Always!! but I have never, ever heard of a genuine tradesman using No More Nails (or whatever it is) on skirting. A real lazy DIY job IMO, knowing that flooring must be laid. Nothing looks worse than beading holding down a new floor in a new house.
I may have the name wrong, but you can buy a "glue saw" that fits between the wall (plaster-board) and the back of the skirting and cuts through the glue, leaving you to remove the nails with a pincers / nail-bar / block of wood combo.
builders did the same thing in my new house - floor fitter tried to persuade me to use beading. I said no and if skirting had to be replaced so be it. Beading was not the look I was after! In the end the fitter removed and put back the skirting with no damage at all.
Oh thats good to hear - was your skirting nailed and glued? Fitter is warning me that there may be damage to the wall and skirting boards if we are removing them as they are very secure. I guess he is just trying to cover himself in the event of any damage which I can understand. Did you have to do any repainting / touching up on the walls and the skirting boards after they were put back on?
That's pretty typical for a lot of new-builds now. Glueing is also common as new builds give off a lot of moisture initially and most skirting supplied in these is cheap deal which can warp very badly if not glued. Did the builders know you were planning on wooden floors? Most would accommodate if told in advance.
A proper flooring contractor will have a trimming saw they can use to take the appropriate amount from the bottom of skirting, trim doors, etc.. But this is a slow messy job, so the guys after a quick buck don't want to know.
I'm not sure what a glue-saw is, but an oscillating multitool with appropriate blade will do a nice clean job of getting down behind the skirting. Again though, slow job.
The best solution will really be to remove the skirting, patch up the walls, put in the flooring and replace the skirting. There will likely be a lot of damage to the skirting though, so you may need to factor in replacing it all unless the exact profile can be sourced to replace any pieces that suffer too much damage.
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