Fixing skirting board to brick wall?

[mrrusty]

Instastik if there is a gap to fill, grab adhesive if its smooth. Possibly an odd screw if you need to spring it in.

 

[foxhole]

Did all mine with foam adhesive, sticks just about anything to anything. Doesn't matter if walls are not straight.

 

[charliegolf]

Did all mine with foam adhesive, sticks just about anything to anything. Doesn't matter if walls are not straight.

Foxhole, got a link to the one you use? Can it be trimmed with a knife?

 

[foxhole]

No specific one , all similar and can be trimmed with knife .

 

[screamer]

are you painting the new skirting?

If you are, just plug and screw it

 

[jacoscar]

I’m going with the plug and screw technique; I bought primed MDF skirting board

what’s the best filler to use on the pre-primed skirting board to fill the countersink holes?

 

[mrrusty]

I’m going with the plug and screw technique; I bought primed MDF skirting board

You're mad - especially if there are any gaps behind - how are you going to hold the board in the correct position, get the screw tight and at the same time stop it pulling back and distorting into the gap? In the old days they would set wooden wedges to the back of the skirt and nail to that. Have you actually tried gunned foam adhesive (for where there are gaps behind) and grab adhesive where it is tight to a flat wall? Been using it for years with no issues. Recently done a whole house in primed MDF skirts and archs, and not a screw in sight - just a few pins around the archs pulling in tight to the casings.

 

[jacoscar]

You're mad - especially if there are any gaps behind - how are you going to hold the board in the correct position, get the screw tight and at the same time stop it pulling back and distorting into the gap? In the old days they would set wooden wedges to the back of the skirt and nail to that. Have you actually tried gunned foam adhesive (for where there are gaps behind) and grab adhesive where it is tight to a flat wall? Been using it for years with no issues. Recently done a whole house in primed MDF skirts and archs, and not a screw in sight - just a few pins around the archs pulling in tight to the casings.

no, I wasn't going to use adhesive as I have to follow a slightly uneven floating floor, so I need to apply some vertical pressure to the skirting board in some places and I don't think I can do that long enough to get the adhesive to settle before I release the pressure

 

[foxhole]

no, I wasn't going to use adhesive as I have to follow a slightly uneven floating floor, so I need to apply some vertical pressure to the skirting board in some places and I don't think I can do that long enough to get the adhesive to settle before I release the pressure

You don’t follow uneven floor with skirting, doubt you can get any vertical movement.

 

[mrrusty]

so I need to apply some vertical pressure to the skirting board in some places and I don't think I can do that long enough to get the adhesive to settle before I release the pressure

As foxhole says, that's not how it's done. You might, just might, get a little vertical adjustment with a shallow skirting which will stay in place, but otherwise this won't work - you will not successfully "spring" a skirting vertically. The correct way if you have an uneven floor is to scribe the skirting to the floor by planing off the bottom to suit the unevenness. It depends what your floor covering is. If it's going to be a hard floor that sits under the skirt you need to be fairly accurate, if it's carpet and underlay it doesn't matter so much if the gap varies from 0-6/8mm - the carpet will cover it - it does help tio try and get a consistent gap though. You do, of course, have to tweak the corners adjacent to get everything to line up so careful planning is required to work out where best to lose the errors in the straightness and flatness of the room.