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I recently patched and skimmed a relatives bedroom, she had removed the skirting before i got there and it left a good 6 inch gap from floor to the old plaster.

I foolishly didn't think to patch this gap when i did the plastering and she has now asked me to fit the skirting.

The gap at the bottom is about an inch deep and back to the brick with no studs to fix skirting to.

My Q - Can i use big healthy dollops of drywall adhesive at regular intervals along the bottom of the wall to fix mdf skirting board? Will it adhere to the skirting as well as it does to plasterboard, my experience of the stuff is that it stick like s**t to a blanket.

Is there any other type of adhesive which would manage this better?

Or do i have to just drill the brick and try and fix the skirting using screws.

Not sure about using drywall adhesive for that. It does stick well but I'd go for some grab adhesive as it would be a safer bet IMHO.

If you hammered lots of 30mm galvanized clout nails half way in at the the back of the skirting, these would grip the drywall adhesive!!

But being a professional, I wouldn't do it that way!!...

any recommendations would be appreciated, i was just concocting my own apporach which is by no means a trained one when it comes to wood etc

rather ask than try without taking advice

Plaster down to the floor with Easyfill, when dry stick skirting to wall with Gripfill, sticks like snot to coke! (coke for burning in fires)

thanks petengade

Petengade, is that the stuff to use, Gripfill?

I'm in a slightly similar position. I've plastered out my house and have been thinking about skirtings. The idea of glueing them in some way seemed a lot more appealing than plugs and screws which will take forever. I didn't want to use some sort of gunk that would be no good and watch all my skirting boards fall off over the next few months or so.

Is Gripfill a general term or a specific product?

It's a specific product? and really sticks, it's solvent based, but wall must be dry, no good on damp walls, comes in green tubes for a mastic gun.

I got to go with the admin and recommend grab adhesive. I had the same problem you're having and just plain adhesive did not work.

OK, is grab adhesive a specific product? Or is that a general term? If so, which brand is best?

Edz wrote:OK, is grab adhesive a specific product? Or is that a general term? If so, which brand is best?

Grab adhesive is a general term.

Gripfill, pinkgrip, no more nails, I can't believe it's not nails- are some common brand names.

I'll have a look down the local merchants. Not too sure about No More Nails, I've tried it before.

I reckon it should be re-branded, "Some More Nails"!

Pinkgrip is raved about by some people, but I once tried it and it was not that good to be honest. It was a red hot summers day though when I tried it and so I can't really call it until I have tried it again!

Fill the void with Bulkfill dry mix. Gripfill and a nailgun (16ga 60mm pins).