Re-attaching skirting boards

[SteBrown91]

Hi all,

Decorating our bedroom this weekend, and small sections of the skirting have been cut off to run cables for new sockets etc.

How is best to re-attach? Just holding them back in place they seem to sit too flush to the wall by a mil or so. I was just going to use a liberal amount of no nails type stuff, would this pad it out ok so I can make a good easy job of filling the joins with it sitting nicely with the rest of the skirting boards?

Cheers

[SteBrown91]

Simpo Two said:

I use two lines of NMN or equivalent, and then tun a bead of caulk along the top to cover any gap.

What does 'too flush' mean?

When you place it against the wall the existing skirting sticks or a mm or so further that when I place the pieces back on the wall. He old skirting has been nailed so I'm assuming never was 100% flush to the wall then filled to fit.

R1 Indy said:

Why did you remove the skirting for cables? Could have just drilled behind it.

I didn't, the electrician did. One wall was a a brick exterior wall so wall had to be chased and skirting cut to run cables up.

The other walls were stud but the bottom part of the stud frame was tight to the floor joists so wasn't possible to get a drill in to run the cables without removing the skirting. The only other alternative was to cut a large hole in the stud so would have required more plasterwork, so either would have been a pain

[SteBrown91]

Cheers all, I have some b&q own brand grab adhesive I'll check to see if it's a long set time if not I'll get some gripfill