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skirting boards
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how are skirting boards fitted and what do you do when you have to join two of them in a corner?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Use either no nails glue to fix the skirting or screws and rawl plugs. To join corners you can either mitre on 45 degree angles on corner to fit or scribe it over which is basically fitting one piece square to the corner of the wall and then cutting the edge of the other piece to the shape of the skirting board so that it fits over the piece you have fit squarely on to the wall. Hope this helps and you can understand it, it is quite difficult to explain.
There is some good information on fitting skirting boards here-
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/WOODWORKINGS KIRTING_BOARD.htm
Grab adhesive is best by far!
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/WOODWORKINGS KIRTING_BOARD.htm
Grab adhesive is best by far!
The right way to fit skirting boards is to start on the wall facing you as you walk in the door,this length would have a square cut at each end and you would then work back towards the door from both sides, scribing the joints as you go. All internal joints should be scribed and all external joints obviously have to be mitred. You do not need to over fix the skirtings, 2 srews & plugs or nails or even a good adesive such as gripfil every 700-800mm is sufficient.