Thread: Help!! Who Does Skirting Boards........

Do you want someone to make them or someone to install them

Where in australia?

Make and install.
NT.

your looking at two different trades, wood machinest makes them and a scond fix carpenter installs them

I've got a mate who will machine a lot of the old profiles and install but your location is a little vague, I doubt you are in Hobart.

Kev M

Originally Posted by KevM

I've got a mate who will machine a lot of the old profiles and install but your location is a little vague, I doubt you are in Hobart.

Kev M

LOL I meant it to be vague hehe..

No, I am in the Northern Territory; that's definitely not Hobart.

Originally Posted by makka619

I have called a bunch of carpenters but there aren't many, and the ones I got ahold of don't do it.

Is there anything else I should look up in yellow pages....?




Thanks.

Pardon?????? Don't mean to be rude, but if a carpenter can't make skirting boards with a router or even a hand plane and then install them he sure isn't much of a carpenter. Pretty easy thing to do.

Why would you pay someone to make them ? That would cost a bit i imagine.
Why not buy them made and cut them yourself or get a carpenter to install for you ?

not many shops in Central Oz NT.

A cabinet maker might be able to run the arc if he has a spindle moulder.

Makka,
are you after a specific profile or trying to match an existing, uncommon skirting? Possibly you're after skirting run in a different species? Most skirting is bought "off the shelf" (so to speak) either finger jointed pine in 5.2 M lengths in bullnose or colonial for painted finish, or in whatever's common in your region in random lengths for clear finish. Do you have a local(ish) supplier at all? Give us some more details and collectively I'm sure we can help you.

Mick

Originally Posted by attie

Pardon?????? Don't mean to be rude, but if a carpenter can't make skirting boards with a router or even a hand plane and then install them he sure isn't much of a carpenter. Pretty easy thing to do.

Ah, how exactly are you being rude? I am taking this as a question.

I have about 10 listings under Carpenters. I said that some have said they 'don't do it'; I didn't say that they don't have the ability to do it. Some work on large contract job sites. Others specialise in particular areas, such as cabinets. The rest I haven't being able to get through to.


I didn't go into detail about why they can't/won't/don't do it, because I didn't think it was relevant. All I wanted to know is if there are any other areas I should look for in the phone book to find someone who does this.

Originally Posted by Gumby

Why would you pay someone to make them ? That would cost a bit i imagine.
Why not buy them made and cut them yourself or get a carpenter to install for you ?

Hey Gumby. Good point. I was going to ask how much it costs to get this done. It's a last min decision to put them in. I can and probably will do it. I will get the pre-shaped wood from a hardware store (or wherever it is) and paint it. My mate can help me put it in.

I kind of imagined that there was a store with a variety of skirting boards and you could pick the style and colour you wanted and they take care of it.

I really didn't think it would cost that much. But really I think it is the lazy part of me coming through.

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Makka,
are you after a specific profile or trying to match an existing, uncommon skirting? Possibly you're after skirting run in a different species? Most skirting is bought "off the shelf" (so to speak) either finger jointed pine in 5.2 M lengths in bullnose or colonial for painted finish, or in whatever's common in your region in random lengths for clear finish. Do you have a local(ish) supplier at all? Give us some more details and collectively I'm sure we can help you.

Mick

I am not matching any existing skirting. I did want to have a look at the styles available, but at this stage colour is really as far as specifics go.

I have decided to buy it off the shelf and paint/install myself. Now, I just need to find a supplier. I called the hardware store, and they said that they don't have many. Didn't sound too promising but there are other hardware stores to look at.

I don't believe we have a local supplier. Not that I know of, other than the hardware store. I didn't get a chance today, but I will look into it tomorrow.

Thanks for your help

I just replaced all the skirting baords in my house. I ended up buying pre-primed MDF skirts from bunnings. Installing is pretty easy - but can be a little fiddly as you try and get the right length and tight mitres on outside corners.

Big hint would be to paint them before installing. Cut, then dry fit, then paint then install. I wish I painted before I installed, but my wife assured me that we would be hiring painters. Now it appears that I am the hired painter...

Trav

Originally Posted by Trav

I just replaced all the skirting baords in my house. I ended up buying pre-primed MDF skirts from bunnings. Installing is pretty easy - but can be a little fiddly as you try and get the right length and tight mitres on outside corners.

Big hint would be to paint them before installing. Cut, then dry fit, then paint then install. I wish I painted before I installed, but my wife assured me that we would be hiring painters. Now it appears that I am the hired painter...

Trav