Fitting Skirting Boards near me

Skirting boards are a really elegant and stylish finish in a space that can really help a space come alive. They are basically there to cover the distance between the floor and the plaster and to avoid harm to the plaster from any effects. They defend the walls from regular bumps and scuffs and deliver a reasonable level of toughness and resistance. Visit Skirting Boards near me.

Skirting boards were very large in days gone by, so much so that they were sometimes cut into two parts to meet the height. However, the pattern in skirting boards design has found a more of a comfortable balance in more recent years where 125 mm or 150 mm boards are becoming more prevalent. Wide skirtings in spaces with low ceilings do not look fine either.

Skirting comes in a variety of fabrics, both soft and hardwood. Redwood in the cheaper timber range is quite common but the more expensive skirting boards will be crafted from solid oak. The biggest benefit of utilizing Solid Oak Skirting boards is that it can comfortably withstand bumps and tear without scratching, denting or requiring repainting due to the Oaks intrinsic toughness.

Replace Previous Skirting Boards

This is relatively easy to cut the old skirting in order and you can do so with a hammer bolster chisel and crowbar. If you encounter a particularly stubborn skirting board piece, it may have been repaired with nails or screws, which will be difficult to detect on the skirting front as the heads are filled with filler. If you can find the actual screws that hold the board in position, you might just remove the screws before the old boards are removed.


Once you put up your new skirting board, plan the boards that cross at the room corners. Many corners are intended to be rectangular, and it follows that fitting skirting boards around such a corner, cutting the mitre will be 45 degrees, so pre-cutting miter blocks may be obtained at this angle to facilitate the accurate cutting of these regular cuts. Ideally though, skirting boards with miters are better for cutting, as they give better control.

An uneven floor may leave ugly gaps underneath the skirting. You should label and cut the bottom of the skirting to correct this, so that it can match the floor pattern. Under the skirting board, you can push the little wedges until it is level. Ensure that the current skirting board is the same height as the one you’re removing, otherwise you’ll have a distance between the top of the skirt and the bottom of the plaster that has to be fixed.


A grab adhesive is best for fastening the skirting to the wall particularly if you want to stain or varnish the boards. This may also depend on how solid the wall is. If you fasten to a stud petition wall you should either glue the skirting to the stud work or if it’s a brick wall you should smash wooden wedges through the holes between the bricks and then screw them through the wedges.