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Hi. I'm putting up skirting (ogee). The walls in the room aren't perfectly vertical at the corners ( is anything! :) ?). If i fix the skirting tight to the wall, when I cut the profile out for the scribed joint, theres a big gap when I offer the scribed piece to the fixed piece ( because of the...

Evening, I ve come across the age old problem where the architraves were removed from around a door lining, the plasterer has been in and skimmed, leaving the skim up to 5mm prouder than the width of the door lining. I've checked this forum and have decided that the best way froward is to pack...

Yes Symptoms,the wide angle lens feature has miraculously stopped working on my camera since my last photo effort.......(and your associated hurtful comments about my measuring skills) :wink: Don't make me send in the picture of the perfectly scribed skirting board joint...(which...

I gave up! awbcm bailed me out and he kindly sent me the plinths through the post in return for a donation to a very worthy charity..... it was just breaking my heart ( and bank account ) to waste any more wood, just couldn't get those angles right with a hand plane :oops: . Thought I'd...

Right, I'm gonna give it another go when the kids are in bed and the missus is at the gym ( in other words there are no "distractions" ). If it turns out C**P, I'll send you my address awbcm and I'll make a worthy donation to cancer charity through yourself. To be honest I don't mind wasting...

I'm struggling with this. You'd think it'd be simple but my planing skills appear to be dreadful - can't get the top chamfers to "match up" with the side chamfers - to give a nice point. Obviously I'm not able to keep the plane at 45deg when making the cuts. I'm considering having no chamfers...

Hi awbcm, I haven't finished yet!. The decorator took over my time! Rest assured as soon as I have finished it ( hopefully this weekend sometime ) I'll post a picture. Its the least I can do for all the quality advice I recieved. ( I'm just trying to juggle too may balls at the moment! ). Its...

Point taken awbcm, whenever I've tried to plane anything using the electric planer, I've often abonded it for the hand plane! (so much more control)h

:lol: Symptoms, just realised your reference to my piccies. The penny dropped while I was "fretting" about needing a longer piece of skirting whilst in the shower!....Don't know what the missus must have thought when I burst out laughing in there! Its been a long day...thats all I can say!

Symptoms - apologies if I sound thick ( bit of wood amateur ) but why do I need a longer length of skirting? Surely the inclusion of a plinth block between skirting and string means I need a shorter length? Also, awbcm's excellent drawing shows a chamfer down the vertical lengths of the...

:D What a great drawing awbcm. Thanks ever so much for taking time out to help me on your Sunday. Its refreshing to know that there are still some genuinely nice people about. I'll get to work and post a piccie when I'm done. Thanks again :wink:

awbcm, thanks for the reply. drawing would be great please. I've not fixed it yet. Gotta get it done tonight ( after cooking the roast ) - the decorators are coming tomorrow! Cheers

Hello anyone whose kindly advised me on this. I've made a plinth block - just a pice of planed timber with chamfered top. I don't have a router so cannot achieve a curved chamfer like a Newel Post, so I've simply put a 45deg chamfer on top using my mitre saw. I appreciate its not a work of art...

Gents ( I presume! ), Thanks for your posts :) . Some good ideas for me to think about. Noseall - the string isn't rebated, the "rebate" is just a long piece of cut timber pinned to the top of the string, the guy used this instead of a decorative moulding / beading ( quality job - not! ) between...

Hello, Following a loft conversion and subsequent installation of a new staircase, the second fix guy fixed skirting board to the wll that forms that new landing at thye top of the stairs. However, where the skirting meets the staircase it looks untidy. I feel I need to do something to tidy it...

Thanks Gcol, decorators Caulk it is :) Spoke to someone else who said to cut at a slight angle, as you suggest, but as you near the top of the skirting take it back to 90deg, so you don't see a gap when looking down on the skirting board ( although Caulk would probably fill it anyway )...