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John Rumm
 
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Default Skirting board

Chris Styles wrote:

The last time I did a siimlar job i did use just adhesive, and the results
were okay, a little gappy due to the very uneaven walls. The walls in the


Even if the walls are out a bit it is better to put the skirting in
straight rather than following the contours of the wall since it is very
easy to "eye up" the skirting and see that it is wrong (i.e. curved). If
the walls are out, just fill the gaps after - it is far less noticeable
than meandering boards!

Reading the other posts, solvent free gripfill seems to be in the lead at
the moment...


Yup, don't use a solvent based one - they skin too fast.


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John.

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