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Expert: Stuart Mawle
Date: 5/1/2008
Subject: Cutting base boards
Question
How do you and what do you use to cut baseboards to ensure they match the angle, especially on the inside of the wall.
Answer
Baseboard? Do you mean skirting boards. These are moulded board which run along bottom of walls. If you do mean that then what you have is a scribe joint on the internal angles (except for an internal obtuse angle).
Basically, what you do is cut a 45 degree angle cut (long point is on back of the skirting board) on the moulded section. Using a square you need to draw a square line from the point where your cut from moulded section meet square section. Using a saw, slightly under cutting cut along the squared line till you meet the moulded section. Carefully break the small offcut piece and you should be left with a mitre piece on the moulding section. I would recommend you to take a pencil rub the lead on outline that the mitre cut has produce. You need to remove the mitre section using a coping saw follow the highlighted outline. Its easier to show than to put it into words but what you should end up is a reverse of the moulded board. Try it, push your scribe cut to piece of skirting and it should fit over the moulding/board. You may need to practise a couple of times before you are ready.
Externals angles are easier, in most cases it will be 45 degree cut but you should check the total angle and divide it by 2 to see what angle cut is required.
It can be really fiddle to fit and have good result with skirting because of the inaccuracies with the plaster wall, and the timber itself can have slight twist which can throw a joint out. My best tip is glue and pin your external mitre sections before fixing to the wall.
For further information visit http://www.thediyworld.co.uk/fittiing_skirting_boards2.html. I hope it helps. Stuart Mawle
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