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The plumber came and knocked off the picture rail and theskirtingboard, and wiped the joints.
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I saw that the column on which the staircase ended was not adequately fixed to theskirtingboardat the bottom of the stairs.
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This is particularly useful when fitting flooring along askirtingboard, cutting the skirting to allow the board to slide under for a neat finish.
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Theskirtingboard(base board) under the window was very low, giving the illusion that the leap was higher than it was.
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Pattresses may be designed for either surface mounting (with cabling running along the wall surface) or for embedding in the wall orskirtingboard.
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No skirting boards spoil the sheer walls, and the doors run from floor to ceiling.
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The caterpillars feed on organic detritus that accumulates indoors, e.g. behind skirting boards and other similar places.
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The second floor contains four bedrooms, in which there are closets on either side of a fireplace, and simple wood skirting boards and door frames.
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All prefabs under the housing act came pre-decorated in magnolia, with gloss-green on all additional wood, including the door trimmings and skirting boards.
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The 1867 block has warm air grilles in the skirting boards, and the heating was probably provided by a boiler.
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This enables installation of skirting boards above floor level without fear of puncturing it.
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The walls of the drawing hall, next to the outer hall, were very elegantly furnished with satin fabrics featuring buttoned braiding at the skirting boards.
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The house was heated by hot air channelled through brass grilles in the skirting boards from seven stoves in the basement.
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Second fix work, the construction of items such as skirting boards, architraves, and doors also comes under carpentry.
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