"Andrew McKay" wrote in message
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:50:00 +0100, "Rob Bradley"
wrote:

I took my skirtings off to lay a laminate floor and was thinking of
using No Nails or similar to refit them as has been suggested here. I
just wondered though whether it would be possible to get them off
again in future without pulling plaster off the walls or splintering
the skirting? They were nailed onto wedges hammered into joints
between the bricks originally, but came off without much damage.

Impossible to say without trying it.

I doubt the skirting would splinter - my experience of no nails type
adhesives is that they form the weak spot of any bonding arrangement,
however if applied liberally rather than sparsely then damage to the
plaster may well occur, because plaster isn't particularly strong in a
structural sense.

I think the answer has to be "it depends".

Use a combination of new nails into into any existing wedges that are still
useable and no more nails for awkward spots?

I did this 6 months ago in one room and the no more nails was handy where
the wedge was completely loose
or there was no wedge at all (short sections near corners). I only applied
enough of the stuff the hold the board in place just and so I reckon it will
come off again easily enough with maybe the odd bit of plaster. I will not
need to find out for a few years yet anyway :-).




Andrew