Skirting Boards

Syla5 · 10 Apr 2017 at 08:49

I have 2 rooms and a landing to re-skirting board, and I am probably looking for something that doesn't exist.

Where's good to go for it, also a bit of a long shot but is there anywhere that does skirting board that uses fixings rather then having to screw the board to the wall, the fixing is screwed and the boards are more easily removed in the future?

Syla5 · 10 Apr 2017 at 10:21

A bit more info, wheres good for what is straight forward, skirting board, no need for matching as every room upstairs is being redone except a small office and that will get done in time. Probably more useful is for me to say somewhere that can deliver at a reasonable cost.

Thinking process for removability is down to future redecoration purposes, being able to remove the skirting after just slicing at a strip of caulking would be ideal, and I thought I had seen some skirting/fixing systems before that allowed for that.

At the end of the day I am fully aware of the grip adhesive and/or rawl plug and screw approach, just curious as to if there is another option.

Also, MDF vs Wood, if I am painting up anyway is there any real benefit to wood over MDF nowadays?

Syla5 · 10 Apr 2017 at 10:30

Flubble said:
could you velcro it to the wall?

Ha, this isn't actually as crazy as it sounds!

Syla5 · 11 Apr 2017 at 09:17

Thanks everyone for the information, MDF seems to be the way to go, now time to get decide on a pattern to go with.

thezappa said:
Or you could try something like this, you would need to screw the clips to the wall:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/montage-clips-Bullnose-skirting-boards/dp/B0177ST6I4

Now this looks interesting. I will weigh up the cost benefit of something like this compared with straight fitted MDF stuff.