nelly said:i am giggling here at your pain - i made my man take up the skirting in the house we bought (26 years old and was painted a few colour in that time) and put down carpet and new skirting. The plaster came away from the stud walls moreso than the outter walls but frightened the BJ out of him when it happened. The bottom of the walls were in bits!.
So we repaired it (at current rate of spending should have shares in B&Q next year)and put down higher skirting so repaired parts don't show and it looks like no drama ever went on. My job was to varnish them.
Interesting, but how do you cut the edge of the skirting neatly insitu. I thought those arbortech blades were designed for rough carving and shaping of wood. I just don't know if a freehand, rough edge is really going to pass muster?askew70 said:This is obviously too late to be of use to A99, but I saw mention on another forum of an Arbortech blade that can be fitted to an angle grinder, which is designed to be used to cut the base of skirting boards in situ, to leave room for sliding new flooring underneath. Being able to fit flooring without removing the skirting would eliminate quite a few problems.
It does leave the issue of how you fit the last board, mind you, but if it meant only having to remove short segments of skirting board(s), or at worst one entire length of it, it could still make life a lot easier. It is certainly an option that I'll bear in mind if I am ever laying more laminate in the future.
Carpenter said:Interesting, but how do you cut the edge of the skirting neatly insitu. I thought those arbortech blades were designed for rough carving and shaping of wood. I just don't know if a freehand, rough edge is really going to pass muster?
nai said:For anyone who wants to remove skirting without damaging the plasterboard here's my technique and it has yet to fail - Use a thin nail punch to punch any nails through the skirting cleanly (you should be able to find the impressions even if painted over) - you can fill in these holes later for re-use before painting.
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