Hi,
I have a large room, with 2 chimney breasts, a bay and many, many irregular corners at odd angles.
I am installing engineered wood and I have no gap at all between the floorboards and skirting.
I want to avoid using trim as i don’t like the look of it, and want the floor going under the skirting.
I don’t really want to have to rip the existing skirting up, as I have to take all the radiators off, and then prob put new skirting on which will take ages with all the odd cuts.
ideally I just want to trim under existing.
I can see you can get these little tools that will cut under skirting. Like about 3 inch vibrating blade, and you just go on an angle and slice the bottom of the skirting off.
I need to remove about an inch off all of them.
Is this the best way to go about it? It seems easier than taking off and replacing (worried - how do I get it all off without breaking it? Damage to plaster etc)
or is using a tool like that for a big room tricky?
is it easy to get a straight line? Shall I score the line with a Stanley first?
Any advice on this appreciated
thank you
I have a large room, with 2 chimney breasts, a bay and many, many irregular corners at odd angles.
I am installing engineered wood and I have no gap at all between the floorboards and skirting.
I want to avoid using trim as i don’t like the look of it, and want the floor going under the skirting.
I don’t really want to have to rip the existing skirting up, as I have to take all the radiators off, and then prob put new skirting on which will take ages with all the odd cuts.
ideally I just want to trim under existing.
I can see you can get these little tools that will cut under skirting. Like about 3 inch vibrating blade, and you just go on an angle and slice the bottom of the skirting off.
I need to remove about an inch off all of them.
Is this the best way to go about it? It seems easier than taking off and replacing (worried - how do I get it all off without breaking it? Damage to plaster etc)
or is using a tool like that for a big room tricky?
is it easy to get a straight line? Shall I score the line with a Stanley first?
Any advice on this appreciated
thank you