Baseboard Help

[jmbfestool]

I would not want to fill tapcon heads.

Contact cement.

Yes they are kind of big,maybe use a few tap-cons WITH glue?

It would be even better if every 24" you drilled a 1" hole in the concrete and glued in a plug.

Mark your base board to line up with the plugs and use some glue and GRK trim screws to go through the base board and hit the plugs in the wall.

That should stay forever.  All the double bricker's around here are done like that.

????? Man that seems alot of hassle

JMB

Hassle?

How long will it take to drill some holes with a decent rotary hammer drill?

Only take a second to reference the plug locations, glue and then screw the base board up.

Tapcons would take just as long and regular tapcons suck.

If it takes a half day longer to prep, at least I wouldn't have to come back and fix trim that is falling off.

I kinda already answered!  I edited my post but didnt press post but then noticed u was already reading the topic so decided to repost it but then u already posted so kinda backwards now  but any way!

The hassle is removing the skirting for no reason!  Your removing the skirting just to fix wooden plugs for you to fix the skirting to when you can simply just use good decent plastic plugs SDS (hammer drill) through the skirting and so leaving the skirting in place less mess and hassle.  I assure you this method the skirting will never fall off.

I get the feeling only UK members use plastic plugs lol

JMB

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

I just figured if it was falling off here and there, take it all off and fix it.

done and over with. 

if you wanted to put a screw in it here and there, who cares how big the hole is.

Will is start coming off in other places then?

I am looking at it from a different view.

 

[jmbfestool]

What Dean and Neth said just use plastic plugs and screws      I would space them out evenly and top and bottom fixings line up  and plug(pellets) them if its stained and if its painted you can just use filler saves a lot of time but still space them and line them up just cus it looks a better job and sometimes you can still see them slightly depending on how they are sanded and filled etc.

I just figured if it was falling off here and there, take it all off and fix it

Even though its falling off here and there it still easier to just leave it where it is push it back against the wall and fix through it.

if you wanted to put a screw in it here and there, who cares how big the hole is.
Im confused a little.   You never just stick a scew here and there is that what your suggesting I was saying?  Read quote above to what I said above in my early posts in this topic. Never said bang a screw any where always keep it looking tidy.

The size of the hole is very important the smaller the better and also it needs to be filled with a wooden pellet to hide the fixing after you fixed the skirting back so you need the hole to be the correct size to your pellets.

Will is start coming off in other places then?
What??   I never suggested to just fix it where its coming away!  Like I said before you spread your fixing out evenly across your skirting keeping the top and bottom inline so it looks tidy.   You fix the entire skirting like you would if you was just fitting the skirting from new.   Depending on how bad the walls are but I would normally do them at no more than 600mm centres max  300/400mm is preferred!  

JMB

 

[tbear]

VELCRO.
Then when you get tired of the base board style just change it out.  ;D ;D ;D

 

[mastercabman]

VELCRO.
Then when you get tired of the base board style just change it out.  ;D ;D ;D

Hey now  that's not a bad idea! [smile]