Fitting new MDF skirting to uneven wall

ormus

think i would place some poly sheets on the floor for protection then a plaster skim to even up the wall a bit better. say 9 inches high max.
then no more nails and screws for the skirting. any small gap left can then be filled using normal filler. or use a cartridge type filler for ease of use.

theLearner_3

ormus wrote: »

think i would place some poly sheets on the floor for protection then a plaster skim to even up the wall a bit better. say 9 inches high max.
then no more nails and screws for the skirting. any small gap left can then be filled using normal filler. or use a cartridge type filler for ease of use.

yes a bit annoyed really that the plasterer didn't skim the walls down to the floor - we had the room skimmed because of how poor the walls were. i didn't think about it at the time but it would have avoided this problem. Will know better next time!

because of how big the gap is at the moment with the floor sitting flat against the wooden floor, skimming this out would probably need more than 9inches i think??

if the floor wasn't already down i'd either get the plasterer back or give it a go myself - why didn't i try the skirting against the walls before laying the floor??!! :mad:

theLearner_3

i'm sure this will have been discussed in loads of posts on here but i was wondering what's the best way of cutting 12cm high skirting to give a clean, quick cut - a mitre saw?

i'm fitting mdf torus so i'll be cutting it outside and i'll be doing simple butt joins with the torus profile cut in (only internal mitres are needed at the moment) - is it easier to cut the profile using a jig saw or one of those very fine saws (think they're called coping saws??) - sorry for the basics questions but i've never done this before