NC wrote:

All,
I am about to lay laminate and will remove all the skirting to replace with
decent stuff. The current skirting is held in place with screws, covered up
by round plugs cut from scrap, and hammered into place to hide the
holes/screw heads. I could use a wrecking bar to lever the old skirting off,
but I would much rather take out the old plugs and unscrew neatly -
preserving the old holes for the new skirting. Is there a simple way of
doing this ?? Is there a tool that will do the job ??

If the plugs are deep enough, and have just been tapped into place rather
than glued - you could try screwing in an eye-screw, and using that to pull
out the plugs.