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TomsMom's new home
TomsMom
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Well, I hope to have a new home soon.
We are in the process of selling our restaurant/home because of my husband's recently diagnosed illness. He will no longer be able to work so we need a new house and have had an offer accepted on one and if all goes well we will complete shortly.
The new house needs a lot of work, it's very dated and there's a lot of poor DIY which needs rectifying. Unfortunately, because of his illness, hubby wont be able to do the work so I'm hoping to find some advice on here to help us. This will be our last move and it's a bittersweet project as we already know hubby's projected life expectancy and we want to get all the work done to a good standard before we move in.
If you don't mind I'll come and ask as I think of things but I'll kick off with this one:
Skirting boards and architraves - the present ones are the plain round stuff which has been badly painted with lots of layers. We want to replace them in the whole house with something with a bit more character, possibly Torus. We also don't want them painted as we prefer natural wood so would probably have them waxed.
We've seen some pre-finished skirtings and architraves, MDF with a veneer (beech effect but there are others). They are rather expensive but we are wondering whether to pay the extra for pre-finished ones as if we buy plain unfinished wood then we will have to pay someone to wax them anyway. A good local carpenter charges £12.50 per hour (we've used him in the past) so to pay for X number of hours work to sand and wax a whole house full of skirtings and architraves will soon mount up.
I can look round for prices but as a start I've got prices from B & Q as an example.
Pre-finished skirting - pack of 4 x 2.4m lengths = £40.32.
Plain wood skirting - pack of 4 x 2.4m lengths = £16.47.
I dare say at a local builders' merchants we could get a deal so it could possibly work out cheaper but the difference between the two types will still be proportionate.
What do you think? Should we just go for the pre-finished ones for ease? Will it be cheaper buying pre-finished rather than pay someone to finish them for us?
I'd appreciate your thoughts.
We are in the process of selling our restaurant/home because of my husband's recently diagnosed illness. He will no longer be able to work so we need a new house and have had an offer accepted on one and if all goes well we will complete shortly.
The new house needs a lot of work, it's very dated and there's a lot of poor DIY which needs rectifying. Unfortunately, because of his illness, hubby wont be able to do the work so I'm hoping to find some advice on here to help us. This will be our last move and it's a bittersweet project as we already know hubby's projected life expectancy and we want to get all the work done to a good standard before we move in.
If you don't mind I'll come and ask as I think of things but I'll kick off with this one:
Skirting boards and architraves - the present ones are the plain round stuff which has been badly painted with lots of layers. We want to replace them in the whole house with something with a bit more character, possibly Torus. We also don't want them painted as we prefer natural wood so would probably have them waxed.
We've seen some pre-finished skirtings and architraves, MDF with a veneer (beech effect but there are others). They are rather expensive but we are wondering whether to pay the extra for pre-finished ones as if we buy plain unfinished wood then we will have to pay someone to wax them anyway. A good local carpenter charges £12.50 per hour (we've used him in the past) so to pay for X number of hours work to sand and wax a whole house full of skirtings and architraves will soon mount up.
I can look round for prices but as a start I've got prices from B & Q as an example.
Pre-finished skirting - pack of 4 x 2.4m lengths = £40.32.
Plain wood skirting - pack of 4 x 2.4m lengths = £16.47.
I dare say at a local builders' merchants we could get a deal so it could possibly work out cheaper but the difference between the two types will still be proportionate.
What do you think? Should we just go for the pre-finished ones for ease? Will it be cheaper buying pre-finished rather than pay someone to finish them for us?
I'd appreciate your thoughts.
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toms mum......this is what I just did in my bedroom. had a revamp and went for the orgee!! oh sorry typo ogee skirting....i thought it looked smarter?!
then I used a very light woodstain and then used ronseal claer satin varnish and they look beautiful.0 -
SOrry so id go for the plain ones....also bear in mind when cutting etc the finished ones will get a bit 'mashed' - and when making holes to secure to the wall etc (unless you use adhesive alone)0
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SOrry so id go for the plain ones....also bear in mind when cutting etc the finished ones will get a bit 'mashed' - and when making holes to secure to the wall etc (unless you use adhesive alone)
They'd probably get more than a bit mashed if I did them :rotfl: but we'd be paying a carpenter to do it for us so hopefully he'll do a better job
I'm glad you're pleased with yours, we did it in our present house and are very happy with it so want it in the new house. Also, it will be less maintenance when I'm on my own.0 -
oh and just incase....I would advise to get the skirting from a timber merchant. Even if its slightly cheaper than the 'sheds'. I compared the cost in wickes, b&Q and timber merchant and the costs were similar but the quality of the product was miles different. the sheds stuff looked thin and cheap compared to the merchants!0
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Anybody else got any thoughts or advice?0
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