Suggestions needed!!

discountmummy

I have a 1970's built house and the heating was upgraded about 4yrs ago it was also repastered but where the pipes for the radiators are there is no plaster and it looks a mess, the skirting board is 2" high. I would like some suggestions as to how to neated this up as its really dirty with dust, i thought about getting a bigger skirting board but the pipes for the radiations are bracketed ontop of the existing skirting board so i would need to get a plumber to take out all the pipes would this be expensive? One think i deff dont want to do is box it all in!

discountmummy

sorry i posted this in the worng place could someone mov e it to the main DIY board please?

swake

I wouldnt suggest changing skirting as it could end up being expensive. Of the top of my head i would say buy a small painters perk or making good tool for around £5 and attempt to fill and make good. It is a tedious job and will require patience but will improve what is there currently.

You havent given room dimensions but i would say that if you hired someone to skirt the room you would be looking at around £200 - £350 depending on what type of skirting you wanted. Then you have the redecoration costs plus maybe some costs involved with the tweaking of the pipework.It could end up getting expensive considering what you are trying to achieve.

If you're trying to really keep the costs down i would buy some fine surface filler (around £3-5) a couple of sheets of sandpaper and the tool that will allow you to work in those areas.

You will see a definate improvement for under a tenner.

Good luck