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Removing part of a skirting board

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  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    loracan1 wrote: »
    it's a bit of skirting, I'd be happy for my kids to adapt a tenner's worth of wood anytime!

    Mine is solid (and expensive!) oak. Hours spent sanding it to make it like glass and lovingly oiled. Any of my lot go near it and they pay the price. :D
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  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    one thing to remember when using a crow bar on skirting and walls.
    if you have stud walls, then make sure the bar is agin a stud, not just the PB.
    and always use a bit of scrap wood (plywood) behind the bar.
    Get some gorm.
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    edited 10 January 2012 at 6:08PM
    OP - if you use the Fein or one of the cheaper (Bosch, Dremel, Worx, Ryobi (on 2nd thoughts leave that one well alone), whatever) alternatives this taskette can be accomplished without having to remove any part of the existing skirting from the wall. It'll take about 20 minutes tops. Beg, borrow, hire or steal one.

    Cheers
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  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    keystone wrote: »
    As already suggested in post Number 9 and reiterated in post number 15.

    Cheers

    and re-reiterated in post 31

    borrow one if you can find someone who has one , you will not have to muck about taking the whole length off
  • Leif
    Leif Posts: 3,727 Forumite
    KierNet wrote: »
    How is it not very well expressed?


    I can't make it any clearer than that can I? So people saying put 'feet' under it isn't helpful at all, people saying that I could damage the wall, and what if I want to move it again isn't either.

    Taking the legs off wouldn't work due to the type of bed, that I linked too twice, yet people seemed to ignore that.

    The picture suggests that it is possible. You did say your DIY skills are not good didn't you.
    KierNet wrote: »
    Strangely, I go to another forum and ask the same question, and everyone offered me advice on how to remove the skirting board, not giving me advice that isn't useful.

    Ungrateful? I said thanks to those that helped ;).


    You didn't. I explained how to take off skirting board, and you attacked me for my effort. Grow up you rude and ungrateful little brat.
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  • ed110220
    ed110220 Posts: 1,594 Forumite
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    edited 10 January 2012 at 9:13PM
    Unless there is something special about the bed (which there doesn't seem to be), I would get a replacement, maybe second hand, rather than bodging the room. You risk making a mess of it, and the cost of putting it right what with skirting board (will you be able to find a matching piece for example), repainting etc if you ever want to change it round or sell the house will be more than a replacement bed. You really shouldn't need to hack about fixtures like skirting boards to make way for furniture. It's the sort of thing a buyer (certainly me) would think 'what on earth did they do that for?'
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  • Leif
    Leif Posts: 3,727 Forumite
    ed110220 wrote: »
    It's the sort of thing a buyer (certainly me) would think 'what on earth did they do that for?'

    The owners would say "That is the child's room" and people would understand.
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  • sooz
    sooz Posts: 4,560 Forumite
    edited 10 January 2012 at 10:14PM
    Buy or acquire (freecycle etc) a divan base.
    They are smaller, but you can keep the same mattress
    This http://www.divancentre.co.uk/Bliss-3ft-Single-Divan-Bed_ASIVM.aspx?203943 is 8 cm shorter.
  • think outside the box a little; put the bed in situ. With a pencil mark each side of the leg on the skirting board. Get a scrap piece of wood the same height as the skirting and temporarily fix this to the skirting. With a core bit in a drill with a diameter slightly larger than the bed leg, drill down with the outside of the core bit against the plaster. When done remove the sacrificial blocks and hey presto. Would take me a couple of minutes and its a very neat job without having to risk plaster coming off walls etc or having to buy loads of kit you wont use again. Cheap core bits are a couple of quid and I imagine your dad will have a drill.
  • KierNet
    KierNet Posts: 2,775 Forumite
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    ed110220 wrote: »
    Unless there is something special about the bed (which there doesn't seem to be), I would get a replacement, maybe second hand, rather than bodging the room. You risk making a mess of it, and the cost of putting it right what with skirting board (will you be able to find a matching piece for example), repainting etc if you ever want to change it round or sell the house will be more than a replacement bed. You really shouldn't need to hack about fixtures like skirting boards to make way for furniture. It's the sort of thing a buyer (certainly me) would think 'what on earth did they do that for?'

    The bed is falling apart, only a cheap one, so was thinking about getting a new one.

    My parents aren't moving unless they win the lottery, its been adapted for my brother.
    sooz wrote: »
    Buy or acquire (freecycle etc) a divan base.
    They are smaller, but you can keep the same mattress
    This http://www.divancentre.co.uk/Bliss-3ft-Single-Divan-Bed_ASIVM.aspx?203943 is 8 cm shorter.

    I'll have a look at that, thanks!

    My measurements were a bit out...room is 74" long, and my bed is 78" long...brute force didn't work!

    Back to the drawing board I think!
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