Bathroom improvements – replacing your skirting boards
February 8th, 2010 | 
Author: If you have decided to update your bathroom, the chances are you will have trawled through DIY catalogues, visited home improvement centres and taken advice from family and friends. You will probably have been advised about shower curtains, fixtures and fittings, bathroom cabinets, various vanity accessories and towels and bathmats.
Chances are though, you will not have heard of the bathroom’s best-kept secret, skirting board renovation.
Skirting boards are extremely easy to fit, so you do not need to be a handyman or have a whole range of specialised equipment in order to achieve fantastic results.
Although there are various types of skirting board available on the market, a flat panel skirting board is the preferred choice of most interior designers and DIY enthusiasts. Following a few easy steps should result in a real and inexpensive improvement to your bathroom.
Most skirting board panelling is sold in white. You can of course paint it a different colour, but keeping it white allows you to contrast it with whatever colour you decide to paint the rest of the bathroom.
After removing the existing skirting board and measuring the amount of skirting you require, allow the new board a day or so to adjust to the temperature of your home. For this reason it is advisable to buy slightly more than the amount you had previously measured.
Whether or not you use nails or glue is a matter of preference, just make sure that you fix one panel at a time. This may seem obvious, but if a friend is helping you there is a temptation to begin at opposite ends of the room.
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