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Skirting

  • 20-03-2010 10:20am
    #1
    racso1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭


    I would consider myself ok with wood. Have laid a number of wooden floors in my time.

    Where i seem to have a dfficulty or i'm looking for advice is when i'm cutting skirting trying to get the angle cuts right for corners.


    any advce or tips?


Comments

  • #2
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    Yes... This pee's me off. I am the same. I have bought many types of tools and cant do it. The carpentor i got to do my house was not to hot at this either.

    However what he done was had a template of a corner and just copied it.

    A bit lame imo

    anyone share there insights would be eternally remembered. :)


    ps: Please dont say I use one of the expensive 2k de walt frames. This is not a skill. Its money making life easy. A bit like paying for a carpentor:D


  • #3
    cork2
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭cork2


    well anybody doing this for a living will have a mitre saw but if you cant justify purchasing one then use a saw with a fine cut and mitre box to cut your mitre, cut it about 2mm bigger then you need this will allow a bit of space for fitting. then its all about planing the joint closed. use a sharp block plane and work it in bit by bit. the most important thing is dont be in any hurry.


  • #4
    54kroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭54kroc


    If you are doing an inside corner instead of joining two angles together cut a 45 degree angle first and then use a coping saw to cut the waste away so you are left with the profile which fit's perfectly up against the other piece of skirting.


  • #5
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    cork45 wrote: »
    If you are doing an inside corner instead of joining two angles together cut a 45 degree angle first and then use a coping saw to cut the waste away so you are left with the profile which fit's perfectly up against the other piece of skirting.


    +111111, Internal corners.:cool:

    External corners, square cut, and then router end with a 45 degree router bit, if you dont have a fancy lidl chopsaw.
    Minimal expense with an Aldi router.:cool:

    kadman


  • #6
    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭gsxr1


    as said . A chippy will not leave an internal joint with a simple mitre. If he does then recheck his credentials .

    Get a bevel. gauge the angle of the cut(tis often not 90 degree as the bell cast the plasterer leaves pushes out the bottom of the skirting) .
    set this angle on the saw. 1 or 2 degree most of the time.

    cut a miter .

    use a pencil and highlight the edge of the cut. Use a coping saw or a jigsaw with a scribing blade(if handy) and cut a negative angle along the line.
    result.

    perfect tight joint.

    not chalk needed.


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