fixing skirting to hollow walls

bomber2

what is the best way to fix skirting to a newly plastered,plasterboard hollow wall.

thebaldwindowfitter

tap the wall and find out were its solid ie where plasterboard has been dabbed and fix the skirting there

superstylin

I have no idea if this'd work or not - 'no nails'?

bryanb

I used a tube of adhesive in a mastic gun.

Bishop_Basher

Liquid nails, Gripfill, Pinkgrip or any other variant and actual nails will suffice (I use a nailgun, but I do it for a living). Once the glue goes off, the jobs a good un. Find the stud centre for a fixing.

If you want the overkill method countersink, and screw, but newbuilds these days are all fixed as above.

jamie30gb

Most of the time when i build a wall like this i would put in a 3 x 2 wood all the way across the base of the wall so u should have 2" to drill in to. test with a pilot hole first where the skirting is going. if u have wood there u can fix it with nails, if not then use "liquid nails" type of adhesives u should have a nice flat wall!

V.Lucky

I have done this and used "no nails" easy to use, even a woman can do it lol.

ormus

i used no nails glue, without any problems at all.

Supergran_2

No Nails for us also. Works great.