cutting skirting board

marrittm

hello i have just redecorated my living room e.g. wallpapered, new carpet, and now my girlfriend has decided she wants a new fire suite which is fine apart from the fact that i now need to cut a section of skirting board out so i can get fire flush with wall , how can i do this without damaging the wall paper and carpet, also i don't want to remove skirting as its only on plaster board and Ive had bad experience in another room removing it. i have found a great tool Bosch PMF 180E All Rounder 3 In 1 Multi Tool but it is around £60 - £70 and i cant afford that. does anyone have any ideas of how i can remove this section of skirting without damage please.

thank you

Inactive

You may be better off cutting a section from the back of the fireplace and butting it up to the existing skirting board.

marrittm

sorry should of stated that the fire is metal its one of those fires that is a whole unit does not need hearth just sits on floor

http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr348/marrittm/fire.jpg

this is a picture of fire to give better idea.

squiggles

I drilled lots of little holes vertically as close together as i could,then got a chissel to join the holes up and eventually the small piece of skirting came free.Very time consuming but alot better than pulling off the full length of skirting

marrittm

thanks i will have to do it that way by drilling holes i cant think of anything else apart from a small saw like tennon saw and just cover wall and carpet with something. i will keep thinking but any more ideas welcome thanks for ideas so far.

27col

Nice fire. Probably, squiggles has the right idea in this situation. Not a very professional solution, but, what works, works. A bit of filler and a paint touch up and no one will ever know. Remember to think the whole job through in advance, next time.

ormus

itll prob be easier and cheaper/quicker, to remove the old skirting and replace it if required.
skirting is very cheap.