Skirting and architraves. Diy?

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Hey lads and ladies. I'm having all my walls reboarded and replastered as we speak so the finish will be nice and uniform. I need to reinstall skirting and architraves after it's done. How's his for a diy job for an extremely novice? If it's doable what would I need? Mitre saw? Glue? Skirting? A miracle? Cheers

FMG

I did this today and although not totally new to DIY I was to mitring. Borrowed an old mitre saw from a a pal ( an elu that cuts 45 only on one side and means lenghts have to be turned etc) and found that laying my laminate floor and replacing skirtings was daunting but with care and planing turned out really ok. I screwed some lengths to partition walls and screwed/gripfilled to 50mm insulated board walls.

the_pen_turner

' do your best, caulk the rest'.

are they painted or varnished. its not dificult just takes patience and time.
miter the extreal corners and cope the internals . you tube will help you
make sure there is no paint on the wall if your sticking

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Haven't bought the boards yet so they can be either. Any suggestions on what's best? Architraves are just standing up skirting essentially I take it? And is a mite saw and a coping saw two different things?

the_pen_turner

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

Haven't bought the boards yet so they can be either. Any suggestions on what's best? Architraves are just standing up skirting essentially I take it? And is a mite saw and a coping saw two different things?

if you can get it or it fits the style of house try and get the square profile ones. they are a lot easier to fit on internal corners. you can but them up and not need to cope them .

a coping saw and a miter saw are very diferent. a coping saw is a hand tool that can cut curves

listermint

I'm gonna be honest here. If you can't tell the difference between a coping saw and a mitre saw you may not entirely be happy with the finish on your architrave.

It's not that DIY of a task you'd want to have some skills in the pocket for this sort of work.

For me you should just get a professional to do it.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

listermint wrote: »

I'm gonna be honest here. If you can't tell the difference between a coping saw and a mitre saw you may not entirely be happy with the finish on your architrave.

It's not that DIY of a task you'd want to have some skills in the pocket for this sort of work.

For me you should just get a professional to do it.

Ha I appreciate the honesty and the tact. I'll see if one of the lads can show me the basics maybe and take it from there. I'll get the square skirting to make it easier in any case. Thanks all.

Sleepy

I took it on when doing our utility room and tbh, it's easy enough.

mloc123

It is easy if.... you take your time, measure properly and don't assume that corners are 90 degrees... in my experience not many actually are. I redid the skirting and architraving in our hallway last week (swapped to a 3 inch square edge architrave and 6 inch square edge skirting). I will swap out the rest of the house room by room now for the same. If you plan to paint them, caulk hides some mistakes but not all.

Edit: if you plan on square edge, just buy PAO timber from building providers. It is much much cheaper than buying the lengths of skirting from door/floor places. You need to sand and prime it before paint also.

Sleepy

Another tip if painting - prime it and get a first coat on after cutting but before fixing in place