On 23/04/2018 21:06, RJH wrote:
On 23/04/2018 15:39, wrote:
I'm about to fit some oak skirting in a room with lime plaster over
solid concrete blocks. Down near floor level there are large gaps
where the plaster and render has gone. I'll be screwing to the block
and plugging the holes, but how do I support the bottom of the
skirting? All I can think of is to cut a 1"-1.5" wide strip in the
plaster/render so I can fix a batten around the room and then fixing
the bottom of the skirting to this batten, but that's a lot of work.
How else can I do it?

Also, there are several external corners that need to be closely
mitred (the oak will be oiled, not painted) so how do I make sure they
fit and stay closed?

Afraid I can't offer anything constructive, but a question if I may -
how do you join the skirting along a length so it looks good? Say if the
room is 4.5m and the skirting comes in 3m lengths. Is following the
grain quite critical?

If you put opposing mitres on the ends of the boards, then you get a
bigger (partially long grain) glue area, and you hide the obvious
"straight line" join. You can also pin through the face to reinforce the
join.


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Cheers,

John.

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