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Carpentry & Joinery

Modern skirting internal dilema???

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 2.39 PM

.I know the scribe method but the modern skirting i want to use doesn't finish at a point like classic skirt. board is 11mm thick,top and bottom. 65mm back face and 62mm on the front with a sharp edge . since the only difference between to two skirts is 3 mm i am left with a very fragile flake of primer after the scribe. when i place the boards the scribed skirt sits high on the fixed one making every thing look cactus. do i just mitre the cuts or am i missing something??????

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5 Answers

Anonymous user

Hmm, Not sure what you mean, need to see a photo really.... If the scribed joint sits high, it's not scribed properly and needs more taken out so it drops down. It's not necessary to cut a mitre first, to scribe...try to trace the profile of fixed one onto the end of the scribed piece. Then cut around that...you can scribe any profile over any other profile...they don't have to be the same pattern.
Answered21 August 2011
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Anonymous user

You don't have to butt and scribe all skirting boards. If it is a small chamfered skirt, or pencil round they tend to sit together better if you mitre them. If the corners are not exactly 90. or 45. then you can use an angle measure to work them out and keep the joins neat. If they are being finished with paint then any small gaps can be filled to achieve a quality finish. If they are being stained or varnished take you time in cutting every join as your work will be on display, Regards, John Briner & Sons
Answered21 August 2011
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Appleton Property Contracts

Rating: 5 out of 5
Milton Keynes
I think I understand what you mean. If it is then the best thing to do is trim off the little lip at the top to make it sit flush against your other piece of skirting. Once in place apply a small bead of decorators caulk to the join running your finger up it. This should fill all little gaps and give you a surface ready for paint. Hope this helps
Answered21 August 2011
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Anonymous user

No need to mitre if it's a flat profile just scribe one into the other Mbcarpentry
Answered21 August 2011
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Bellini Manufacturing

Rating: 5 out of 5
Grays
Hi 7rat7 I would go for a mitre in this instance. You will drive yourself nuts trying to scribe this skirting. All the best
Answered23 August 2011
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