"Indeed. Pulling off the skirting in this house invariably leads t
the skirting ending up a bit of a mess, and the plaster all coming off behind them. Ok, if big redecoration is under way, but not if you are just doing the floor."
However because you are raising the floor level the small dints yo make at the top of the skirting are ususally unseen later. It's matter of how much effort it takes and the quality of your floor Skirting would all have to be renewed usually. The two pins which hol the external mitre may require cutting with a reciprocating/hacksaw t lessen the effort of tugging the old off.
Don't forget to undercut the architrive with a panel saw.
"What does look neat if you need to use beading is to mitre the ends and put little return on the beading at the end of runs by doors etc Easy if you use a power mitre saw, and much neater than straight finish.
-- Chris French, Leeds"
Yes doesn't it,? only the best professionals do that, but it's a grea aim for a diy'er.
Having done a full year of nothing but lay laminated and real wood floor when it was in fashion (it's terribly passet now), I'd rather return to m vomit than lay any in my own hall
-- Paul Barker