Carpentry & Joinery

Preparing older walls for skirting

Anonymous user 15 March 2024 - 2.40 PM

I moved into my new house a few months ago and decided to replacement the laminate - wanting to do a proper job I decided to take off the skirting too. When I took off the skirting, the nails that were holding the old skirting in took out some plaster etc. and some of the plaster underneath was broken up anyway - unavoidable damage I relayed the new laminate (rookie mistake) before I sorted all the walls so now I've come to fit the new skirting there's quite a few areas where the plaster is say an inch or so behind wall level.. What would be my best bet in terms of sorting this? There's still a good amount of plaster left so I believe no-nails would do the job but the house is ~50 years old so I've no doubt I'll need to nail in some of the skirting because of bowed walls Would I be best using expanding foam, patching plaster or just leaving the gaps in the hope that the no-nails holds well enough? I've read all sorts online so I'm questioning every decision I make! Thanks