Video Tutorials: How To Fit Skirting Boards, Architrave and other Skirting 4 U Products.

When it comes to Interior Design, your skirting boards and architrave might not be at the top of the list when it comes to your grand home designs, but freshly painted skirting boards can really add that finishing touch to your space and brighten up your room. This is also a great step to achieve a more updated and refreshed look without the need of replacing your skirting boards. 

A simple guide to cleaning your skirting boards.

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.

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...

Installing a frame around a window is a great design statement that becomes a natural continuation of your chosen moulding style and helps bring different interior elements together more cohesively. We've prepared a video guide and a step by step guide below which shows you how to fit architrave around your window. To begin installing a window frame, you must first mark out where the architrave is to be positioned. To do this, grab a set square and pencil and make regular markings...

Removing architrave is not a difficult job, however there are a few tips which can help reduce the damage to the wall. We've created a video guide and a step by step guide to removing architrave.

One of the foremost attractions of the square groove/square groove 2 profiles is that the can be fitted so that the groove(s) form a seamless continuous groove along the skirting board and around the door. This is a highly desirable feature in more modern themed interiors, but it can be quite confusing when planning the necessary cuts. This blog explains the necessary steps you need to take to achieve this look yourself.