Skirting Boards..

littlerose12345

Hi All

Throughout the last few months and last year we have added new skirting to all the rooms in the house.. now I'm finding all the corners we filled with fillers are starting to crack!

Is this just the weather / house movement?! If i fill it will it happen again?!

david29dpo

Did you mitre or scribe the joints? How much filler was used?

keystone

david29dpo wrote: »

Did you mitre or scribe the joints? How much filler was used?

I have exactly the same question but what is done is done and there'll be no undoing it without starting again. If you used filler in the joints you are bound to have differential expansion. Flexible caulking would help but if the movement is large even that will crack.

Cheers

littlerose12345

Thanks for your replies

We used a mixture of mitre and scribing of the joints.. i used plenty of filler or so I thought!

I think its the house to be honest, natural movement.. we had new plaster and have some hairline cracks. Probably the change in weather too?

ormus

happens every year, in a heat wave. the house dries out and shrinks by mm,s.
also the ground dries out and you get slight movement.
nothing to worry about. its normal.

andrew-b

I usually whack a couple of lost head nails in my mitres as well as some wood glue to try ensure they do stay together. If done well the only filler you should need is between wall and skirting and any screw/nail holes. Best to always use a flexible filler along any joins liable to open up with expansion/contraction. For nail and screw holes i've discovered (by experimentation!) that Loctite epoxy repair putty is really good stuff (if a little expensive) - you could try some of that i suppose but you'd have to repaint.

LandyAndy

Rake out the filler and replace with decorator's caulk.

keystone

andrew-b wrote: »

For nail and screw holes i've discovered (by experimentation!) that Loctite epoxy repair putty is really good stuff (if a little expensive) - you could try some of that i suppose but you'd have to repaint.

Car Body Filler makes a damned good repair too.
Cheers