Best saw/tool to mitre skirting board
 

As I have knocked through from the living room to the dining room in my
Victorian terrace I have to replace a fair amount of skirting board.

The skirting board is just under 7 inches deep.

What kind of mitre saw will tackle this? I had a look on the HSS Hire
website but am not sure what to go with.

Would the "Crosscut & Mitre Saw" (code 03431) do the job?

Also, what do you guys recommend as the best way to refix the skirting
board. The walls are fairly uneven so I'm not keen on using Gripfil. I am
leaning towards screwing the skirting on. Does that sound OK?

Best saw/tool to mitre skirting board
 

On 2006-11-18 11:21:10 +0000, "Stephen" said:

As I have knocked through from the living room to the dining room in my
Victorian terrace I have to replace a fair amount of skirting board.

The skirting board is just under 7 inches deep.

What kind of mitre saw will tackle this? I had a look on the HSS Hire
website but am not sure what to go with.

Would the "Crosscut & Mitre Saw" (code 03431) do the job?

The sliding version, 03421, would be a better bet and give a cleaner
cut, especially as you would be near the limit of 03431. Also, 03431
is a 110v version so you would need to rent a transformer as well
unless they include it in the deal.



Also, what do you guys recommend as the best way to refix the skirting
board. The walls are fairly uneven so I'm not keen on using Gripfil. I
am leaning towards screwing the skirting on. Does that sound OK?

The traditional way is to insert wooden wedges into gaps between the
bricks and then nail into them.

Screws are fine as well. You can get counterbore and plug cutters
whereby a counterbored hole is cut for the screw and then a plug from a
scrap piece of the material. Insert screw, then plug over the top
and then cut, sand or chisel to flush with the skirting board surface.

Best saw/tool to mitre skirting board
 

Thanks Andy

Thats good advice. I have changed my order with HSS to 03421 as suggested.

Stephen



"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2006-11-18 11:21:10 +0000, "Stephen" said:

As I have knocked through from the living room to the dining room in my
Victorian terrace I have to replace a fair amount of skirting board.

The skirting board is just under 7 inches deep.

What kind of mitre saw will tackle this? I had a look on the HSS Hire
website but am not sure what to go with.

Would the "Crosscut & Mitre Saw" (code 03431) do the job?

The sliding version, 03421, would be a better bet and give a cleaner cut,
especially as you would be near the limit of 03431. Also, 03431 is a
110v version so you would need to rent a transformer as well unless they
include it in the deal.



Also, what do you guys recommend as the best way to refix the skirting
board. The walls are fairly uneven so I'm not keen on using Gripfil. I am
leaning towards screwing the skirting on. Does that sound OK?

The traditional way is to insert wooden wedges into gaps between the
bricks and then nail into them.

Screws are fine as well. You can get counterbore and plug cutters
whereby a counterbored hole is cut for the screw and then a plug from a
scrap piece of the material. Insert screw, then plug over the top and
then cut, sand or chisel to flush with the skirting board surface.

Best saw/tool to mitre skirting board
 

Stephen wrote:
As I have knocked through from the living room to the dining room in my
Victorian terrace I have to replace a fair amount of skirting board.

Mitre the external corners, but cope the internal ones -- especially on
older and wobblier houses.

Personally I always saw my outside mitres by hand, using a fine-ish
handsaw and a board mitre box. There's rarely more than a couple to a
room and it's quicker than setting up one of those nasty noisy things.

Best saw/tool to mitre skirting board
 

Andy Dingley wrote:
Stephen wrote:
As I have knocked through from the living room to the dining room in my
Victorian terrace I have to replace a fair amount of skirting board.

Mitre the external corners, but cope the internal ones -- especially on
older and wobblier houses.

Personally I always saw my outside mitres by hand, using a fine-ish
handsaw and a board mitre box. There's rarely more than a couple to a
room and it's quicker than setting up one of those nasty noisy things.

Yep deffo scribe the internal angles, as even with a new build It'll
rareley be square !! and with an old house not a hope !! our 300yr old
cottage we had before this was a nightmare a la DIY

Best saw/tool to mitre skirting board
 

wrote:
Stephen wrote:
As I have knocked through from the living room to the dining room in
my Victorian terrace I have to replace a fair amount of skirting
board.

Mitre the external corners, but cope the internal ones -- especially
on older and wobblier houses.

Personally I always saw my outside mitres by hand, using a fine-ish
handsaw and a board mitre box. There's rarely more than a couple to a
room and it's quicker than setting up one of those nasty noisy things.

Good advice. Rooms have few external corners & lots of internal. Good
advice also here http://www.thediyworld.co.uk/fitting_skirting.html


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

Best saw/tool to mitre skirting board
 

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Stephen wrote:
As I have knocked through from the living room to the dining room in my
Victorian terrace I have to replace a fair amount of skirting board.

The skirting board is just under 7 inches deep.

What kind of mitre saw will tackle this? I had a look on the HSS Hire
website but am not sure what to go with.

Would the "Crosscut & Mitre Saw" (code 03431) do the job?

How much is the hire cost? You can buy a sliding compound mitre saw from
B&Q quite cheaply that will do 7" skirting.

--
*Eat well, stay fit, die anyway

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Best saw/tool to mitre skirting board
 

Stephen wrote:
As I have knocked through from the living room to the dining room in my
Victorian terrace I have to replace a fair amount of skirting board.

The skirting board is just under 7 inches deep.

What kind of mitre saw will tackle this? I had a look on the HSS Hire
website but am not sure what to go with.

Would the "Crosscut & Mitre Saw" (code 03431) do the job?

Using basic 6" x 1" is the easiest way. You then only have to mitre the
1" moulding you fix to the top.

Also, what do you guys recommend as the best way to refix the skirting
board. The walls are fairly uneven so I'm not keen on using Gripfil. I
am leaning towards screwing the skirting on. Does that sound OK?

All the more reason to Gripfil on uneven walls. This means the skirting
sits nice and straight, and the gaps behind it are filled. To me nothing
looks worse than skirting hugging a wonky wall