White mdf skirtings diy....

[Alexphd1]

After a few successful jobs with the router, now planning to make the skirting ourselves from mdf. 

Anybody else done this?

[Nickfromwales]

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  

[Russdl]

I had considered this but decided to give it a miss due to the relatively low cost of the off the shelf offers. 

 

 

[Pete]

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

[nod]

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

[TonyT]

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
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[Russell griffiths]

Cannot see how it is financially viable, unless you own a mdf sheet factory. 

[willbish]

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

 

 

 

 

[TonyT]

Mdf outside?

That doesn’t sound appropriate 

[joe90]

I considered this but could save more money elsewhere, mdf skirting is relatively cheap IMO.

[willbish]

14 minutes ago, TonyT said:

Mdf outside?

That doesn’t sound appropriate 

 

https://mdfosb.com/en/products/medite-exterior

 

[TonyT]

Apologies didn’t know there was such a thing!

[PeterW]

Howdens currently just over £1.20/m and it’s 4.2m lengths so can’t see how anyone can do cheaper than that. 

[Alexphd1]

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?

[PeterW]

What profile do you want ..? Got a catalogue in the car I think 

[Alexphd1]

Modo0841 UK f is the closest to what we like.