There are similarities between skirting boards and architrave as products, but they aren’t EXACTLY the same, and serve different purposes. Skirting board is designed to be fitted around the perimeter of a room, fixed to the wall where it meets the floor. Architrave, however, is generally much thinner than skirting board and is fitted around doors where the (most likely wooden) door frame meets the plaster.

The main function of a skirting board is to protect walls from damage. Walls are particularly vulnerable to knocks and scuffs around their base as people in the home go about their daily lives. Skirting boards act as a barrier that stops plaster being cracked or broken.

An overview of our modern skirting board ideas for contemporary interiors.

We are pleased to announce that Skirting 4 U LTD is officially a GOLD supporter of Kidsafe. Kidsafe is UK cause that provides school children all over the UK with educational packs designed to raise awareness of important issues like road safety, bullying and crime prevention.   Skirting 4 U has sponsored 3 schools in the local area, and over the course of the next few weeks, these schools will receive educational activity packs for the children to learn about some important issues in an...

Plinth blocks and rosettes are traditional, decorative transition pieces that enable easy and stylish joins between skirting boards and architrave. In this blog, we provide the important details you will need to know in order to fit these products successfully. Tools Required: Set Square Pencil Nail Gun Adhesive Tape Measure Mitre Saw For those who find it easier, here is a video guide on how to fit plinth blocks and rosettes: Plinth Block Placement If you have read our blog...

The easiest and most popular method for fixing skirting boards in place is to use a combination of a grab adhesive with nails. Here is our video guide to fixing skirting boards with nails and adhesive.

A simple guide to demonstrate how to make sure you order the correct size window board for your home.

One frequent cause of confusion for people coming to our website centres around what an ‘architrave set’ is and what the difference is between single and double sets.

Most often, internal doors are perfectly square, and this means you only need to cut standard 45-degree mitre joints into the architrave to properly install it. Sometimes, however, the door frame may not be perfectly square, which means in order to properly fit the architrave you will need to take additional steps to ensure that you cut the pieces of architrave to the correct angle, as a 45-degree mitre, in this case, will not produce the desired outcome. We've created a video guide to...

Sometimes internal doors are located so close to an adjoining wall that there isn’t enough space between the door frame and the wall to be able to install a standard width architrave. In some instances, you may decide to try and source a thinner architrave to surround the whole door, or as in this case, trim down one length of the architrave so that it fits in the gap. We've put together a video guide and this blog to showcase how to fit architrave when the door frame is close to the...