Quick skirting question.

[paulalde]

Afternoon all,

I've (DIYer) been fitting some skirting boards on my landing and notice an area where a section of the floorboards are uneven.

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• paulalde
• 16 Aug 2018

As you can see from the picture the floor is out in the middle of the length raising either side by 9mm. The returns on either side are fairly short (around 50cm) to meet architrave and top stair.

I was wondering if 9mm would be considered ok given that carpet and underlay is going down?

Cheers

 

[big-all]

is the bit on the right fixed in yet??

 

[paulalde]

is the bit on the right fixed in yet??

Not yet, the scribe is cut and in the picture the board on the right has been propped up to meet the elevated 9mm end. It does look slightly lower on the pic which wouldn't be good if secured.

 

[big-all]

i would personally scribe 80% out assuming theres no dips further round to increase the gap

 

[paulalde]

Cheers, I'll give it a go.

Hand saw or jigsaw?

 

[big-all]

on that specific scribe a hand saw as its long sweeping gentle curves that are perfect for a hand saw

 

[KenGMac]

What i used to do, provided the Skirting was not massivly thick was to place a thick broad board on top of the skirting you were fixing, then stand or kneel on the board, the result is that the skirting is pushed down on to the flooring.

Then fix the mid section

Now get a mate [heavier than you]if needed both stand on the board that is placed against the top of the skirting to push down the remaining [loose] end of the skirting.

Not elegant but it did work the gaps were if not eliminated certainly reduced dramatically, combined with some scribing it worked, especially on a site somewhere and you were making a bonus out of it?

Ken