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Thanks, I was brave enough to pull a small piece of skirting board off after cutting away the sealant that runs along the top. It's got those 50mm long/ 2-3mm dia almost headless nails buried into the skirting board with a zig-zag of sealant on the backside. The plasterboard/paper stayed...

Hi Stric, Thanks for the reply, I did lay a chisel in front of the skirting board to see what would happen, but your right, it doesn't do it on it's own :D Seriously, the plasterboard is the wall, if that is damaged, then there is no wall to fix the skirting board to. It's a timber framed...

Hi, I have a five year old house with silicone sealed skirting boards and I want to fit laminate flooring underneath them, the same goes for the door jams, does anyone know how to remove them without destroying the plasterboard it is sealed to?