are. I can honestly say your the only person I’m subscribed to that I watch every video. As a young green carpenter, straight to the point informative videos like this are awesome.
I've made so much more $ by watching your videos over the last year. Just became a patron. Thank you Spencer! Your vids are top notch.
Thanks man. I really appreciate the patronage and generosity. Glad the videos are helping you be more profitable.
He's a real carpenter he's a great teacher for those apprentices thanks bud keep up there good work
I'm working on a friend's finished basement and this tutorial will go into action when I get to the stairs. Thankfully you published this. Happy New Year
Your descriptions of the process used is always extremely through. An excellent teacher.
One of the best carpentry channels in youtube!! 👍🏽
Man I have seen your video so many times and gotten great results every time. Thank you very much.
Seriously appreciate you showing us what you know.
This was such a fantastic video. Someday if I ever get the opportunity to build a house I hope I have professionals like you working on it. That was some of the best trim I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Nice one, 38 yrs I've been in trade keep up the good work,
Just wanted to thank you some of your trick makes my life easier.
Thank you Steve
i consider my self a fairly competent carpenter but this video def made life easy doing a couple 12ft stair skirts took a fraction of the normal time. thanks.
I'm not a Carpenter but just a Homeowner, and isn't a Homeowner also a Carpenter? If he wants to learn the ins and outs of what he does not understand he is. Easy and well explained for the Homeowner to understand. Now I need to find a video of yours to explain pinch dogs. I know biscuits but want your easy explanation of watching you install them for these skirt boards. Great New Channel I found. Subbed
Nice to see you remember your geometry! Kudos!
Great work Spencer. 👏
Probably your best video yet. So well explained. Thank you.
Thanks Spencer! This is just what I needed. I just didn't know that they were called skirting. My skirting is cracked at the knot on the board. Now I know how to replace it. Thanks again.
Excellent video Spencer. I am an old school carpenter and used to install skirt boards just like you said. But with todays technology I use the Bosch digital level only because I don't have a Stabilia with the same results. I loved the biscuit idea for those weird joints. Back in the day we just glued and nailed and eventually the joint would crack over time. Thanks again for your videos, they are fantastic!!!!
Love your attention to detail, Spencer. You're an excellent teacher too! I'd love for you to explain more strategies for baseboard-skirtboard transitions. Especially transition from a profiled speedbase to an existing, thicker skirtboard with square top.
Thank you for doing this video. I got to do this on my basement’s stair so I will definitely will be re-watching it later on.
All the video i have seen that the best congratulations very professional thank you very much
Love this guys work ethic and approach, if only he could be teaching the next generation, I'd work with this guy any day, I'm particular but this guy would even sharpen me up a bit and I wouldn't say that about anyone
thats beautiful trim too love that stuff
Finally. What we have been all waiting for! Show me your secrets.
Thank you for this in depth tutorial; I'm taking a few notes on this. Thank you!
I wish you lived in El Paso!!! I need my stairs to stop squeaking ..lol. You the man Spencer Lewis!!
Great video as per the usual, I love the skirt transition right into the baseboard we usually make a plinth block for the transitions
Those blocks are also an answer to traditions with different thickness from skirt vs up graded trim
You are a master. Great video
Thank you for making and posting this video man. Very clear explanations and guidance. DIY’er here about to tackle his first skirt job. This video will help ALOT!!!
Thank you Spencer I always enjoy your videos I learn more from you each time
I think the termination point you did to the door is definitely the best way. I'm a carpenter of 20 years and that looks the best way there for the floor/door/ stair transition.
Outstanding! I don’t even do this as a job but if I ever need to do it I know! Top job
Excellent video. You made the cutting of the angles clear and concise. You answered a lot of my questions and doubts...Thanks!
Excellent presentation,! I think you are right about the level, really efficient, still like the old way fundamentals for thorough understanding.
Excellent video! Very skilled! a true craftsman!!
Very good presentation.
Thank you.
I build stairs on site and also do trim,Its nice to see videos like this because as He says It can be very tricky work,Good Job!
That was a super helpful video.. i have been doing carpentry for like 5 yrs and never got to do stairs. I mostly do custom kitchens now....but i was always wondering how people figured them out so fast...thank you for the helpful video...great work like always....i know have my first set of stairs to do...all of your stair videos have given me knowledge to take on this job...it has also helped me not be stressed about it...🤞🏻 hope i nail it...(no pun intended)
Love that you bought an adapter for your nailer....I have the same thing for Makita batt > Dewalt nailer...sick of managing different batteries.
This is extremely efficient! I do mine the same way! Keep the videos coming. I look forward to them!
Great job Spencer. Great tips and technics. A true craftsman
I like your details around the corners and dead ends.
Beautiful work! Amazing tips! Thank you for sharing!
Spencer, you've done it again! Awesome video man. Keep it up. You sir, are the Larry Haun of Trim Carpentry.
Awesome craftsmanship....
Wow that is very nice looking. Awesome video
Man you got a subscriber. Thanks
Dude.. awesome video. Straight forward and detailed.
Very nice video. Very informative. I like how you streamline things.
Super clean install Spencer!! Nice job once again
another great video. thanks for the knowledge
Nice job as always
We use a framing square to mark the plumb and level cuts on the skirts by the rise and run. You can double both dimensions and be more accurate as long as the rise is less than 8".
On enclosed stairs once we have the skirt board angles cut we tack them on the wall and scribe the rise and run with a scrap of the riser material. Then we cut the notches in the skirts and install them on top of the risers which can be a rough dimension slightly short of the wall because the skirt board covers ~3/4". Anywhere the scribed skirt board isn't tight to a riser gets a shim driven between the riser and the stringer. This method lets saves the time of custom cutting each riser. Additionally the 3/4 space above the run makes it possible to get a shim in between the skirt and the sheetrock to close a gap when you miscut a tread.
Baaaaahahaha ! I’m doing this tomorrow! It had been over a decade since I did an interior stair case! What a great refresher. I gotta step up my sander game tho.Those festool sanders are sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Thanks for the tutorial, you are helping us all raise our game!
Great Job Nicely Done Amigo 👍🏽📐🔨
Lucky builders to have you working in there homes 👍I hope they pay you good 👍👍
Nice video, you provided great details
Great job again... I let the 1x12 stick up a little further up. Cap it with base cap. Same results. Love you’re work young man
I’ve learned a lot from your videos. Keep up the good work man...
Spenser, you are truly talented trim carpenter. You're making excellent, no nonsense videos with just enough detail . You are a wonderful teacher. Please keep up the good work.
3.28 thought I was the only one who used his nail bag as a glue cleaning station 😂👌🏴
You have the best videos on you tube.
I will be using this method, thank you! Now I just need to bite the bullet on the Stabilla!
I like the way you dealt with the tie-in at the top of the stairs @11:00
Brilliant. Excellent explanation. Thanks
Thanks spencer great vid
Guys a legend
Genius! Best of RUclips!
good work dude, as always. bit of a cryptic stair set/hall way
Another great one Spencer.
Great video! I’ve never had to do large amounts of skirt boards but if I did I would definitely do it your way. Need to get me some of those pinch dogs!!
Wow!! Super cool thanks!!
AWESOME. Just what I needed to see.
Very informational, Spencer. Thanks for the guidance.
Fantastic work and video. Thank you so much for sharing
Some good tips for guys who are starting with the interior trim. One thing that I would add is if you have to make a plumb cut to go around the end of a wall, it looks good if you put the same plumb cut on the other skirt board at the corresponding location. Gives it a symmetrical look.
Awesome information as always. Your videos are always a must see! Thank you.
Great as usual
Good job. Great video.
Great video! Thanks for the tips! Although, I think I'll still use my framing square.
Good job bud, I enjoy your videos.
Thanks 👍
Great video!
Hello my friend, I really admire all of your work and I you really make it easy to understand how you explain things. Keep all that amazing work you do and thank you for your schooling.👍🏼
This is a great help to me. Thank you
Nice, really nice. Thanks Spencer.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I learn a lot with you!
My pleasure!
beautiful work man