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stevebubs - 10/5/11 at 08:30 PM

Put the new skirting up, screwed to wall. Screw heads are in 10mm holes, about 4-5mm below surface

Need to find a source of 10mm diameter, 5mm thick pine caps to hide them...

Any ideas?

stevebubs - 10/5/11 at 08:31 PM

PS Prefer off the shelf as I don't have that much spare time to make c. 150 of the little blighters...

mangogrooveworkshop - 10/5/11 at 08:36 PM

b an q do plastic ones

Thinking about it - 10/5/11 at 08:41 PM

I know you said off the shelf. But make your own with these takes seconds.
A dab of glue then plane or sand flush. Perfect job.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht367-8pc-d rill-plug-cutter-set

[Edited on 10/5/11 by Thinking about it]

lsdweb - 10/5/11 at 08:42 PM

10 mm core cutter in a pillar drill and an offcut of skirting - shouldn't take long!

Wood glue around the plug, tap it in with the grain in the right direction, leave it dry, sharp chisel to bring it just proud. Rub it down.

Done!

Wyn

Thinking about it - 10/5/11 at 08:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
PS Prefer off the shelf as I don't have that much spare time to make c. 150 of the little blighters...


I think no nails would have been your friend not the screws.

stevebubs - 10/5/11 at 11:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Thinking about it
quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
PS Prefer off the shelf as I don't have that much spare time to make c. 150 of the little blighters...


I think no nails would have been your friend not the screws.


When I want to remove it to run more cables, no nails will remove most of the plasterboard in my experience!!

stevebubs - 10/5/11 at 11:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lsdweb
10 mm core cutter in a pillar drill and an offcut of skirting - shouldn't take long!

Wood glue around the plug, tap it in with the grain in the right direction, leave it dry, sharp chisel to bring it just proud. Rub it down.

Done!

Wyn


Will probably take me a couple of hours to get to the drill...have a Fury in the way in the garage, and an Omega blocking it in on the drive...oh..and the Fury is buried under piles and piles of what SWMBO has dumped on it....

lsdweb - 11/5/11 at 06:34 AM

Sounds like my garage!

HowardB - 11/5/11 at 07:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by lsdweb
Sounds like my garage!


SWMBO doesn't have the key to my garage!! Much less "domestic" stuff in it

nick205 - 11/5/11 at 09:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
quote:
Originally posted by Thinking about it
quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
PS Prefer off the shelf as I don't have that much spare time to make c. 150 of the little blighters...


I think no nails would have been your friend not the screws.


When I want to remove it to run more cables, no nails will remove most of the plasterboard in my experience!!



The voice of experience?

I was really chuffed with myself after taking the time to remove all the skirting before laying new wood floors then fitting new stuff with No More Nails (wanted to avoid the nasty look of additional strips of trim to cover the expansion gaps).

Then SWMBO decided she did want the swish 70's fake mantlepiece and hearth removing after all

Removing it was easy, as was lifting and relaying a section of floor to fill the gap. Removing and refitting the skirting was a grade A PITA. I spent longer repairing the damages plaster than I did on the rest of the job

DarrenW - 11/5/11 at 02:33 PM

I know boards no nailed on can remove plaster etc when pulling off. Not too bad though if you use it more sparingly rather than apply like tiling adhesive. however how do you easily remove the screws from screwed on skirting boards when you glue a cap over them the sand down etc and paint so you dont know where they are? Even if varnished the caps become part of the skirting so will need some form of removal to reveal the screw heads (whose heads hopefully arent filled with glue).

i must have been lucky when replacing previously no nailed woodwork in the past, even if plaster was pulled off quick application of the trade soft stuff meant they went back on easily.

JoelP - 11/5/11 at 06:02 PM

i just use decorators caulk, its adequate for the job. Never had to remove any but it cant be too hard.

Had to change a bathroom sink just now that was only held on by silicone, eventually got it off in pieces with a mallet. People think its a bodge using silicone but it was definately more secure than one screwed on.