How To Install Skirting Boards | Easy DIY Guide For Perfect Skirtings

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  • How To Install Skirting Boards | Easy DIY Guide For Perfect Skirtings
    00:00 Intro
    01:32 How To Fit Skirtings Behind Radiator Pipes
    04:59 How To Attach Skirtings To Your Wall
    06:37 How To Scribe Skirtings To Fit Internal Corners
    10:05 How To Join Skirting Boards On Long Walls
    12:42 How To Mitre Skirtings To Fit External Corners
    How To Install Skirting Boards | Easy DIY Guide For Perfect Skirtings
    In this video we are installing skirting boards.
    This is an easy step by step guide for all DIYers.
    We will show you how to fit skirtings behind radiator pipes and how to join skirtings boards for a seamless finish.
    We also demonstrate how to scribe skirtings to fit internal corners and how to mitre skirtings to fit external corners.
    Top tips and tricks for a professional finish to your skirting boards.
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  • @RightDenied
    @RightDenied ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Great to find a UK based home DIY advice channel with every bit of info I need to tackle our home as first time owners planning to do everything ourselves outside of gas and electric. Subbed.👍

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome! Thank you! 😁😁

  • @Steven-ex3ne
    @Steven-ex3ne 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just one tip I would add. To make the skirting easier to paint, I use a spacer (credit card depth) when fixing the skirting to create a 1/2mm gap above the flooring. Leaves enough room to run some masking tape around the perimeter (and just in, under the skirting) and saves a lot of cutting in where the skirting might be touching the floor.

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Quality nice one mate 😊👌🏼👌🏼

  • @impamiizgraa
    @impamiizgraa 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'm going to need to watch this a few more times before I tackle an internal corner but I feel like I can do it myself now. Thank you !

  • @bobbo9549
    @bobbo9549 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very informative video. I remember the days when I scrabbled about on the floor cutting butt and scribes before chop saws and I used a nobex hand saw. As you get older you find cutting the skirting on a pair of stools with a couple of scaffold boards spread across them saves your knees and back.
    Can’t say I ever worried about cutting the scribe to suit how it looked coming into the room as I always tried to cut the scribes on the right hand end as being right handed your coping saw is always in the same place when you need it.
    When house bashing I would measure each room on a floor and cut the whole lot in one go and then fix it all off at once as there is speed in repetitive actions. Do all the cutting then do all the fixing, but each persons works to what suits them. The video is ideal though for beginner DIYers so well done for simplifying the operation.

    • @bobbo9549
      @bobbo9549 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      stools definitely as you get older.

  • @dannyc9903
    @dannyc9903 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Bloody hell this vid means I can do it myself- I was really hoping to tell my wife it was beyond my dodgy DIY skills, so I need to get someone in- thanks guys for giving me work this weekend!

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      🤣🤣 we can give you a letter signed explaining there are some super hard parts we left out if you want signed of courses to make it legitimate 🤣💪🏼

    • @jonrogers1780
      @jonrogers1780 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi guys, on the external corner if it's 44 degrees, is the joining piece 46

    • @jonrogers1780
      @jonrogers1780 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also what is your opinion on pvc skirting

    • @raresghetau570
      @raresghetau570 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@jonrogers1780Hey Jon! No, it'd be 44 again on the other side.
      This is because they measured the angle of their wall and it was 88 degrees (instead of the assumed 90 for most corners).
      I appreciate it's not super obvious because he used the tool that gave them a miter read-out. If he read out the protractor reading - it would have been 88.
      Hence - his lesson that not all corners are 90 degrees!

  • @darrolhargreaves6828
    @darrolhargreaves6828 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I watched loads of videos on how to lay flooring, yours was the best. I watched it twice and away I went. Same with the skirting. You guys give the precise right amount of info. The full on cockney accents defo add to it too. Well played lads.

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s quality nice one mate 😊💪🏼

  • @ilja2155
    @ilja2155 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Super content. Thank you very much lads.

  • @alonim21
    @alonim21 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hace started following you lads as I love the way you explain it all.
    Great work

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to hear it thanks mate 👏🏼👏🏼

  • @johncollins2966
    @johncollins2966 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Really well described and informative on how to fit skirtings.
    Top job as usual 👍

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  ปีที่แล้ว

      Appreciate The support John ⭐️ have a great day

  • @gregorymacdonald4620
    @gregorymacdonald4620 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wasn't convinced when you didn't do 45's for the corners. But I was proved wrong. GG WP haha. Thanks for the vid.

  • @phurst1358
    @phurst1358 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent video lads🎉

  • @ryanhammond8825
    @ryanhammond8825 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Brilliant video guys, put across in really simple terms. Will definitely be referencing back to this when I do my house.
    Top video and have subscribed

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome, thank you! 😊👏🏼

  • @elaineburkinshaw3762
    @elaineburkinshaw3762 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant as always love Saturday morning for these videos 😊

  • @normalhuman9260
    @normalhuman9260 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely brilliantly done fellas. Very nice.

  • @roccostiff2444
    @roccostiff2444 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely golden you lads fair play 👍

  • @jackhouldsworth8640
    @jackhouldsworth8640 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top content as always lads learn something new every time

  • @samfringle916
    @samfringle916 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the tool run down! I mitre even get round to doing this, if the jigsaw puzzles me I’ll just have to cope with it. The hammer part was banging too! thats it, no more promise😂 Thanks guys, another great vid

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

    • @robroy488
      @robroy488 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Should've mentioned the gun then you'd have truly nailed it. Great to ( mitre ) "bond" through jokes too.

  • @The_G
    @The_G 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks guys - much appreciated and well explained 👍

  • @tonypotter5589
    @tonypotter5589 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New subscriber. Very informative videos guys. Very well laid out process you show us. Top lads

  • @batsteve1942
    @batsteve1942 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Class video boys, top job! I need to do this in one of our rooms as the previous owners ripped off a whole length of skirting to fit a wardrobe, taking a chunk of plaster with it 🤦‍♂️😂

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks mate and oh dear 🤣🙈

    • @batsteve1942
      @batsteve1942 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@homeimprovements honestly, the list of botch jobs is endless, upside down door handles and wallpaper reattached with masking tape is just the start 😂

  • @v0a69
    @v0a69 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for this. I'm renovating my house wood like to do a few things myself (regardless how slow I'd be 😂).

  • @85Busta98
    @85Busta98 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The boys got all the tips 🙏🏼

  • @ammom3747
    @ammom3747 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top guys, always learn from ur videos. Thanks, keep up the good work

  • @Scoobydooo85
    @Scoobydooo85 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top job lads

  • @jofasable
    @jofasable 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    very professional teaching 😎👍

  • @marney720
    @marney720 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    you lads are awesome

  • @jayjohal6892
    @jayjohal6892 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Handy tip: When scribing internal corners , instead of using a coping saw for the straight line.. Use a multi tool for the perfect straight neat cut ! 😮

  • @SuperHoggs
    @SuperHoggs 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ty

  • @hippo319
    @hippo319 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bloody brilliant video lads. I definitely need better tools though, no way I could decern between 45' and 44' with my chop saw 😂

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🤣 we have one of those saws too don’t worry and thanks 😊💪🏼

  • @danielglenn1670
    @danielglenn1670 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What length nails do you use in the nailer and what have you the depth usually set at? I have the same nailer but my nails never seem to go in far enough and just crumple up or they don't hold the skirting. Don't want to resort to going back to masonry nails

  • @leemal3314
    @leemal3314 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Would be good to see the prep of removing the skirt on an older house, i have a house built in the 30s, removing picture frames and skirt is a nightmare due to the old sand mix used on the interior brick

  • @marksmith989
    @marksmith989 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loving the tutorials guys. Im about to do my skirting boards on a porch extension. Ive an issue with one wall. Its where the new porch wall meets the existing house wall. The length is about 500mm. Its two external mitre joints. Unfortunately the new stretch of wall is angled back creating a gap of a fingers width. Ive removed the plaster from below but the gap remains. What would you guys do to reduce it whilst keeping the boards true? Cheers.

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  ปีที่แล้ว

      You could plane some of the back on the skirting away 😊

  • @chrismiles-witchell9374
    @chrismiles-witchell9374 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top Vid Lads........

  • @Raysnature
    @Raysnature 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the best tutorials I've seen.

  • @Yuki00007
    @Yuki00007 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    what would recommend to use in USA instead of EVO-STIK Sticks Like Sh*t Adhesive? Thank you for grate video

  • @jayjohal6892
    @jayjohal6892 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just wondering why you cut/joined the long length of skirting against the wall when you didn't need to??

  • @poriordan21
    @poriordan21 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @radu1042
    @radu1042 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi guys, any chance you can show how to do a transition from 170mm skirtingboard on the landing to the one on the staircase when you have a torus or ogee ?

  • @jgrana587
    @jgrana587 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi great video very instructional what's the make and name of the red angle finder thanks

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks it’s from a company called trig jig

  • @a31817
    @a31817 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would you like please to advise us about some good adhesive for fixing the skirting boards to the wall? Cheers

  • @dan180y7
    @dan180y7 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    why did you do 22.5 on the scarf instead of 45s?

  • @des7032
    @des7032 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, is there a specific reason why you joined the long piece of skirting just inside the door, was the full length of the skirting not long enough? Or is there another reason, love the video,thanks for the tips

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just down to lengths we had and thanks 😊

  • @markleeks1116
    @markleeks1116 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The old problem with plastered walls is they curl up the wall so usually need to chip off so the chopsaws got a chance to cut a 90° that fits

  • @tipstersreview
    @tipstersreview 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. Bit confused when you say 'it looks like a 45 degree angle' were you referring to the corner angle, which would be 90 degrees or there abouts? And if the corner is below 90 degrees, then the miter would need to be more than 45 degrees?

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m referring to the cuts so standard would be 45 degree but in fact it was 44 or 88 degrees 😊

  • @bobbo9549
    @bobbo9549 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A DIY'er would get away with a manual mitre saw such as a Nobex saw. Would be good to show this option as a chop saw is a big commitment for some DIY'ers. Good video though!

  • @user-ut2fe1tv6s
    @user-ut2fe1tv6s ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you use the 16 gauge nailer into brick/block walls that are rendered and skimmed?

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  ปีที่แล้ว

      This are brick 😁 not recommended obviously but between us it works 🤣👍🏼

    • @user-ut2fe1tv6s
      @user-ut2fe1tv6s ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice one! Cheers lads!

  • @Neil-Hanson67
    @Neil-Hanson67 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So why did you measure 1.4 mtr to rad pipe then cut it shorter?. Confused.

  • @leeoliver4063
    @leeoliver4063 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I stopped scribing years ago i just do 45 cuts now unless walls crap

  • @weepz
    @weepz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    how did you cut your external mitres at 44 degrees? By setting the chop saw? Did you put the jig onto the blade to make sure it was at 44?

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just setting mitre saw to 44 😊

    • @weepz
      @weepz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@homeimprovements easy 😁 thanks for the reply!

  • @ocelot8321
    @ocelot8321 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What about the expansion gap?

  • @LT212-24
    @LT212-24 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Where did you get that style of skirting from? The one in the thumbnail?

  • @hardworker8030
    @hardworker8030 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When fitting skirting and it sticks out past the architrave I see a lot of people saying they bevel the skirting but when people ask what they mean they never reply so would you know what they mean.

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Basically put an angle on the end to make it thinner 😊

  • @ReeceJCoxy
    @ReeceJCoxy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So the external corner at 44° - do I cut each board at 22°?

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Depends what gauge your using this gives us the mitre so if it reads 44° mitre we do 2x44°

  • @jeffdidntkhs3945
    @jeffdidntkhs3945 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Base boards. Sounds like something I’d ride into a rave

  • @hannahswann747
    @hannahswann747 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You guys are the dog's b....ks 👌 Thank a LOT!! 👍

  • @Dan-dz4lp
    @Dan-dz4lp 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If I removed a 3 inch skirt how do I fit a 5 inch skirt when the plaster ran up to the top of the 3 inch skirt?

    • @ThatAnnoyingStepdad
      @ThatAnnoyingStepdad 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Get a bag of one coat plaster and use it to fill in the gap

  • @jdherity9188
    @jdherity9188 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why not hide the joint behind the right hand rad pipe

  • @zink-997
    @zink-997 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how can i re gloss skirting boards with existing carpet??

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Masking tape and tuck using a card

    • @zink-997
      @zink-997 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@homeimprovements thank you

  • @jessandgary5940
    @jessandgary5940 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If one angle is 44, the other has to be 46 right? This wasn't in the video. Most mitre's go up to 45 only on the angle, so do you have to flip one of the skirting board when you cut it to get the smaller angle?

  • @jayjohal6892
    @jayjohal6892 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why do you do your mitre cut where it meets the rad pipe?? Is it to hide the joint behind the pipe??

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😊👍🏼

    • @jayjohal6892
      @jayjohal6892 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It doesnt look directly behind the pipe tho! it looks off centre to the left of the pipe unless my eyes are lying??

  • @va_bg
    @va_bg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What if the wall is concrete or brick?

  • @deanmiles8421
    @deanmiles8421 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your teaching people so fair play but i always take rads off as on mdf boards the cuts always show after a while.
    Also what's with spraying the glue on the external mitre, no no no

  • @peterandcarolwarden2867
    @peterandcarolwarden2867 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why not put the skirt on in one piece?

  • @Kingcarparpeggio
    @Kingcarparpeggio 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Are you two twins ?…..If not you’re doing a good job of impersonating each other 😊

  • @ronnierobinson1502
    @ronnierobinson1502 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A bodge to match the 15mm radiator tail.....customers are a nightmare ...take the rad off

  • @user-uc4wh8gn6i
    @user-uc4wh8gn6i 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    why is the angle 22.5? why is it not 45 degrees?

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not sure what your referring to mate

  • @sneakersxsosa1492
    @sneakersxsosa1492 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yeah… I’m gonna pay someone to do it.

  • @kermit3523
    @kermit3523 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You say 16 gauge nails but not what length to use?

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Around 32mm on brick/block walls 😊

  • @RADU1st
    @RADU1st ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've done it in 3 rooms using a simple 5$ saw. The first room was done horribly. That happened because I wasn't following you guys.

  • @leemills7508
    @leemills7508 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    On an corner if u mitred 44° do u do the other at 44 or do u have to do the second at 46° to make it up to 90°

    • @homeimprovements
      @homeimprovements  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not if it’s not a 90° corner 😊

  • @gdp3423
    @gdp3423 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would add knee pads :)

  • @hakimvlogs6579
    @hakimvlogs6579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Watched it like 5 times
    The first scribing part you explained made no sense
    If we do a straight line that’s plumb because of the off cut we used
    Then once we 45 cut it we’ve lost the plumbness

  • @f44had
    @f44had 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Camera work was too poor for my amateur self to see and understand it fully

  • @danthechippie4439
    @danthechippie4439 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where did that nail gun come from? Wasnt in the start when showing us the tools needed.
    Wearing shorts to instal skirting is ridiculous. No professional carpenter would wear shorts unless he was also wearing knee pads

  • @ZbychuMleko
    @ZbychuMleko 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really need a better camera man...

  • @chana100red
    @chana100red 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    the cuts near the radiators are wrong, they should be 45 degree cuts so yo get a cleaner and seamless finish. That does not look great at all. I always do 45 degree cuts and always get a almost perfect finish. Less cuts the better!

    • @namethem00
      @namethem00 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed, I know em as weather cuts. But yeah, a 45° splice

    • @Kingcarparpeggio
      @Kingcarparpeggio 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If you do 45% cuts how do you manage to do less cuts then ??? Still need two cuts.😂😂 45% isn’t wrong …..it’s just different

    • @thelucaslegend4886
      @thelucaslegend4886 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agree rad joint looked awful 45 best stopped watching after that

    • @philbrandon0532
      @philbrandon0532 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Always been told 45° cuts for a better bond and cleaner look 🤔
      Anything less makes it more identified and prone to movement 😉
      Include a gap below of 1-2mm for allowing easier painting as well as tension when knocked

  • @ortnisible
    @ortnisible 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why not just cut 45 degree of internal corners lol...

  • @TheDoosh79
    @TheDoosh79 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks a piece of piss on modern, square, flat walls. Old wonky Victorian houses are fun and games!

  • @leave.me.be.
    @leave.me.be. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When are sleeve tattoos gonna stop being a thing. I can't get over how easy it is to make ppl follow fads