Skirting cutting tool

JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. If you've been planning to fit your new skirting boards yourself, then it's essential to get the full scope of what's involved in this process, so you can get the job done seamlessly!

In this DIY quick guide, we'll share with you how to scribe skirting boards to fit interior corners, and also how to scribe them to match your floors! Beyond removing your old skirting boards , measuring, and choosing your brand new mouldings, when the time comes to get the actual fitting, the method of scribing will get you the best results. Working internal corners and floor junctures to fit tight and snug will avoid many future headaches -and unwanted gaps!

As we explain in this full guide to fitting skirting boards , there are basically 2 different ways of cutting and working the skirting boards' edges to fit the corners of your walls. You can either create a mitre joint or a scribe joint.

Also, as materials like timber tend to shrink unevenly or vary slightly over the years, a mitre joint may lead to gaps -even if the change is just of 1mm.

The technique of scribing consists of sketching and transferring the profile of a moulding into another one. Then, the 2nd piece ends up having the traced surface removed, following the same shape. The result? Both parts fit like pieces of a puzzle.

It also allows for more flexible joints that can resist changes in the materials. We invite you to join UKWorkshop. Members can turn off viewing Ads! JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Multi tool to trim skirting board? Thread starter Hemsby Start date 22 Mar Help Support UKworkshop. Hemsby Established Member. I will be fitting laminate flooring in our small utility room and need to leave an expansion gap around the edge.

The skirting is fixed with grip fill adhesive and a few masonry nails so removing it is not a preferred option -o , beading of some sort to cover the gap may be a quick solution but is not desirable.

I have no experience using a multi tool and it may be ideal to remove the bottom of the skirting but have no idea if this will be very time consuming although there is only about 30 feet of skirting total. Any thoughts please. Rorschach Guest. A coarse flush cutting blade should do the job quite well. It will not be fast but for 30 feet it won't be too bad.

Joined 19 Aug Messages Reaction score 2 Location lincolnshire. Hi I did our hallway with a multi tool was not to bad ours was old skirting board about an inch thick , and about 17 metres in length All I did was use a spacer on floor to get the hight right, I think it was easier than to taking skirting off and redo.

Jasper42 Established Member. By my way of thinking and having fitted a lot of this type of flooring you are going to need to remove at least one wall of skirting to get the last edge down!!!

Rip it off and start again. If you are in a newish built property it's bullnose? If you go around the top with a Stanley knife first cutting through the skim you won't take much off and you can replace with a deeper skirting, knotted, primed and undercoated before fitting.

Do the job properly TFrench Established Member. I'm ripping all mine off and starting again, its an ugly bullnose style anyway. If you do go down that route, use MDF pre primed stuff, all it needs a quick flat off and paint. MrDavidRoberts Established Member. Joined 23 Dec Messages Reaction score 1. No way around it So instead of taking hours to cut the bottom of the skirting, take a while to cut the wall above it and replace with a 7" ones?

I did a room with 9" ones and replaced them with made up 10" ones. Lath and plaster walls and 4" voids behind them. Buy a new tool - you need it to cut the plaster. Seriously, jobs like that pisss you off in the future when you look at them and think oh, ffs, why didn't I? Joined 2 Mar Messages Reaction score 0. I bought one of these to do same job as OP.

Tried it out on some softwood and it kind of burned its way through the wood! I couldnt see how it ewas going to work well on lengths of skirting especially going with the grain.