plaster under skirting board problem

goldmercury

Just removed the skirting board from my dining room and the palster is very crumbly where the skirting board was. I plan to purchase new skirting board and attach once the plaster has been to skim my walls however what should I do about the crumbling wall?

I see it I have 3 options,

1) fit bigger skirting board that can be attached over and above the crumbly part.

2) get a joiner to fit some new plasterboard under where I'd be putting skirting.

3) take my chance and glue over the crubling wall.

advice please

FunkyMunkey

You could put some new plaster on at the bottom. It won't be seen, so you don't have to worry about it being a perfect finish

~Chameleon~

If a plasterer is skimming your walls then surely he will remove any loose plaster first?

nalyo

Fit skirtings first, then plasterer is a thought? as long as you clean the boards before plaster sets you should be fine. If 'Jason' is around he can confirm? hes a plasterer!! (:

djohn2002uk

Whenever you remove old skirting there is never plaster down to floor level and your plasterer will only plaster to the same level. When he's finished, measure the new depth of plaster and buy some MDF of the same thickness. Cut this in strips then into smaller 2" pieces to act as spacers. Fix every metre along the wall with "Nonails" or similar, when firm fix your skirting by applying nonails to the spacers and the top of the skirting. Easy.
Just done my whole upstairs.

jason_s_2

If your going to have your walls skimmed the the plasterer should fill in the hole with either hardwall or bonding, then skim the wall. If there is alot of plaster blown on the wall then it may need to be removed and renewed.But if its just a few patches then it shouldn't be a problem.

~Chameleon~

I had exactly the same problem earlier this week. Removing the skirtings pulled a fair amount of loose plaster off too which I have since filled with Gyproc Easy-fill - great stuff to work with, much better than polyfilla!

I should imagine your plasterer will sort it all out for you anyway but if you do fill it yourself just remember not to take it right down the floor though otherwise you'll breach the DPC

goldmercury

the mdf route sounds the best idea, i can get the joiner to do this when he fits the new skirting Thanks for the replys.

vansboy

& when the new skirting goes on, assuming you use No Nails type adhesive, you can run a bead of this along the top, to fill & secure any imperfections in the joints.

This is a more xpensive way to fill the gaps, so think about using decorators caulk instead. A tube is £1ish in most DIY stores. you'll just overpaint it, when dry.

VB