Just been going through our house refurb room to room
and replacing the skirting with new Ogee profile. We used Pine but MDF
is probably better. Remember with pine to use knotting. Bought a cheap
power sliding mitre saw from Argos fro £100 and nearly finished the
whole house.
Tip 1 Buy a power sliding mitre saw
Tip 2 Use a crow bar with caution to get skirting off
Tip 3 Use the Pink Quick Grab stuff as adhesive (better than no nails)
Tip 4 Use decorators caulk for the gaps and joints (when painted looks
great)
Tip 5 Order an extra few lengths to account for wastage and in our case
a few warped pieces.
Tip 6 Dont try to remove the old nails just knock them flat into the
plaster its quicker.
Tip 7 The odd nail will be needed if the walls are not true.

Our house is a large 4 bed detached and the skirting was less than
£200 for the entire place and looks the business
defo do it in our next place.

Matthew