Wall Paneling in Stairwell

I decided to install wall paneling in my stairwell to the basement. Is there a trick to making 4 x 8 foot panels work here. The problem is that when you cut the panel at the angle required to butt up to the ceiling, you need more than 8 foot to the floor. Should I cut thee pieces to follow the railing with moulding. I was trying to avoid horizontal or diagonal moulding.

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Rich Anton
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Well, you just ruled out the two most common solutions, which are, run molding either along at floor level or mount the railing to a separator board. Your remaining choices are, buy really expensive 10' paneling, slice the paneling lengthwise into (probably three) strips narrow enough to fit, live with exposed butt-seams, or do something other than panelling in the stairwell.

--Goedjn

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here is an idea, put the 4x8 on their sides, and just panel the bottom half, top it with chair rail and paint the top portion of wall?

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Punch

Yep. Moulding.

That would likely waste a whole lot of paneling.

For stairs to your *basement*? Here's a cyberquarter, call when you have something *important* to worry about.

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I-zheet M'drurz

I cut the panelling so there was a horizontal seam about in line with the top step, then covered the seam with a length of chair rail. Looks fine.

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David Starr

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