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@anglo-saxon9182

3 жыл бұрын

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@thfc4745

3 жыл бұрын

Never knew this was a thing, i subscribe to a few mags, this has them and the daily newspapers. Cheers will be swapping to this.

@peterwooldridge7285

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, a chippy who owns a piece of sandpaper!

@Hollegripchannel

3 жыл бұрын

Nice work, but For anyone starting out would suggest always doing the straight longer runs first. Square cuts and scribe all the smaller pieces going into them. Less material waste if mistakes are made

I commented on the Cowboy Builder video about tradesmen not being paid what they are worth. Here’s an example. That skirting board will still look great in 30, 40, 50 maybe even 100 years time because of the skill in its fixing. The value of the work done by James per hour is worth no less than that done by solicitors, accountants or Mercedes technicians. It would therefore be reasonable for him to be rewarded at the same rate.

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Trevor.

@epiphgd4302

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimichip I agree. Super work, so tidy. I’ve done skirtings before, after paying a ‘tiler’ to level floor and tile. His version of a level floor was a joke. When it came to adding the skirting it was like a see saw. I didn’t have the skill to do scribes on the bottom so now the gaps serve as lovely dust and fluff collection points! Was so disappointed in the tiler tho.

@SimonOutdoors

5 ай бұрын

Doesn’t it take less time to train this skill though?! Accountants probably 10+ years and considerably more £ to train hence a higher reward

@SassyTheSasquatch96

3 ай бұрын

Not to be an arse but that would paradoxically create even more cowboys as class workers doing a standard job would be a luxury rather than the standard, in one way the great oppression of the industrial revolution made quality affordable as tradesmen with skill where paid in buttons and led exposure.

When you said about if the grain goes in the wrong direction on the plug, and it goes below the face, a little tip, instead of having to dig the plug to replace it, like you said, and risk damaging the sides of the hole, just screw a longer screw into the plug that need to be removed, and the tip of the screw, hits the head of screw inside the hole, and draws the plug straight out, without causing any damage. Give it a go, works every time providing the glue is still wet. 👍

@paulyoull5472

3 жыл бұрын

I plug every job I do. That’s a new one on me..... can’t wait to give it a go. Cheers

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thanks.

@SkillBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

Richard Baker That is a good tip

@noskills9577

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimichip what brand of sink and plug cutters are you using? Not had much luck with plug cutters in the past. Cheers 👍🏻

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

@@noskills9577 that’s just an erbauer set from screwfix.

This really is an excellent masterclass on how to fit skirting. I've referred to this over and over as I fit my own. Thanks guys.

The old adage "do you want it to be level or ,do you want it to look level" still stands

A true craftsmen doing a job he enjoys. Well done 👍👍👍👍

Love watching James work, the skill, attention to detail and sheer precision is so satisfying to watch.

Really great to see a vid on fitting pine when everything is mostly MDF didn’t realise you need so many fixings. All the skill builder carpentry videos have been invaluable to me doing my home renovation , keep up the amazing work 👍🏻👌🏻🙌🏼

Great job 👏. I’m painter & decorator by trade and I’m so pleased to see that Chippy is putting the masking tape under the skirtings. I’m asking this for years. Thanks for video 👍🏻

Great video. Chippie myself and always looking for ways to improve my workflow. I was always taught when doing skirting board never to box yourself in. Always put your first length between two walls first and work away from it but I prefer your way of working right to left. Also with the skirting being slightly tilted I used to get the angle with a bevel and transfer it to the chop saw but I’m going to start doing it your way scribing a line to get the angle on the saw. So much easier. Great video! More carpentry videos by James please 👍🏻

Thanks a lot gents. Some good tips there! Did a job a few days ago a plaster was absolutely terrible. Spent a good amount of time adding spacers at the bottom of the wall. The expanding foam is a brilliant idea. Also the what he mention about the external mitres was brill! Would love to see another video where he does a full room.

Just when you think you have all you need to stick skirting on as a regular DIYer, then you watch the above video. Some great tips in there!!! Thanks!

Always a pleasure to see a true professional at work. Thank you for the tips.

Great video as usual, refreshing to see work done correctly. Keep up the great work 👍

Brilliant work ,advice and tips . Top job James 👍

Great little video and really useful. Love watching James work - such a pro! 👍🏻😎

Excellent video and craftsmanship! Great stuff! As a DIYer with minimal experience I fitted my own skirtings about 12 years ago when I renovated my house having never done anything like that before. I did it all with a hacksaw and by eye, (luckily I'm a perfectionist and pretty good with angles being I like playing pool now and then lol) anyway for some unknown reason EVERY WALL was out internal and external corners even the walls themselves! So I couldn't use a mitre saw on any of it! If LITERALLY had to eyeball it and hope for the best and luckily taking my time it came out perfect bit jees was it STRESSFUL! Any very slight gaps I burnished with a screw driver and filled any holes on the horizontal on the wall with decorators filler and I didn't use ANY fixings but I used LOADS of No Nails and a combination of ladders against the opposite wall and weights to hold the skirtings against the VERY wavey walls while it dried! Luckily they're ALL still in place even after having carpet fitted twice so been tested with Knee kickers and held up well! I didn't have an electric mitre saw just an old rusty BLUNT manual one wouldn't have been much help anyway! SO I improvised EVERYTHING with a mini hacksaw and sanded after if not smooth or to get contours.. YOUVE restored my faith in people who are like me measure twice cut once and perfectionists do a job properly/take pride in their work!! Just subscribed and will be checking out your other videos to get more tips tricks and knowledge. Top man! Excellent job mate! 👍😎

So impressive. I never realised what goes into it. Much respect!

Love how the screw holes are covered up👍🏽 Good tip

Putting the tape on the floor first was a brilliant tip! I always like to caulk the skirting to a finished floor and having the tape on first would make it loads easier. I can’t believe I’ve never though of marking the scribe angle on the length first either. I always cut the scribe square and then rescribe it to the angle. A couple of tips for you... that plug cutter looks like mine and if you’re cutting out of material as thick as that skirting you can just cut right through and and then plugs will just pop out of the cutter, saves you having to dig them out of the wood. And secondly, use a multi tool to cut them off and sand them, a million times quicker and easier than a chisel. Might even be able to set a router flush with the surface on some plugs.

How the hell can this video have 12 dislikes !!!! I would like to see anyone do better. Keep up the great work, James you are a credit to your profession.

@nickhickson8738

3 жыл бұрын

A great dedicated bloke. Wish I knew him.

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Phil.

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickhickson8738 thanks👍

@hb5777

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes people hit the thumbs down by accident and don't realise. Large fingers, small phone and all that

@rww805

3 жыл бұрын

The skirting looks proud of the arch. I'd have coped the other board because you are less likely to see it looking down the hall, which is the direction you'll look at it from. It doesn't look like any attempt was made to keep a consistent gap between the board and the floor. Jesus, there are enough screws to pull it in. Maybe there are 12 other OCDs watching this. I am not alone.

True craftsman...the attention to detail is great!

Brilliant, a professional tradesman with actual pride in his work, great job and thanks for the tips 😀

What a true craftsman. Beautiful work.

top job loved the plugging of the wood at the end , thumbs up

Well explained. I like Robins videos but this chap explains it better.

Takes me back! Great vid fellas, never hurts to revisit old skills

Some great tips there, loved the dowels, they were spot on chaps. Thanks for the videos, still learning bundles! 👍

@geoffgoodall3839

3 жыл бұрын

Not Dowell, correct terminology, called pellets or grain pins.

Perfect job mate. Looks great!

Always a pleasure to watch

That's some fine workmanship, I'm a fan of expanding foam myself but tend to use the gyproc adhesive rather than actual expanding foam. I really liked the masking tape trick. Proper job, well done

Amazing level of skill, knowledge, detail and pride :)

Learned a new method here in the USA Phoenix. This looks amazing. That’ll last 100years

Pretty much how I like to do it. Nicely demonstrated. Low key. Stress free.

That tip to use expanding foam is great...I'll have some skirting to do very soon and am going to borrow that idea

Excellent presentation of how it should be done! Some brilliant tips.

I’ve saved so much money watching your videos. Used the step over method for rafter length to replace a conservatory roof now the wife wants me to do the main roof. Thank you. Excellent tutorials and priceless info.

What a quality job. Excellent!

Great Video Roger and Top marks James I do mine the same way, it takes a bit more time but the job is always spot on. I like the masking tape trick I'll give it a go on the next job 👍🏻

Another great video boys, well done 👏👍

As a decorator I can only say I wish all the trades I have to follow in were as careful/thoughtful with their work as this chap. I've just had to sort some brand new wood veneer skirting that had been 'fitted' with a nail gun! Nail heads were left protruding all over the place, one six ft length had about 20 pins fired into it as they were obviously struggling to get a fixing. Looked like a shot up Messerschmitt!

Nice bit of attention to detail & craftsmanship.

That’s a really good tip using the wooden plugs to fill the fixing holes on the skirting, a lot more easier than doing a fill with some wood filler and not being able to get it completely flush in one go, saves a load of time in regards to filling!

@nathan87

2 жыл бұрын

It's necessary if the skirting isn't being painted. This way it just looks like one unbroken piece of wood, instead of having visible circles of filler all along the skirting.

Fantastic job James

Great vid, I've used sanding disks on my grinder to achieve similar back cut and cope.

Nice to know that you adjust the the wall to fit external mitres to.

Great job and plenty of useful tips. Thanks!

Yay! I’m a pro already it seems! Self taught on skirtings and oddly I use the exact same method as James

Looks lovely!

Nice to see properly coped internals. 😉👍

Another master class with James with a bucket full of 2 minute tips , superb . Roger , I bumped into the guy I served my time with the other day. A brilliant bricky who put me through my apprenticeship. He is still bricklaying and he turns 84 next month ! And he looks great ( rare for a bricky ) but he ALWAYS used to say “If it looks right it is right “ just as you said Rog 😉🧱👍🏼

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

Never a truer word said!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimichip 😉🧱👍🏽

@SkillBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

I must have met him. Actually it may have come from the brickie I worked with who also said "Your eye is your best friend".

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

@@SkillBuilder . Spot on . You may have gone to school together ? You’re about the same age aren’t you Rog 😉😆😆🧱👍🏽

Appreciate the tips. Nice job.

Up and down the entire nation wives are watching Eastenders and Corrie, and their husbands have got the ipad and are watching "how to fit skirting boards".

@quiteabitmad

3 жыл бұрын

My hubby is watching footy on the telly, I'm the one watching 'how to fit skirting boards' as I'm the one who does the diy.

@benh1216

3 жыл бұрын

@@quiteabitmad Good for you!

@thesage1096

3 жыл бұрын

@@quiteabitmad your hubby is lucky, have him cook you up a nice course meal some time

@ProzacPreacher

3 жыл бұрын

And everyone is totally freaking out over the Torx mark at 17:00 and completely disregarding all the other craftsmanship that has gone in to the job previously :)

@nannanz2097

3 жыл бұрын

Nonsense, I hate soaps, never watch them; I love DiY and carpentry

Just realising that James is about as much a perfectionist as Robin.

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

Very kind of you to say but I have a long way to go!

@johna6327

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimichip you're cut from the same cloth I'm sure. Keep 'em coming 👍

That’s exactly how I fit skirting boards including the tape on the floor. Works every time. Job well done 👍

Good saying If it looks right it is right, spot on & the way I do mine can't beat the drill countersink plug bits love em, saves so much time and a perfect job I cut plugs off with Japanese saw then just block plane off or sand up in secand works a treat

What good workmanship well done👍👍👍

Really incredible. It's an art form these trades... wonderful. Thank you

Well I thought I had the basic idea on how to fit my skirting but after this video I'm completely lost. This is definitely more skilled than many of the others I have watched.

Enjoyable video, thanks

Proper job, enjoyed that

Title says 'Like a Pro', but he's not a pro. He's a master.

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks but I think that’s pushing it a bit!

@M0ssTh0mas

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimichip Come on James, let's see you start up your own channel and make your own videos. Lots of people wanting this

@TheBarnylondon

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimichip agreed

Well done. Perfect job...👍👍👍

Good to see how it should be done, I’ve been bodging it for years 👍🏻 thanks for the video

Great work guys

A sharp chisel, one of life's pleasures, lol. great job.

Really good providing some really good insight for a job that's most, including me, hate.

Great video, I should have searched for this a week ago, would have saved so much time, and head scratching

Thanks, lots of really practical advice.

I like to cut the plugs from the back of the board. Right next to the holes that give me plugs with very close colour and shade. Thanks for another great tip video.

@SkillBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

That is a clever idea.

@johnblanning2500

11 ай бұрын

Great tip!

Omg that’s skills right there. Don’t think I can do that but I’ll give it a try. Thank you 😊

Some good tradesmen on this channel.

Very smart job!

Fantastic work bro

Really enjoy watching, always been a nemesis for me but after watching this and the tips given i might just make an ok job next time on my home projects. But not to the standard you do. Thank you for posting

@SkillBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

this is how i do my boards. It's true the first few times you do it is frustrating but the method + time becomes a bit of a meditation :D

Another great video

Great job James I always use this method but the tape is a great idea.I also use a palm router to take the top off the plugs just set it to the depth but put a bit of tape under it when setting the depth one rub of sandpaper job done. Keep up the good work first class.

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jake. Nice tip with the router and how to set it up!

The scribe should always be hidden from sight from the doorway/entrance so that if the joints open up slightly you cannot look into them. Like the use of the tape underneath. If the walls are out a bit I like to run a bead of painter's caulk on the back to it prior to fixing then just wipe off the excess. 👍

@PragnellJohn

2 жыл бұрын

Just how we were taught years ago, using the entrance to the room to determine which ends are scrbes and which are straight cuts.

I do this for a living. Always good nodding along to a video

I really appreciate this. God bless you mate

A great video THANKS

Great workmanship there!!

lovely work

Last time i saw how to fit skirting boards like this, was Tommy Walsh and Alan over 15 yrs ago. Old school method !!

love this channel lots of tips lots of skill and for once most of the comments are banter or sharing sorted

Nice one guys 👌🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏼

very informative

Nice to see i fit my skirting the same way even down to what James said about the external corners and I'm self taught. Picked up the tip about the tape before skirting though will be using that one thanks James

@Argyll1000

3 жыл бұрын

I cut my external mitred at 46°

I remember serving my apprentice and luckily I only ever fitted MDF moulding so much easier to correct mistakes (as an apprentice) and a lot more flexible, then hit a brick wall with a 12” torus I just couldnt get the scribe rite, it’s a bit easier now 10 years down the line!! 😂😂 Love James’s work though keep it up 😎😎

Nice work James. 😉

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dan.

GOLD!!

Great video a joiner i worked with many years ago used to put a saw cut in the plugs to allow any air or excess glue to come out

Makes a nice change to see someone actually using screws to fix the skirting instead of just gripfill,👍

Good to see James back on the SB. Never tried the expanding foam as a fixer before but does make sense, I use a Veritas Flush cutting saw on plugs. Before I first use the saw I always 'take off' one side of the saw with some sandpaper as invariably even when you are careful the teeth mark the wood. Brilliant video Guys👍🏻

@jimichip

3 жыл бұрын

Ian uses the Veritas flush cutting saw. It’s a great tool!

@paulyoull5472

3 жыл бұрын

With regards to cutting the plugs when you have a lot to do. I carry a wafer thin piece of steel which I cut a hole in which slips over the plug. I then use the multi cutter to strip them back without damaging the timber, followed by a light sand.... jobs a buck!! Very efficient. Also with internal corners. If the bottom of the straight cut piece falls in at the bottom you can put a plug and screw in the wall behind it and adjust the screw to take the flex.

@SkillBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

Great tip, we're having that.

Nice guy good work and excellent info..

Proper job!

ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO. THANKS GENTS . REGATRS

A much quicker way is making a Scribe Block . This is a piece of skirting say 200mm long with a scribe on each end . You then push your required skirting up to the fixed skirting . Now place the scribe block against the fixed skirting and draw around the skirting that needs a scribe ... This will replicate if the fixed skirting is out of plumb . Sorry about my awful description, it’s easier to do rather than describe the procedure. Great video though

@Sjf542

3 жыл бұрын

That’s how I do it. In fact I think I saw Mr Clevett recommending the scribe template tip on this very channel 😆

@SkillBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

yes there are lots of ways to do it. The way James does it allows for floors which are not level

@danielbolton6905

3 жыл бұрын

I seen lots of chippies get good results using your method. Personally I do it more or less the same way as JK. For the same reasons too.

@roberttemple358

3 жыл бұрын

Correct,I'm a Carpenter and Joiner and that's how ive done it for years, with an offcut 8" pattern scribe . I scribe to floor too and ALWAYS paint prime back of timber to prevent cupping. I put Gripfil on back and plug and screw.

Great to watch as a chippy general contractor people won’t pay for that expertise and if they did how would you quote for that but great to see a true tradesmen