Best saw/tool to mitre skirting board

The sliding version, 03421, would be a better bet and give a cleaner cut, especially as you would be near the limit of 03431. Also, 03431 is a 110v version so you would need to rent a transformer as well unless they include it in the deal.

The traditional way is to insert wooden wedges into gaps between the bricks and then nail into them.

Screws are fine as well. You can get counterbore and plug cutters whereby a counterbored hole is cut for the screw and then a plug from a scrap piece of the material. Insert screw, then plug over the top and then cut, sand or chisel to flush with the skirting board surface.

Thanks Andy

Thats good advice. I have changed my order with HSS to 03421 as suggested.

Stephen

Mitre the external corners, but cope the internal ones -- especially on older and wobblier houses.

Personally I always saw my outside mitres by hand, using a fine-ish handsaw and a board mitre box. There's rarely more than a couple to a room and it's quicker than setting up one of those nasty noisy things.

Yep deffo scribe the internal angles, as even with a new build It'll rareley be square !! and with an old house not a hope !! our 300yr old cottage we had before this was a nightmare a la DIY

Good advice. Rooms have few external corners & lots of internal. Good advice also here

How much is the hire cost? You can buy a sliding compound mitre saw from B&Q quite cheaply that will do 7" skirting.

Using basic 6" x 1" is the easiest way. You then only have to mitre the

All the more reason to Gripfil on uneven walls. This means the skirting sits nice and straight, and the gaps behind it are filled. To me nothing looks worse than skirting hugging a wonky wall