If you are redecorating a room and updating your skirting boards and architrave as part of the process, you may have wondered about the correct order to do things for a successful transformation.
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How to Choose the Right Skirting Board to Complement Your Kitchen
A brief look at how to choose skirting boards for a kitchen renovation.
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Ordering New Skirting Boards: Allowing for Wastage
One of the more common questions we are asked by customers is how much extra skirting board they should order to allow for wastage.
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What are plinth blocks and how are they used?
A plinth block (also known as a skirting block) is simply a piece of MDF or wood which is slightly thicker and wider than your skirting board and architrave. It sits at the bottom of the architrave and either the right or left of the skirting board depending on the position of the door frame. Plinth blocks have been designed to help create smoother transitions between the two.
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How to use Rebated Skirting Boards to Hide Cables from View
A blog explaining how a skirting board with a cable rebate can be used to hide cables fro view in your home.
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Step by Step Guide - How to Remove Skirting Board and Architrave
A video and written tutorial to show how to remove a skirting board.
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Georgian Mouldings
An overview of Georgian interior styles, and things to consider when choosing a skirting board or architrave for a Georgian home.
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What is MDF?
Skirting 4 U manufacture skirting and architrave from the best available MR (moisture resistant) MDF. This blog explores key information about MDF in general, as well as the specific properties of the MDF we use here at Skirting 4 U.
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HDF vs MDF
With some online skirting board retailers claiming to manufacture their products from ‘superior’ HDF, we examine the differences between HDF and MDF…
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Moisture Resistant MDF- Is It Always Green?
Moisture resistant MDF is often green in colour, but not always. This article explains why some moisture resistant MDF has a green dye running through the material and why some does not.