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Thread: Nailing quad to skirting
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21st January 2005, 09:49 AM #16
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23rd January 2005, 01:28 AM #17Originally Posted by DavidC
Why would the poly come off, what im saying is plane or cut down wood that is of the same type to fill the gaps, you wouldnt need to touch your current skirtings with a plane only the new peice(s) that you'll be adding too it!....................................................................
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24th January 2005, 01:33 PM #18Senior Member
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I would put nothing there. As others have said, no-one is going to see. My motto is- the more stuff to put somewhere, the more stuff you have to deal with when it is time to re-fresh... like when the speaker of the house has a brain wave and a new project is on the go.
Quick note on floor skirtings, mine are held in with the smallest nails possible I can pull them of with my hands or with a little force with a chisel. This makes rapainting much easier, and the skirtings can be freshened up in the shed at a comfortable height. You also ends up with clean lines where the different paints meet.
Cheers,
Conwood
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24th January 2005, 04:27 PM #19
Sell the house quick cos it's obviously rooted! :eek:
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25th January 2005, 01:13 AM #20
Solution
Well fellas I managed to get rid of the gaps what I did was get under the house and bang the retched floorboards up around edge of skirting
shimmed the boards and now the gaps are reduced to 2mm
this I'm not going to worry about
I can live with 2mm
It only took me the best of 10mins to get under house and bang boards up
Cheers !!!!
Thanks for youe input
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25th January 2005, 07:53 AM #21Originally Posted by DavidC
SimonThey laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. They're not laughing now.
Bob Monkhouse
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25th January 2005, 08:19 AM #22Senior Member
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If you are sanding the floor, I've heard that you can mix the sawdust with something (glue? silicone?) and use that to fill the gaps. This apparently gives you a colour that matches the floor.
There is probably someone reading this who knows more about it than I do.
Then again, you could buy some synthetic rope in a diameter a bit bigger than the gap and jam that under the skirting board. Would keep out draughts and stop little things being pushed into the underworld (never underestimate the minds of little people). No-one is really going to notice the gap unless you point it out to them.
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27th January 2005, 09:24 AM #23
Whos going to notice the gap, How many partys do you have in your BEDROOM
Remember if ther were no Mondays there would be no weekends.
(I'm retired now so to hell with mondays)
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