fixing skirting board to brick wall

i am trying to fix 4" skirting to a brick wall without any success. I have
tried using "no nails" adhesive and oval nails but the nails just bend and
wont hold the board close enough to the brick. The only other thing i can
think of is rawl plugs and screwing the thing to the wall which will be time
consuming to say the least.

any ideas much appreciated???????

Daz

Plugging and screwing must be your best bet.Get some decent masonry
drills and brown plastic plugs and of course a half decent hammer
drill. Screws about size 2''x No10 should be fine. Countersink the
heads below the surface and fill with a good filler.

dbroms wrote:
i am trying to fix 4" skirting to a brick wall without any success. I have
tried using "no nails" adhesive and oval nails but the nails just bend and
wont hold the board close enough to the brick. The only other thing i can
think of is rawl plugs and screwing the thing to the wall which will be time
consuming to say the least.

any ideas much appreciated???????

Daz

The traditional way is wooden wedges knocked in between some of the
bricks
instead of mortar, then nailing into the wedges. You can rake out the
mortar with
an electric drill.
I've had success no-nailing skirting to plaster. You could plaster the
bottom bit and
glue to that ?
Simon.

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:21:48 GMT, dbroms wrote:

screwing the thing to the wall which will be time
consuming to say the least.

Not if you do it the easy way. Pre-drill the holes in the board with
the same size as the masonry drill (say 5.5mm or 6mm). Offer board to
wall and drill the centre hole into brick, insert plug and screw in.
Move each way from centre. It helps of you have an electric
screwdriver, then you don't need to countersink, just power in.


--
Nigel M

dbroms wrote:
i am trying to fix 4" skirting to a brick wall without any success. I have
tried using "no nails" adhesive and oval nails but the nails just bend and
wont hold the board close enough to the brick. The only other thing i can
think of is rawl plugs and screwing the thing to the wall which will be time
consuming to say the least.

any ideas much appreciated???????

Daz



Maybe you aren't using enough adhesive. One cartridge per 10 ft length
is about right IME, and the nails shouldn't be necessary, other than
possibly to hold the ends in place

The only other thing i can
think of is rawl plugs and screwing the thing to the wall which will be
time consuming to say the least.

any ideas much appreciated???????

Daz

This is the *only* way I fix skirting board, as all other methods don't hold
well enough IME.
Same for picture rail and dado rail.
On plaster I'll also use No-More-Nails for good measure!

Alan.

"dbroms" wrote in message
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i am trying to fix 4" skirting to a brick wall without any success. I have
tried using "no nails" adhesive and oval nails but the nails just bend and
wont hold the board close enough to the brick. The only other thing i can
think of is rawl plugs and screwing the thing to the wall which will be
time consuming to say the least.

I have used combinations of masonry nails (oval nails are not remotely
strong enough), no nails adhesive and rawl plugs.
The main reason fro the plugs is if the boards or wall are warped and you
want a tight fit.

any ideas much appreciated???????

Daz

dbroms wrote:
i am trying to fix 4" skirting to a brick wall without any success. I
have tried using "no nails" adhesive and oval nails but the nails
just bend and wont hold the board close enough to the brick. The only
other thing i can think of is rawl plugs and screwing the thing to
the wall which will be time consuming to say the least.

any ideas much appreciated???????

Daz

either drilling and plugging or find (make some) the wooden wedges and nail.
gap filling adhesive is useful for, obviously, filling largeish gaps if the wall isn't
truly flat and once painted white it's unnoticable. finish the screw / nail holes with
filler, rub down, then 2 x coats of undercoat and one thin coat of gloss/satin.

take your time, do it right and you only have to do it once.

dbroms brought next idea :
i am trying to fix 4" skirting to a brick wall without any success. I have
tried using "no nails" adhesive and oval nails but the nails just bend and
wont hold the board close enough to the brick. The only other thing i can
think of is rawl plugs and screwing the thing to the wall which will be time
consuming to say the least.


The old way to do it, was to clean out the grout between the bricks,
then hammer in a wooden wedge cut to just the right length to which you
then nail the skirting. Only masonary nails will penetrate into brick,
therefore your easiest way is probably a combination of screws plus
plugs and 'no more nails' type adhesive.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

dbroms wrote:
i am trying to fix 4" skirting to a brick wall without any success. I
have tried using "no nails" adhesive and oval nails but the nails
just bend and wont hold the board close enough to the brick. The only
other thing i can think of is rawl plugs and screwing the thing to
the wall which will be time consuming to say the least.

You can hire a Paslode gun which will work on brick. Not cheap, but very
quick.
http://www.brandontoolhire.co.uk/dir...?idproduct=233

Dave