A handyman put skirting boards up for me. He has used some kind of adhesive but also nailed them to the wall with a pin type head (ie. no screwdriver markings), but he hasn’t depressed them beneath the skirting board so I can’t fill over them with poly fills. I bought a pin punch and then another pin punch, but have been unable to depress them sufficiently to fill over them. I don’t know if it’s just a question of me not being strong enough (female with weak wrist), as an alternative is there a drillbit I could use to depress them beneath the skirting sufficiently to enable me to fill. Apologies in advance as I’m a complete novice so I’m sure some of the terminology above is wrong! thank you
Hi, not sure what you are using, but you need one of these and a hammer https://www.screwfix.com/p/nail-punch-set-5-pieces/2624v A few decent taps should be enough to set it below the surface. Do you know what the wall is behind, ie. brick/stud with plasterboard?
Thanks I bought a parallel pin punch set from Amazon and was using with a normal hammer. I can see the set recommend above is concave rather than flat so hopefully that will do the trick! Fingers crossed thanks
This was one of the culprits. I bought a new set of pin punches but it still didn’t work so I have removed the boards and am going to attach with foam instead!
Are you sure the pins weren't put in 'temporarily' while the adhesive has gone off? If there is enough of the head of the pins showing, just test one length by removing the pins with a claw hammer or nail puller. After a day or so, and if there is no movement, fill the nail holes. Don't use decorators caulk. Use a good quality powder mix filler, that can be sanded, and tales paint very well.