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How do fix my skirting problem?
Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.41 PM
Hi, I am redecorating my living room and have taken out the old fireplace. It was rather large and the fireplace I am replacing it with is small. This means there’s a gap where there is no skirting boards which I now need to fit. The trouble is the skirting boards will meet at an external corner which has a square edge because when they were fitted, it was square up to the old fireplace. Without taking the old skirting board up and replacing them, I don’t know how else I can get around it. Does anyone have any ideas? I really hope that makes sense!
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Anonymous user
Take the old skirting off the wall cut it at 45 degrees to splice another bit into it. Job done.
Answered14 December 2018
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T J W Carpentry Limited
Rating: 5 out of 5
Better off take the peice of and running new peice in rather than have a joint on the run in my opinion but is possible to remove and cut at 45 and a new peice at 45 to join together
Answered14 December 2018
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