How to cut skirting without taking it off??

It depends on how much you've got to do and the depth of skirting board and how it's fixed on. Is it for a door opening ? It may be better to take the whole piece off and match with new. Recommended way in my book is to pry the board off a little to give you more room. But this isn't always possible.

A Fein will cut it well but costs a fortune for the DIY'er. Much better to use a small saw or for as much as you can and chisel for the rest. But depending on your skill the straight edge may look a little....unstraight......

But there are loads of other ways to do it and I'm sure the professionals will be along soon to add their twopenneth.

 

As DIY says, there are many ways of doing this but a simple way would be to stitch drill a line of holes to form a cut line and use a chisel to finish it off.

When the waste part of skirting is removed you can clean the edge up by further chisel work and sanding. It is just a bit long winded but it does work.

DWD

 

as said above by dwd and diy

also i would add to this method when cleaning up the edges lever the skirting a few mill of the wall insert a thin bit ply or hardboard [to protect the chisel]
you can also use a piece of wood the same hight at least 18mm thick and cut to the correct angle eg 90% nail in place temporary or support with your knee in line with where you want to cut
hold the chisel firmly on the end off the off cut and you will get a neat strait cut with a sharp chisel

big all

 

OK. Here's a way to do it. It's not easy, and if you have to do lots, it'll kill ya.

You can (if you must) cut it at 45 degrees, or 90.
Drill a hole at the bottom (so you don't have to cut right down there) use a block of wood as a guide and steadier, and use a tenon saw to cut the skirting (make sure it's sharp) Don't cut the wallpaper. To help with that I have used a bit of corrugated cardboard(you can dig the teeth in in the right place through the first layer of cardboard.
More difficult to do at 45 degrees, but same priciple, having your block of wood preshaped at 45.

As I said, not easy, but can be done.

Handyandy - really

 

Andy,

I thought you might have suggested cutting it with a biscuit jointer

DWD

 

i would go for stitch drilling and chisle way myself (a lot quicker if your chisle is sharp)

 

Use a fein multi . Its the only tool that i have come across that will do it properly

 

an axe.

 

would of thought handyman would have come up with that sid

 

You could get most of it with a Jig-saw, plunging it in at the top. Finish off with a tennon saw and chisel

 

When I have to do this I use a Fein multicut with the blade running down a block of wood pinned to the skirting. This gives a very clean edge at exactly right angles. If I have forgotten to pack the Fein I use the line of drill hole and finish off with a hand chisel method. Trouble with this is that skirting that has been on the wall a long time is often very dry and will splinter very easily.

G

 

bicky jointer,then trim with an adze!

 

like it bodgey baby

 

Sharp jacksaw and finish it off with a cheap but sharp chisel that I keep for just such an occasion.

I'll have it done by the time you've found somewhere to plug in all them fancy Dan toys.

 

john is that what you say to the wife when she gets her d*o out?

[Edited by: Forum Moderator]

 

no no no you have all got it wrong the easiest way it to watch someone else do it

 

john is that what you say to the wife when she gets
her d*o out?

No Sid, I just remind her that she'll have to organise a redundancy package if she plans to keep it up. (oops, bit of a Freudian slip there)

[Edited by: Forum Moderator]