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
won't 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.


Bloody hell there isn't half some crap on this thread.

Get a cheap sds drill some brown plugs and a 7 mm bit. Drill throught
the wood into the brick. Pack out the skirting where there are gaps and
put a 2" no. 8 screw in every 400 mm or so.

Hammer the brown plugs through the hole, hammer the screws home and
give them enough twist with a screw driver* to send them under the
surface deep enough to fill with stopper. You can get away with smaller
screws and wider spacings. But why bother?

*Put the driver in the screw and tap it home with the hammer. If it
ever comes loose, screw it!

Put the ovals in your bin. They are another piece of crap invention.