Skirting board nails?

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What are the correct nails (length, profile) to use to nail skirting to a solid brick wall?
 
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2/3 plus the thickness of the skirting board

ie: skirting board 15mm thickness = minimum 45mm nail
 
i never nail them into brickwork. can never get a decent fixing and usually ends splitting a piece along the line. i always use grip fill or similar, or plug and screw an uneven wall
 
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I didn't want to go down the glue route as I used gripfill in the past and the house smelt for ages. I'm doing my childs room and don't want the fumes in there for days on end.
 
masona said:
2/3 plus the thickness of the skirting board

ie: skirting board 15mm thickness = minimum 45mm nail

Do you mean 2/3 of the thickness of the skirting board, plus the thickness of the skirting board, as this would be 15mm + 2/3 x 15mm = 25mm ?

Oh, you can also get solvent free gripfill, however I have to agree for peace of mind I always plug and screw them to the wall.
 
Eddie M said:
masona said:
2/3 plus the thickness of the skirting board

ie: skirting board 15mm thickness = minimum 45mm nail

Do you mean 2/3 of the thickness of the skirting board, plus the thickness of the skirting board, as this would be 15mm + 2/3 x 15mm = 25mm ?
Say you want to fit a 1" batten onto the wall then you will need a minimum of 3" nail.

Most people use 50mm cut nail for skirting board.
 
those nails ain't long enough years ago I rented a room in a house and one Saturday morning my landlord was hammering and banging next door and I heard a splitting sound next to my bed, when I looked down the end of six inch nail was poking through the skirting into my room.
 
6inches minus protrusion into your skirting equals a very thin party wall?
 
either saw dust and glue or cut plugs from a spare bit of skirting
 
keyplayer said:
masona said:
Screw & rawlplug is the best way.

How do you best lose your screw heads if you're waxing rather than painting?
or make your own pellets with a special tool from the back of the skirting board
 

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