Good evening all, just after a little advice. I have engineered wood on a ground floor to fit, which the customers wants under the existing skirting boards but the house builder latexed the subfloor and up around 6mm of the skirting boards. Which has made removal virtually impossible so was looking at options to cut the skirting close to the floor and then possibly reuse them or replace them. I Have a multi tool but this would take hours as there's 80+ linear meters of skirting. So the question Is would a Roberts Jamb saw or a Bepo saw be suitable and quicker?
Yeah Multi tool is long, jam saw would be alot quicker. They should come off though with some wiggle if its 6mm(ish) buried. I've done a few before that have been buried but with some patience they came off pretty easy enough. I did have to rapid patch few areas but nothing major and did have to top of the paint in few areas bit again nothing major.
If they have been screwed and plugged then I'd imagine it would alot more difficult but just chop the screws with the multi tool.
Just make sure you cover yourself doing that. Undercutting skirting is a bad idea IMO. Everytime we remove skirting boards we find cables and pipes bedded just behind the skirting. Very risky to go cutting round them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
They will come off. Most house builder latexs have the strength of a Victoria sponge Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
They are MDF skirting boards, I've already done five rooms upstairs and nothing behind those skirtings boards. The house is only 5 years old. I have tried a couple of the skirts downstairs but found they had lots of pins at the bottom of the skirting boards and wouldn't budge. I'll certainly give them another go before resorting to cutting them as could really do without cutting that lot off.
You could try chiseling out a few spots of the screed to get a pry bar underneath and prise them upwards, i usually prise them upwards anyway, there's less chance of marking the walls
If the screws have been inserted and then unscrewed, it will be more difficult to repair the skirtings. However, you can use a multi-tool to cut through the threads. For more information on this issue, please visit: https://skirtingsrus.co.uk/
