On 2006-11-18 11:21:10 +0000, "Stephen" said:

As I have knocked through from the living room to the dining room in my
Victorian terrace I have to replace a fair amount of skirting board.

The skirting board is just under 7 inches deep.

What kind of mitre saw will tackle this? I had a look on the HSS Hire
website but am not sure what to go with.

Would the "Crosscut & Mitre Saw" (code 03431) do the job?

The sliding version, 03421, would be a better bet and give a cleaner
cut, especially as you would be near the limit of 03431. Also, 03431
is a 110v version so you would need to rent a transformer as well
unless they include it in the deal.



Also, what do you guys recommend as the best way to refix the skirting
board. The walls are fairly uneven so I'm not keen on using Gripfil. I
am leaning towards screwing the skirting on. Does that sound OK?

The traditional way is to insert wooden wedges into gaps between the
bricks and then nail into them.

Screws are fine as well. You can get counterbore and plug cutters
whereby a counterbored hole is cut for the screw and then a plug from a
scrap piece of the material. Insert screw, then plug over the top
and then cut, sand or chisel to flush with the skirting board surface.