Guides
Skirting board guides
Straight answers from the workshop, written against measured sections rather than catalogue names.
How to match an old skirting board
The three measurements that decide a match, how to get a cut end, allowing for paint, and the four routes to new lengths.
Read the guideSkirting board profile names
What each common UK skirting profile looks like end-on, how to tell them apart, and why a name alone won't get you a match.
Read the guide
Or go straight to the cutter library, how the trace works, or the era pages, starting with Victorian skirting boards.
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