I thought the OP's problem was getting the nails out of the wall not the skirting.
correct woody.
Once the skirting is off the wall its not a problem... the are easy to remove.
Its getting them off the wall in the first place.
I thought the OP's problem was getting the nails out of the wall not the skirting.
Lazy bodge.Or you can not fatigue yourself by just bending them.
Lazy bodge.Or you can not fatigue yourself by just bending them.
Every bent/hidden nail is a boobytrap waiting from the next poor sod who wants to nail/screw/saw/file/sand into the thing that's full of nails. In this case it may be wall behind a skirting board, but you never know what work may be done in the future. If you have the perfect opportunity to remove nails, you should always do so. Leave the material as virgin as you can for the next guy (which may be you). It's just good practice.Why is it a "bodge"?
Yes. The mentality of "out of sight, out of mind", and "do the minimum necessary to get the job done today; don't worry about the future" is common among jobbing builders, rather than craftsmen.A bent nail behind skirting board is a booby trap?
The OP is a DIYer though.
Off the top of my head, someone wants to saw a hole through the wall for a waste pipe, or cut an aperture for a new door, or chase a cable.If anyone can tell me one "future" problem that bending a 1/8 clasp nail over, behind a bit of skirting, then I'd love to hear it .
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