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I've got nothing against skirting to be honest.
Apart from scribe joints which I'm not a big fan of.
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I was going to use the flexible picture rail from there but it was £18/m as opposed to £2.50/m for standard from B&Q.
Likewise the skirting - I think they deliberately don't use the standard torus/ogee designs or typical heights so you have to buy matching from them for the whole room.
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Ideally it needs to be something that doesn't involve any plumbing expertise - even decorating is the edge of my limits.
I spoke to our builder yesterday who was here to finish a couple of bits off and he recommended: fit the skirting behind the pipe on the left as it just fits underneath; and butt the skirting up to the pipe on the right as they're about the same height, and then paint the pipe white.
I love the curve but I'm not looking forward to trying to do skirting around it.
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Radiator pipes.
What are my options for skirting? I thought:
- Skirting up to the pipes, gaps for the pipes
- Box in the pipes individually
- Box in both/bring forward the skirting along the whole wall
None of them sound that satisfactory. Any better ideas?
- Skirting up to the pipes, gaps for the pipes
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@Bobbo You were totally right about starting to feel like you're getting better at it! It felt a lot more rewarding this time and I felt I knew what to expect and how to do a better job. I think there's probably a lot I could have done better but next time (upstairs probably) I reckon it will be quicker and easier again.
It was also good that all the issues I had this time were self-imposed.
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Today:
Finished sanding
Applied stain to new boards
Decided stain was horrible
Sanded stain off again
Applied oil tint insteadWhen Love Island is finished I'm going to oil the rest of it.
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You can just use those little plastic clip things to hold them up - no hooks or anything needed as long as the shed roof is high enough.
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Fingers crossed you get Dion Dublin and not the annoying guy.
Sounds exciting but also annoying - are you dead set on a certain place? Do you have a very firm upper limit or an upper limit plus whatever % it's over by when it's about to finish, like me on eBay?
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Flooring/floor sanding questions:
I have some brand new floorboards alongside some Victorian pine ones. (I know it's not going to look great, but the builder put them in and I'm not going to rip them out again so I'm just going to apply the same stain and hope they'll be reasonable.) The question is - at what stage of the sanding process should I start on those? Should I go through all the grits with them as well?
There's a room upstairs which we've also stripped back to boards. I'm pretty sure that it slopes along the joists - the ceiling in the room below is also far from horizontal so it makes sense. If I were to lay flooring on top of the floorboards, what would/could I use underneath to level the floor out?
fka tommmmmmm