More Picture Of How To Attach Skirting Boards To Brick Walls New Update 2021. You will need to fit your skirting boards in place first drill a small hole through the skirting board where you want the nail to be and drill through until it marks the plaster behind the skirting. Step 2 Cut the piece of skirting that will form the left-hand part of the joint to length using a mitre box with a 45-degree angle going into the corner.
Ensure the end is cut at a 90-degree angle so that it can butt against the wall in the corner. You will need to fit your skirting boards in place first drill a small hole through the skirting board where you want the nail to be and drill through until it marks the plaster behind the skirting. Cut skirting to suit length of wall allowing extra for mitred joints.
I hammer nails into old plaster all the time by putting a piece of masking tape on the wall and hammering into it.
Bring the surfaces together and maneuver the skirting board into the desired position. Attach the boards to the walls using strong fixing screws. Run a strip of masking tape on the wall where the molding will cover it up but where your nails will hit it. At external corners cut on a 45 angle to create mitres where necessary.