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Advise on loose dado rail

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  • 04-04-2018 12:30pm
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    [Deleted User]
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    Hello..I am looking for advice on how to fix a dado rail..Its over the radiator..I know now the screw should have been near where the two pieces join..It looked fine until the radiator was on all the time..The secion is a bout 5 foot long..I would prefer not to find screws,and take off,and put it on again...Any way I could do a job on it,while its in place..I was thinking a small drill hole through the wood,and then a nail,get it below the wood,and cover up,as I did with all the screw heads..


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    [Deleted User]
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    listermint
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    Your dado rail has been broken for a whole year ?


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    Lex Luthor
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    maybe do what you are doing with the idea of a nail but use plasterboard screws instead
    Drill a hole through the dado, then drill a bigger hole a couple of mm deep just bigger than the diameter of the screw head
    Screw the screw into the wood and then into wall with the screw heard just going below the surface of the dado, fill and paint


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    antiskeptic
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Hello..I am looking for advice on how to fix a dado rail..Its over the radiator..I know now the screw should have been near where the two pieces join..It looked fine until the radiator was on all the time..The secion is a bout 5 foot long..I would prefer not to find screws,and take off,and put it on again...Any way I could do a job on it,while its in place..I was thinking a small drill hole through the wood,and then a nail,get it below the wood,and cover up,as I did with all the screw heads..

    Prise it away from the wall without pulling it loose, squirt some MS11/TEC7 down the gap from above and below. Lean something heavy against it, some chairs with weight on them, a book case, whatever. Wipe excess clear (there won't be much if you get it deep down and don't go over the top). Wait a day then remove. You won't need any nails


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    listermint wrote: »
    Your dado rail has been broken for a whole year ?

    No lol..I was trying to delete that old post..I just ended up making a new blank post..😅


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