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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-
Concrete shouldn't corrode copper. But plaster will.
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Put some sort of barrier in place to stop your expanding foam from encasing the joints. It will mean a void where the push-fit joints are but you should be able to avoid screwing/nailing into that and it will mean when the joints inevitably fail you will be able to get at and replace them more easily. Can probably just use some cardboard to make a little "wall" that will stop the foam spreading that way.
Trunkie
Arducius
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/