Fitting picture rail and skirting to new plaster skim

[Gille]

I have just had the walls and ceiling skimmed in the lounge and I will soon
be ready to fit new picture rail and skirting. I want to avoid screwing the
picture rail to the wall and was planning to use no more nails or something
similar. The question I have is will I be ok using no more nails on bare
skimmed plaster (will it stick) or will I need to screw it to the wall. The
house is a mid 1920s semi and the skim coat has gone over the original
plaster (no plasterboard).

Any help appreciated.

Cheers

 

[breezer]

plug and screw to be sure

 

[joe-90]

If your walls and skirting are absolutely straight then you can glue it. In practice this is rarely the case and you need screws to pull it into the wall.

 

[mr_mike]

If you're dead set on glueing the rail, then use 'pinkgrip' gripfill. You'll get it from any good builder's merchant, screwfix, etc.

 

[mr_mike]

....you can use this for the skirting too.

 

[steviec]

i used gripfill and the occasional screw on my picture rail.on my skirtings only used gripfill ,and propped with 12"long roofing lathes until the gripfill had set.