Recent content by djb7

LOL I'll buy a pair a pair of slippers first thing tomorrow, or maybe i'll stick with the tape :D , thanks pinenot.

Used staples to do this and it looks terrible when you look upstairs, luckily only done a few so hope someone can advise what I can do to get a better finish ?.

Hi JobAndKnock, Are you saying fix a batten to wall above the pipes,and fix the bullnose piece to that ? then a piece at front high enough to reach that, then fix skirting onto the front piece ? so skirting will be an inch or whatever below the top, have i got that right ? problem is it's...

Not sure what to do here,pipes run down corner of room which i've boxed in at 45 degree, angle then off to radiator on left,but now i'm putting skirting on i'm in a hole. plan was for skirting to go behind pipes, but as you can see cutting a piece out the skirting looks rubbish,also top of...

Thanks for the advice chaps :) @noseall yeah my living room will be a cross between a Harvester and a 70's chinese restaraunt with the cladding lol.

Ok, fairly easy question for those who know,i've seen photos of these types of architrave used with corner blocks. Question is can you buy architrave with this design ? or do you have to build them so to speak by gluing on mouldings ? The only mouldings i've seen are about 6mm thick (like me...

@Harbourwoodwork, You mentioned using pva,it says not to use adhesives for some reason :? but what would happen if i glue top and bottom, and nail. Would this prevent any movement at all ? or will they split if they try to move ?.

Thanks for the tips everybody,i think i will fix straight away. i'm using panel pins at moment, 2 top and bottom because that will be covered by dado and skirting, and one through tongue in middle, but thats tending to split a bit so might try some veneer pins or the clips. As for timber...