2007-01-24 13:50:22 · 8 answers · asked by Baggio 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Skirting for what?
2007-01-24 13:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by zen522 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a bolster (wide) chisel and a hammer. Start next to a door.(the corners are cut at 45 degree angles, so you can't get them out from there) but at the door it is normally a straight cut so you can get it out easier, then work your way round the room.
Cut off a piece as a sample and get some from a builder's merchant. You can use a different shape if you like, or a different size. Only you will know what you want.
You will have to see which will be the easiest way to fit the new ones. Nails or screws or nomorenails ( a glue for sticking this sort of thing) Can't help you further than that, because you have to see it to sort it. I am sure you are clever enough to see which one will fit best! Good luck!
2007-01-24 14:07:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, you just get a big screwdriver ( or a little crowbar) and gently wiggle it down behind the skirting board. They should just prize off, with a little difficulty.
On some modern properties screws are used.
This job is likely to damage the boards it's very hard to remove them intact. But be patient and you should be Okay.
You do risk damaging the wall also so put a little piece of scrap wood between the screwdriver and the plaster.
2007-01-24 13:58:12 · answer #3 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Start from a doorway and prise them gently from the wall using a bolster chisel, pry bar or a claw hammer. I've found they are usually fixed with two or three enormous nails every few feet so you will probably have to destroy the skirting to get it off. You will probably end up with holes in the wall too. My new ones are fixed with screws, with the screw heads sunk below the surface and filled over before painting.
2007-01-24 19:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by David W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree, brute force is the only way to get them off!. Before you go fix new, ensure the walls (esp. at the bottom) are vertical. If you do not do this, and you cut nice mitre jionts...the joints will not be good. Using a D.I.Y. store Mitre Saw (about £15.00) is the best way to do the joints. If your walls are nice and square/flat, you can use 'No-Nails', else screws.
Better to prepare, and get a good job, get the bottoms of the walls'right' before fixing.
2007-01-24 21:18:42 · answer #5 · answered by johncob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a claw hammer it aint rocket science luv...
2007-01-24 13:58:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
just get a man in.
2007-01-24 14:20:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a carpenter's hat and a hammer should be all you need.
2007-01-24 16:50:02 · answer #8 · answered by soren 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋