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First time fitting skirting boards. Tips on finishing and fixing?

I’ve been working on refitting the trim in my hallway and finally tackled the skirting boards last weekend. It’s a pretty straightforward job overall, but getting the corners to line up cleanly was more fiddly than I expected. I ordered the boards from Skirting World. Went with a simple chamfered MDF style to keep things clean and modern. The boards arrived in good shape and pre-primed, which definitely saved me a step.

Cutting and joining the mitres was the most satisfying part, but also the part that tested my patience the most. Even with a good mitre saw, walls that aren’t perfectly square can throw everything off. I ended up doing a few coping cuts for internal corners, which worked out better than expected. Sanding the edges lightly before fitting made a big difference in how clean the joins looked.

For those of you who’ve done a full room or more, do you usually glue and pin the boards or go all in with screws and plugs? I wanted to keep it neat without too much wall damage, but I’m curious what method holds up best long term.

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