On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:53:59 +0100, Mara Sheldon
wrote:

skirting boards and trying to save the tiles, (in the whole of our 2
bedroom flat) is actually worthwhile, or whether it would be more
cost-effective to just pull the existing skirting boards out and replace
the
whole lot???

I concur with other posters that new is the way to go. If you are using
single profile skirting and you have access to a circular saw, take a
chamfer off the bottom, so that the back of the board is relieved
slightly, say 3mm. This will make the skirting sit tighter to the floor at
the front, where it shows. Dual profile already has the relief inbuilt as
the two profiles are rotated 180 degrees in the major axis of the board.
If you are really fussy, there are joiners with spindle moulders who can
make custom profiles. Depending on how much you want, the price falls for
more length. The cutters cost money to make, so the joiner has to defray
the cost of one against his fee.

John Schmitt

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