In article ,
John Rumm wrote:
The standard chippies way is to stand the boards vertically with the
join overlapped, and then cut down through both with a hand saw at
something approximating 45 deg.

There are loads of joints in the skirting in this Victorian house -
especially in the hall, to the stairs etc. And all are 90 degrees. They
are overlapped types where each part is reduced to half thickness.

There are (were) lots of scarf joints in the architraves. Every one of
which shows. I've replaced most of them.

Personally, I'd not have a scarf (or any) joint in the middle of a
skirting board run - unless it's impossible to do it in one. It *will*
show, and you'll notice it each time you pass...

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