Lead paint on skirting board?

[GeX]

House was built in 1902. In one of the back bedrooms I've just had the boiler moved out. Some of the pipes were attached to the skirting board (no idea why).
There were many layers of paint on the boards and pipes, and it's left quite a mess. I need to sand it all flat before repainting it.
I'm worried it might have layers of lead paint in it though. Is this a legitimate worry? Is it easy to test for?

Any tips?

 

[kindai]

House was built in 1902. In one of the back bedrooms I've just had the boiler moved out. Some of the pipes were attached to the skirting board (no idea why).
There were many layers of paint on the boards and pipes, and it's left quite a mess. I need to sand it all flat before repainting it.
I'm worried it might have layers of lead paint in it though. Is this a legitimate worry? Is it easy to test for?

Any tips?

Wet sand/scrape it off only. No heated stripping or dry sanding.

Wear a mask + gloves.

 

[thezappa]

House was built in 1902. In one of the back bedrooms I've just had the boiler moved out. Some of the pipes were attached to the skirting board (no idea why).
There were many layers of paint on the boards and pipes, and it's left quite a mess. I need to sand it all flat before repainting it.
I'm worried it might have layers of lead paint in it though. Is this a legitimate worry? Is it easy to test for?

Any tips?

We had the same pipe arrangement is one our rooms when we moved in, it’s just how they were set up, can’t recall the name now.
The lead paint will almost certainly be there. You can buy testing kits for about £7 I think, scrape some of it away and dab the stick on to it, if it changes colour it will have lead in it.

Safest way to remove is chemical stripping. Or just remove the skirting and fit new stuff, it’s not expensive and you can get practically any profile imaginable.

 

[Yaayuh!]

If it's got many layers of paint on and there's a worry of how to approach it, i'd just rip it all out and put new skirting down. It may require some filling/plastering of the wall as likely some wall will come out with the skirting given the age.

 

[Maccapacca]

Wickes pre painted skirting boards is my new best friend and gripfil and caulk. Saves days of time and looks crisper.

 

[robj20]

We went with removing and fitting new.
Got mine somewhere online as I wanted 5 meter lengths so no joins in the longer walls.

Like above grab adhesive and it makes it so easy.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Wickes pre painted skirting boards is my new best friend and gripfil and caulk. Saves days of time and looks crisper.

It is easier to fit unpainted skirting to wonky walls IMO. But I can definitely see the attraction of pre-painted.

And yeah, grab adhesive and a few heavy things and all is well.

 

[Simon]

Remove and fit new. Better finish and if you get slightly taller then you get a crisp edge to wall.

Old house will be nailed into brick with wood spacers. Drill and refit with countersunk screws.

They will need a spacer behind the boards, use blocks of wood cut to size or the way I did. Used two screws into the wall( top and bottom of skirting) the back of board then sits of the screws and you can adjust the space and angle.

 

[robj20]

Remove and fit new. Better finish and if you get slightly taller then you get a crisp edge to wall.

Old house will be nailed into brick with wood spacers. Drill and refit with countersunk screws.

They will need a spacer behind the boards, use blocks of wood cut to size or the way I did. Used two screws into the wall( top and bottom of skirting) the back of board then sits of the screws and you can adjust the space and angle.

That's the way my father in-law told me to do it. I couldn't bring myself to take a short cut. So went with filling the whole gap with plaster leaving a small gap at the bottom enough to allow the boards to move. Then had a nice flat wall to glue the skirting to, didn't even take that long to be honest.