We have just moved and in our new home we have a piece of skirting board that we have just discovered is just propped up and not fixed to the wall although there is dried glue on the back of it and on the wall so I assume it was stuck at some point. However the skirting is rather warped (and the wall is not straight). Does anyone know how to either straighten the skirting or a way to get it to stick to the wall - if i fix one end its going to stick out the other and vice versa. Thanks in advance.
2007-10-01 23:36:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
you could sand down the wall to make it straight and just buy a new piece of skirting
2007-10-01 23:39:52 · answer #1 · answered by Sarah 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
South cheshire cat has the best solution in my eyes.
Most walls even on a new house are rarely straight and timber warps at the shop so you'll always be up against it to get one that fits the other.
Inside the wall there may be some timber battons you can nail it to, you might be able to see them from where the old skirting came from bit if not you'll be just nailing into plaster board and getting nowhere.
Try and get some screws into it, if you are going into plasterboard you can buy plasterboard rawplugs which have a large screw on them that grips the board, ordinary rawplugs will just come out.
You can use No More Nails as another option but the board will need to be pinned to the wall first and it's a bit of a chew getting it to stick and look right.
Any gaps on the top of the skirting can be sorted with some filler.
2007-10-01 23:52:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are somewhat various types and high quality of product, yet on the top of the day, the form you like is the form you like! high quality relies upon at this form of timber it rather is created from i.e. has it been pro, will it warp, is it freed from knots? you additionally can get m.d.f. or plastic skirting, the quite a few plastic skirting permits you to run cables interior, for that extra socket or encompass sound etc. which saves having to bury cables interior the wall. So it rather is totally as much as what you like or can cope with to pay for.
2016-12-28 10:49:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you did not state what the wall was made of. block+plaster or dry wall.Block wall a few 50mm steel nails will hold it in tight.Dry wall ,find an up right usually 400mm / 16" centres an use a 50mm no 6 screw. other way would be a construction glue to glue it back. Try grip & fix.
2007-10-01 23:48:29 · answer #4 · answered by Max Power says relax 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
With a view to screwing it to the wall, check the wall to ensure your fixing points are vertical to the floor, fill the wall/build up as required. When you fix use screws that will go at least 1" into the brickwork to get a reliable fix.
2007-10-01 23:45:53 · answer #5 · answered by johncob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put it in the bathroom while you shower, and the steam will make the wood more flexible. Then just fix it in place, using screws (and panel adhesive if you want) - the screws will pull it in.
2007-10-02 08:24:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can re glue it but of coarse you will need to put weight against it to keep it pressed to wall
2007-10-01 23:40:38 · answer #7 · answered by boy boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a wet cloth, and keep wetting the back side, in between applications of water, lay it flat with weights holding it down.
2007-10-02 00:29:41 · answer #8 · answered by jaymegibow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Screw it to the wall as it should of been in the first place.
The screws should pull it in and all should be OK.
2007-10-01 23:39:30 · answer #9 · answered by south_cheshire_cat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nail it in and work from one end to the other.
2007-10-01 23:39:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋