skirting boards to be cut, mitre saws any good

stolt

thanks for all the replies, as the flooring is being laid on the 30th i thoughti'd get going and remove the exsisiting skirting boards off. Not a easy as i first thought and it looks as if the damage caused when i remove them is going to be extensive. Just took some of the laminate that is down an between the concrete floor and the underside of the skirting board is about 20mm. the fitter for the flooring says that with the latex screed and then the flooring is about 6-7mm so there is quite a gap to fill. my orignal plan was replace the 4inch skirting with 6inch skirting but now that looks as if thats going to be a nightmare. The only other option the fitter gave me is to give slither of wood and infill the gap use a bit of filler and then paint over. Apologies for my poor drawing but anyone suggest anything else i guess there isnt many options i need to speak to some wood yards about cutting some wood a few mm thick so i can put in the gap...

what do people think? bad idea, good idea for a bad situation...

Chippy_Minton_2

timmmers wrote: »

It's an old play on their terms...you buy something and can return it for a full refund without a good reason. It needs to be as bought though, which would be a problem in this case I reckon

Why? It has to be fit for purpose, how do you know it is until you try it?

keystone wrote: »

Not the first time this has been said in this thread. Isn't it amazing how peeps don't read?

Cheers

Thanks for that I did read it and was repeating the all important rule. It's also amazing how many diyers with still mitre an internal angle.

Where as your post was useful to the OP in what way?

andrew-b

Stolt, I don't see why you can not continue with the original plan...take of the existing skirting carefully then replace with your taller skirting. The height of skirting used to reflect one's wealth - i guess i shouldn't have any skirtings lol.

What flooring are you having? If solid wood or laminate for example then fit new skirting after the floor goes down.

It shouldn't really cause much damage removing the skirting if your careful. I'd use a stanley knife to score into the plaster at the wall-to-skirting join (you'll blunt a few blades doing this!) - will help prevent you pulling off the plaster above. Starting at one end, get a club hammer and bolster chisel..and whack the skirting from above. Once you can get the bolster behind either lever the skirting off by pulling down on the handle part of the bolster or slip a crowbar behind (if you use the crowbar protect wall with a offcut of wood or similar - don't lever against the wall above skirting to prevent unnecessary damage) . Once you've got one end off you can get in behind the skirting and whack it off with bolster from the side. If your lucky the whole piece will come off at once. Pull out and nails left with the claw of a claw hammer. If your unlucky and someone has used loads of No More Nails etc then it may be a slower job and break off in alot of pieces.

Hope that helps!

Alias_Omega

I layed some new skirting in my porch the other day on top of the laminate.

I have a B&Q Mitre Saw which was £15 to buy. The blade is good and is adjustable. No issues really expect that there was nothing to support the skirting when cutting, so my 1yr old (2 in 3 days) son helped me..

He also helped me tack them to the wall with some 30mm panel pins.

(Dont worry chippy - its a cold outside porch that has wooden boards on the walls, which i painted, and put some skirting on to make it a eye pleasing but better that it was)

stolt

just wanted to thank everyone for the advice, well i went for it in the end as i just couldnt see how i was going to get the small lengths of wood under it. As andrew-b said once you get going it pulls off pretty easily without leaving too much damage, its dot and dab plasterboard and i thought it would give me more grief than it did so all the rooms have done and just finished hoovering, missus has put her back out so shes now laid up on the setee.
andrew-b we are having amtico laid. Found a local timber yard who also does a 6inch skirting board so will have to order that it.

thanks to everyone again. I'm off to have a shower.