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Central heating is a must in the UK (especially in Winter!). Unfortunately, this normally means having pipes running along the bottom of your walls which can be unsightly. Or having  heated skirting boards which can be expensive and have a limited range of styles and materials. Many of you will have painted or been planning to paint the pipes to make them as appealing as possible. However, it can be difficult to get a… Read more

So, you've bought some  new skirting boards and you're ready to start fitting them. During the process, you'll need to cut them so we're going to show you how to cut skirting boards. You'll likely need to make various cuts in the skirting board when installing them including straight cuts, internal mitres and external mitres.Tools Needed To Cut Skirting First off, we'll talk about the tools needed to cut a skir… Read more

In short, no. We'd recommend  installing the skirting boards before painting the walls (the architrave too for that matter!). This post will cover our reasons behind this. Painting The Walls Before Installing Skirting Boards Initial thoughts may lead you to believe that painting the walls first is the best way forward - especially once you've  removed all the old skirting, architrave and carpet. No… Read more

The Purpose Of Architraves Architraves have been around for a very long time. In fact, you can trace their origins back to Ancient Greece - back when building infrastructures was very different to modern practices and was much riskier to do. This was where the term architrave was born. Architrave was used as a structural support beam across the middle of the building. This was usually seen where the door met the roof line in t… Read more