Hi all,
I'm refitting old skirtings after having the walls re-skimmed. Its plaster on blockwork all the way around - no dry lining or plasterboards. I don't fancy glueing them because the walls aren't perfectly straight and the plaster at the bottom of the wall may be a bit clumbly. The boards will be repainted prior to fitting, but I'll have to touch them up afterwards on joins and fill and paint over screw heads.
I could use normal rawl plugs, but that means lots of marking and drilling and such like, so instead I fancy using either frame fixings or hammer fixings. What would you recommend? And what size?
Also, with a hammer fixing, do you just knock the screw in once the plastic bit is flush? Or screw it in as per a frame fixing?
All help appreciated.
Ant
I'm refitting old skirtings after having the walls re-skimmed. Its plaster on blockwork all the way around - no dry lining or plasterboards. I don't fancy glueing them because the walls aren't perfectly straight and the plaster at the bottom of the wall may be a bit clumbly. The boards will be repainted prior to fitting, but I'll have to touch them up afterwards on joins and fill and paint over screw heads.
I could use normal rawl plugs, but that means lots of marking and drilling and such like, so instead I fancy using either frame fixings or hammer fixings. What would you recommend? And what size?
Also, with a hammer fixing, do you just knock the screw in once the plastic bit is flush? Or screw it in as per a frame fixing?
All help appreciated.
Ant