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writes
Hi Chris Vowles
In you wrote:
The
one thing I have noticed is that they are totally obsessed with
skirting boards for some reason, considering the cost of a new
skirting board compared to the cost of a house who cares if they are
"barely fit for purpose".

What *is* the purpose of skirting boards? Do they just fill the gap twixt
wall and floor neatly?


Yes. They also stop you bashing the plaster of the bottom of the wall.
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Richard Faulkner