Alexphd1 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 After a few successful jobs with the router, now planning to make the skirting ourselves from mdf. Anybody else done this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Alexphd1 said: After a few successful jobs with the router, now planning to make the skirting ourselves from mdf. Anybody else done this? Never comes out consistently and is a pita. Save money elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russdl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I had considered this but decided to give it a miss due to the relatively low cost of the off the shelf offers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Nickfromwales said: Never comes out consistently and is a pita. Save money elsewhere I made my own using a Bosch plunge saw and it worked really well. I needed a certain height due my shadow gap skirtings and struggled to get the right size so made my own as well as the door casings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I was doing a bit of work at a friends last Saturday and he had done exactly that Though he owns a joinery workshop He had a few sheets over from a job One disadvantage I could see was all where 2.4 long Lots of piecing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) The biggest sheet I can get is 3m long, but you can buy skirtings in 4.8m long If you were buying MDF I think buying in preprimed is the most sensible option and spend the time elsewhere so buying in skirting makes the most sense to me Edited December 19, 2020 by TonyT Z 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Cannot see how it is financially viable, unless you own a mdf sheet factory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbish Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I machined my barge boards out of 3 layers of 12mm exterior grade MDF Worked well but there wasn't hundreds of metres to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Mdf outside? That doesn’t sound appropriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I considered this but could save more money elsewhere, mdf skirting is relatively cheap IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbish Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 14 minutes ago, TonyT said: Mdf outside? That doesn’t sound appropriate https://mdfosb.com/en/products/medite-exterior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Apologies didn’t know there was such a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Howdens currently just over £1.20/m and it’s 4.2m lengths so can’t see how anyone can do cheaper than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexphd1 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Had a quick look on Howdens website, they only seam to have 12 variations on the website and not what we are looking for. Will they have more options in store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 What profile do you want ..? Got a catalogue in the car I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexphd1 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Modo0841 UK f is the closest to what we like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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