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Hi all,
I'm trying to resuscitate a house that was partly renovated by the previous owners, and then abandoned. It's a challenge, not least because a lot of what work they *did* do doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.
I need to fix new skirting in four rooms: two of the rooms have had gyprock plasterboard fixed to vertical metal battens laid over the old masonry (with the gap behind the plasterboard varying wildly between flush and around 2 centimetres), and in the other two the old masonry has simply been sealed and plastered over. The house was built in 1840, so fairly predictably none of the walls are vertical or a flat plane, and none of the corners are square.
I have no experience at working with skirting, and what I'm planning to use is natural oiled wood. So I'd like to avoid nail holes or screw heads, since I can't use putty or plaster or silicone and a lick of paint to cover them over.
Sorry to rabbit on. I've gone into detail, because I'm guessing I may need to use different techniques for the plasterboard and the plaster.
Advice and suggestions would be very gratefully received!
I'm trying to resuscitate a house that was partly renovated by the previous owners, and then abandoned. It's a challenge, not least because a lot of what work they *did* do doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.
I need to fix new skirting in four rooms: two of the rooms have had gyprock plasterboard fixed to vertical metal battens laid over the old masonry (with the gap behind the plasterboard varying wildly between flush and around 2 centimetres), and in the other two the old masonry has simply been sealed and plastered over. The house was built in 1840, so fairly predictably none of the walls are vertical or a flat plane, and none of the corners are square.
I have no experience at working with skirting, and what I'm planning to use is natural oiled wood. So I'd like to avoid nail holes or screw heads, since I can't use putty or plaster or silicone and a lick of paint to cover them over.
Sorry to rabbit on. I've gone into detail, because I'm guessing I may need to use different techniques for the plasterboard and the plaster.
Advice and suggestions would be very gratefully received!
