Skirting a curved wall. Any ideas?

**Laura0381** · 13th January 2008, 07:04 PM

I have curved walls in my house and am currently tiling it. When finished I want to put skirting on the edge.

The straight walls will be simple (obviously!)

However just wondering if anyone else has curved walls and what they have done with skirting.

Look forward to hearing any suggestions and tips on how to skirt a curved part of a wall.

**echnidna** · 13th January 2008, 07:19 PM

what sort of radius does the skirting need to bend ti?

**jow104** · 13th January 2008, 07:28 PM

They're using plastic skirting these days in Europe. (white and colour grains)

**Laura0381** · 13th January 2008, 07:28 PM

Not too sure on that. Will get back to you.

**Yonnee** · 14th January 2008, 03:50 PM

MDF skirtings will bend round a curve to a certain degree, as Bob asked, what's the bend?

**memphis** · 14th January 2008, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Yonnee

MDF skirtings will bend round a curve to a certain degree, as Bob asked, what's the bend?

damn straight it will, ive got a peice in my shed that resembles a hoola hoop after not storing it flat.

**seriph1** · 14th January 2008, 05:53 PM

lol - damn straight it won't!

but curve ....... it will

**vlv8vic** · 3rd February 2008, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by memphis

damn straight it will, ive got a peice in my shed that resembles a hoola hoop after not storing it flat.

As have i. Thinking of building the next part of the extension with a curve just so i can use it.

**silentC** · 4th February 2008, 08:44 AM

I had a place that had curved walls. The skirting was kerf-cut to get it to bend.

**jow104** · 4th February 2008, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by silentC

I had a place that had curved walls. The skirting was kerf-cut to get it to bend.

Was that the Tower of London.?

**abitfishy** · 4th February 2008, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by silentC

I had a place that had curved walls. The skirting was kerf-cut to get it to bend.

I was going to post, that one way is to cut slots along the length of the piece of wood allowing it to bend (the closer together and wider the cut, the easier and further it will bend). But not being technical, I'm thinking that might be what 'kerf-cut' actually means.

I assume you are going to paint the skirtings as you can fill any gaps left from the cuts, then paint. Will look great.

**jow104** · 4th February 2008, 07:17 PM

Dont you always live inside the curve, not outside of it?

**silentC** · 5th February 2008, 08:39 AM

No not the tower of London, but the 50's dog box of Revesby. There were a couple of houses there (mine was one of them) that had a curve in the front walls rather than 90 degree corners either side of the front door, which was inset. The walls were plastered and the cornice and skirtings had to follow a sweeping bend.

The kerfs were cut about 10mm apart, but for a tighter bend they would be closer set. The idea is to have the gap closed at the front when the curve is complete, so that requires a bit of trial and error I suspect. Mine had been stained and varnished. The stain obscured the filler well enough unless you looked close, but it was a dark stain as was popular back then.

**kally** · 25th February 2008, 10:33 PM

what you do is get your length on your wall and mark were the bend is on your skirt then take your peice to your drop saw put it face down set your saw depth to no more then 10mm if its 18mm mdf skirt or 6mm if its 12 mm skirt and cut from bottom up and move 5 mm do the same work from 100mm b4 bend to 100mm after and WATCH YOUR DEPTH SO YOU DONT CUT THROUGH THE FACE OF THE SKIRT. good luck

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