Edwardian house but victorian skirting?? Pine or MDF?
I have an Edwardian house that was built around 1910 or so (no accurate date) but some of the features like the original skirting seem to be victorian. (See screenshot of skirting with price that shows you the profile!)
I guess it's no different than building new homes and using a vintage skirting board in it rather than a modern one, but as we are replacing all the skirting in all the property (4 apartments) due to it having been mixed styles when all the new stud walls were put up years ago (some original and some torus) I need to buy some new ones and decide what to do.
The 3 storey halls have the original skirting still but that's ok.
Some of the flats still have bits of torus in but we could just remove though as they have all been badly painted and not prepped so it's flaky (another reason I want to replace them!).
Price is also an issue.
So would you go for something similar to the original or go for a cheaper tours which they did also use but it's not as grand.
And pine or MDF??
Never used the latter but it comes primed or I can have it painted satin as well to save time 😂 (guess I can still paint over it myself??)
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2 years agoI’m in a 1930s house and we reconfigured the tiny kitchen by removing the kitchen wall and creating a kitchin/diner and therefore adding another wall to separate from the living area. The living area has nice high skirting, but we couldn’t find the same skirting board anywhere so we bought “near as”. To be honest nobody has noticed the two different skirting boards in the one room! Granted they are pretty similar. The new skirting is primed MDF and it has fared very well. All painted in Dulux Satinwood. First pic is original, second pic is newer MDF skirting.
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