Replacing Skirting Boards Carpet

In this article we ll show you how to fix the skirting board to the wall with screws however there are other fixing methods.

Replacing skirting boards carpet. Painting skirting boards can be tricky when you have carpets. You won t have to take the carpet up completely. Also when replacing floor tiles the skirting should be removed first. This video will show you how to paint baseboards or skirting boards on carpet there is a little trick to doing it.

The trick is to mask up the carpet so that you do not get any paint on the carpets. Attach the skirting board to the wall with the nail gun to so that it is flush to the corner. 9 if you are getting rid of the carpet you can cut a 2 gap around the edge of the carpet so you can paint right down to the bottom of the skirting board. This also prevents you from dragging carpet fluff into your paint.

Painting a chipped skirting board may be the poor man s way of hiding damage but replacing a section of skirting board can be difficult especially if you can t find a moulding to match. Just lift it of the grip strip along the longes wall an a little round each corner replace that skirting board repeat for the next wall and replace the carpet along the longest wall and into the corner where you have replaced the skirting board do the other wall put the carpet back leaving the corners where you have the old skirting do the. 8 once you have masked up you can then paint the skirting boards without getting paint onto your carpet or hard flooring. The secure it using the nail gun.

Repeat the process until all the skirting boards are installed.