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Welcome to HOW College at Malvern. 2 00:00:12,291 --> 00:00:17,375 Today we're going to go on to looking at architrave and skirting. 3 00:00:17,375 --> 00:00:21,625 Architraves are timber that we fit around doors and doorways 4 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:25,458 and then skirting's that piece fits around the bottom of the walls 5 00:00:26,458 --> 00:00:28,291 between the wall and the floor. 6 00:00:29,041 --> 00:00:32,208 So we've got a couple of samples here of different types. 7 00:00:33,458 --> 00:00:36,875 To start off, mostly now we get MDF. 8 00:00:37,375 --> 00:00:39,583 This one is a bullnose. 9 00:00:40,875 --> 00:00:42,583 45 mm wide. 10 00:00:44,333 --> 00:00:46,625 This one again MDF, but it's painted finish. 11 00:00:48,083 --> 00:00:50,208 This one is O.G. 12 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,333 and then I have another one here MDF, 13 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:57,416 which is torus. 14 00:00:57,416 --> 00:00:59,916 Notice they are smaller in size. 15 00:01:00,916 --> 00:01:02,875 You can also get a small one 16 00:01:03,791 --> 00:01:05,125 in timber as well. 17 00:01:05,958 --> 00:01:08,416 But they tend to do now mostly MDF. 18 00:01:09,541 --> 00:01:11,041 Going onto skirting. 19 00:01:11,041 --> 00:01:13,875 So we've got these moldings, so they repeat them on 20 00:01:15,166 --> 00:01:15,958 onto skirting. 21 00:01:15,958 --> 00:01:19,166 Skirting's generally start at about 70-75 mm. 22 00:01:20,416 --> 00:01:23,416 This one's got a bullnose on it 23 00:01:24,125 --> 00:01:24,958 and it's in timber. 24 00:01:24,958 --> 00:01:26,375 This is another timber one. 25 00:01:26,375 --> 00:01:28,416 It's got a bullnose on the one side. 26 00:01:28,791 --> 00:01:32,458 But as a lot happens nowadays, you get a different molding on the opposite side. 27 00:01:33,041 --> 00:01:35,125 This one being a chamfered and round. 28 00:01:37,708 --> 00:01:39,333 We mentioned the OG. 29 00:01:39,875 --> 00:01:41,291 This is a timber one. 30 00:01:43,333 --> 00:01:45,083 There's another one. 31 00:01:48,458 --> 00:01:50,125 There's another one. 32 00:01:51,041 --> 00:01:53,291 And finally, there's even 33 00:01:53,291 --> 00:01:54,375 a deeper one. 34 00:01:55,083 --> 00:01:56,500 They've all got the same name, 35 00:01:57,416 --> 00:01:59,750 but they'll all be slightly different in size. 36 00:01:59,750 --> 00:02:03,166 So it's something if you're matching up to what you've got, 37 00:02:03,833 --> 00:02:08,333 the best place to get it from is, if you can, find out where they got the original from. 38 00:02:08,958 --> 00:02:11,333 Or you may have to get it made specially. 39 00:02:12,875 --> 00:02:15,208 Another one, quite a simple one. 40 00:02:15,916 --> 00:02:19,166 Just a flat chamfer, just an angle on the end of it. 41 00:02:21,750 --> 00:02:24,000 We've got the torus, which is quite a popular one. 42 00:02:25,208 --> 00:02:28,250 This is quite a deep section. 43 00:02:28,250 --> 00:02:32,208 Again, these are timber but a lot of them now made in MDF. 44 00:02:32,625 --> 00:02:35,375 Come ready painted because people just paint them. 45 00:02:36,208 --> 00:02:39,875 OK, I want to talk about some of the tools you need to actually fit your skirting. 46 00:02:41,208 --> 00:02:45,625 Don't think you've got to go out and buy expensive things like chop saws 47 00:02:46,916 --> 00:02:50,125 and nail guns because that's going to up the price. 48 00:02:50,666 --> 00:02:52,791 So what you can do, quite simply, is have 49 00:02:54,583 --> 00:02:57,500 a homemade mitre box or block. 50 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,916 Or for quite cheap you could buy one of these mitre saws 51 00:03:02,916 --> 00:03:06,041 that will set up for different angles for what you need for the job. 52 00:03:08,125 --> 00:03:10,375 A mitre square is always, 53 00:03:11,625 --> 00:03:14,208 or a combination square, is always useful to 54 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:16,833 get your 45 degree angle. 55 00:03:16,833 --> 00:03:20,875 It's already set there and then you can square down the timber on the other side. 56 00:03:22,583 --> 00:03:24,958 For most of the moldings, 57 00:03:24,958 --> 00:03:27,166 you will need a coping saw. 58 00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:30,791 And it's always best to get a pack of spare blades as well, 59 00:03:30,791 --> 00:03:33,375 because as you can see they're quite thin and break very easily. 60 00:03:36,708 --> 00:03:39,500 You might want to just use one of the 61 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:42,708 disposable saws you can throw away when you finish with it, 62 00:03:44,375 --> 00:03:46,708 or you can go for a tenon saw. 63 00:03:47,708 --> 00:03:49,791 If you want to be that little bit more accurate 64 00:03:50,541 --> 00:03:52,500 and careful with the work. 65 00:03:53,208 --> 00:03:54,458 Well, then for fixing. 66 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:56,375 A hammer. 67 00:03:57,250 --> 00:03:59,083 If you're using nails, 68 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:03,125 then you may want a nail punch, 69 00:04:03,125 --> 00:04:07,208 just to punch the nails below the surface when you're done, so you can fill it up 70 00:04:07,208 --> 00:04:12,208 and then put your finishing coats of paint or whatever on afterwards.