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If you go the new skirting route, you can get taller boards that are recessed to go over existing shorter boards without removing them. Would save a lot of work if you went that way.
https://skirtingboardsdirect.com/product-category/skirting-boards/mdf-cover-skirting-boards/
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TBH despite everyone's best efforts, I'm really pushing for the same low skirting.
- It matches the upstairs
- I like it
- It feels in keeping with the 1950s house - not that I'm a slave to period correctness, but given the low ceilings it seems to make sense to have short skirting.
My plan is to get some fire retardant* spray foam and put that around the pipes. Then I can trim it off with a saw and skim and blend the top section over.
I'm still don't know how much the floor will be raised anyway so unsure of how much needs to be covered.
I've been told to get the plumber to do it, but they suggested concrete - which the Internet tells me can destroy copper... So I'd feel happier diy. Just need to try and do it before my OH gets home late tonight.
*read somewhere that it's less effected by heat
- It matches the upstairs
hugo7
No they are set back. But not by loads.
TBF there's a sofa covering almost all of it.
Where my thinking was going and what I wanted to hear
I'd like to keep as much of this and match the OG skirting, but I'm not hopeful. Will see what the floor guys say.