Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Oct 18, 2010 12:20 pm Hello Everyone I am after some advice on Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall. Our house is 4 years old and some of the skirting boards are coming away from the wall, only on the walls that are an external wall. I am guessing it has something to with the house moving. My question is: Is this normal and how can it be rectified so they will not come away from the wall. Thanks Regards Skuzlebut26 Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 4Oct 18, 2010 1:28 pm Hi We had this happen our house as well, but within a matter of weeks of handover and all down the same area of the house. It was rectified after our 3 month inspection, sorry I did not see how they repaired it, it was blamed on house movement by the inspector. Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 5Oct 18, 2010 5:07 pm You need to let us know what sort of house construction you have. If you have brick internall walls you will need to dowel and nail the skirting back. If you have a framed house then you will need to find the studs and fix back too those (either screw or nail). Some chippys just liquid nail skirtings today. If it is onto gyprock then they stay stuck tight, if it is onto plastered brick then sometimes the set will pull away from the float leaving you with loose skirtings. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 6Oct 18, 2010 6:59 pm Hi we have a framed house, with gyprock . They have been nailed on but not sure if they liquid nailed as well or if nailed correctly. Thanks Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 8Oct 18, 2010 8:18 pm I was going to say the same ^ ... but on a second thought, I think that we should really see a picture first. Are the skirts bowed at all? Or walls? Or are they just very neatly coming away and still keeping parallel to the walls and not warped or anything like that? Also, how big are the gaps? Being on external walls only, something is upsetting "someone" - either the walls (or the frames behind them, or both), or the skirts ... and that "something" are problably either the moisture or temperature variations, or a combination of both. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 9Oct 18, 2010 11:58 pm I have attached a photo of the skirting board http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb3 ... 1287410159 Hopefully you can see enough detail. Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 10Oct 19, 2010 6:47 am Ummmhmmhmhm ... judging by this single photo of less than 1/2 m length of wall ... I can't say a lot!! It does look to me that the plaster wall is straight and that the skirt simply detached. It was probably only attached with some kind of glue/silicon (?) and no nails, so it loosened up due to moisture In which case, except for double checking that you don't have some more of moisture problems - eg. underneath that carpet perhaps, I would just attach it back like others have already said. Again, I'm no expert. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 11Oct 19, 2010 9:43 am If you can see the fixings it would tell alot. If you prise the skirting board out a little you may find that the pins used to fix the skirting board were very short and were only holding in the gyprock or just making it through to the stud. Once you've given the skirting a bit of a bump with the vacuum or something it's enough to loosen the fixing and the skirting comes away from the wall. Having timber studs means you have the easiest of fixes. Simply find the studs and re-nail it. Use 65mm nails and pre drill (about 50mm deep) with a 1/8 drill bit, punch the nails, fill the heads and your done. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 12Oct 21, 2010 7:54 pm Hi Chippy, thanks for the advice. The nails are in the skirting board down the bottom near the carpet. Here is a picture of the current location of nails. http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb3 ... 1287654479 Would it be best to re-nail it above the channel/grove at the top part of the skirting board? Is it wise to also liquid nail it? Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 13Oct 21, 2010 8:28 pm It sounds like they have fixed into the bottom plate (or tried to), this means they didn't have to find the studs. I don't know what size bottom plate was used in your frames but if it was 35mm and the chippy's have used a pin gun to shoot the skirting on then they may have been missing the bottom plate without realising and the pins have only held into the gyprock. It looks like you have a 67mm skirting so you either need to put the new fixings low enough to pick up the bottom plate (only go about 20mm or less above you carpet level) or make sure you find the studs and fix a little higher up. There is no issue fixing on the splay, just don't go to high up, you want to make sure the nail head has some meat to bite into once it is punched. Should be an easy fix. Just out of interest, does the skirting push back into place easily? Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 14Oct 22, 2010 1:17 am The skirting pushes back into place easily and bounces back once you take the pressure off Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 15Oct 22, 2010 6:26 am Hi chippy We had our skirts "tacked" by the builder because we wanted to take them off before laying timber floors and then we need to put them back on. When putting them back on, should we only nail them into the studs?? Or is plaster fine? Or a mixture of both!? Or should we really aim low at the bottom plate? Thanks !!! My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 16Oct 22, 2010 11:08 am There are 2 methods you can use. 1st is to fix back into the studs. You normally try and fix around the centre of the skirting so the only way to achieve this with most skirting is to fix into the stud. If you had a small skirting and it is sitting on the slab rather than up on the flooring then you may pick up the bottom plate, but for anything bigger than 67mm or if it is sitting on top of flooring or carpet then I would definitely be aiming for the studs. The 2nd method is to liquid nail the skirting on. You will still need to pin the skirting to the gyprock to hold it back while the glue dries but once it is on then you will destroy your gyprock if you ever need to get it off. If you just nail into the gyprock with no liquid nails it will eventually work it's way free. Hope that helps. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 17Oct 22, 2010 6:55 pm Thanks heaps Chippy! Do we need to run some kind of "sealer" on the top edge of skirting so that there is no 'fine line' gap between the skirting and the wall (at the end of the job)? (Although we actually don't mind it, it's just that we heard someone make a comment). If it's 'normal' to do it, what do we use? Thanks!! My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 18Oct 22, 2010 10:08 pm No more gaps is your friend. Just apply sparingly. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Skirting Boards Coming Away From The Wall 20Dec 08, 2010 6:06 am What is the best tool to use to put them back on with nails? Is the air gun really necessary? Is there anything else?? I don't think we can nail them with a hammer, as the skirts would get damaged My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... 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