How To Cut Fireplace Surround To Fit Skirting Board?
Have a blank wall with skirting board.
Want to make the illusion of a boarded up Victorian fireplace (you know, with the overmantel above so there’s a central focus to the room.)
I have a wooden Victorian fireplace to fit the space but it needs to have bits cut out of the back of the ‘legs’ to fit flush to the skirting board.
Some say cut the skirting board and some say chisel chunks out of back of fireplace struts. Either way, what shall I do it with? It’s made of painted pine or similar. Thought I’d start with a Stanley knife – but, after that, should I borrow an electric fretsaw or a manual one or do you have a better idea?
My DIY skills are minimal, but I have determination. Advice much appreciated.
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December 24, 2009 @ 4:30 am
Do Not cut the fireplace!!!! In a real Victorian house the skirtings would be butted up against the sides of the wooden mantel so that is the way you should do it!! Mark a vertical line on the skirtings on either side of the opening and cut them straight down with a cheap tenon saw from Wickes or B&Q. Split the surplus skirting out with a hammer and old chisel or screwdriver. Remove any protruding nails or screws from the wall. The legs of the surround will stand squarely on the floor and fit neatly against the wall.
December 24, 2009 @ 10:53 am
Just cut into the skirting to take the width of the fireplace struts – do this for both struts then slide the firplace back to the wall. It doesn’t matter if you leave the skirting behind the fireplace as nobody can see it anyway.
Cutting the skirting in situ is not easy – you may want to mark it and then chisel it out – but like i say you only need enough to let the struts sit back against the wall.
December 24, 2009 @ 12:44 pm
By the sounds of things the skirting is already fixed & the fireplace isn’t. As others have said it really would be sacrilige to cut the fireplace, but if you really must ….do you have any odd pieces of skirting left….if so use that as a pattern to draw the shape onto the legs of the fireplace and use a jigsaw to cut with….and use a blade with teeth that cut on the downstroke so that any spelching of the timber will be on the blind side & not seen
December 24, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
as above i love as trier . skirting off then cut skirting to length . you could chisel out skirting to correct length and then repair with filler , or if you have a piece of skirting then scribe on side of legs of fireplace and cut with coping saw and fill , good luck .
December 24, 2009 @ 8:32 pm
Take the skirting board right off. Fit the fireplace and put skirting either side of it.
Fireplaces are much more expensive than skirting board.
December 24, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
Cut the skirting boards to fit the fireplace.Not the other way round.