A WOMAN who was to spend £48 replacing the skirting boards in her council house lounge has shared how she managed to do it herself for just £7.20.
Jeri-Leah, who jokingly refers to herself as ‘Blob the Builder’, explained in a video on her TikTok page that she wanted to get rid of the old skirt but couldn’t believe it when she looked up how much new ones are.
“Basically, if you look at skirts online – B&Q, wherever, they’re about £12 for 2 metres,” she said.
So she decided to try using pre-cut panelling, which cost £1.80 for two metres, and picked up 20 lengths of it.
“I’m going to do as much of this house as I possibly can,” Jeri-Leah vowed.
The video continued with the TikToker showing herself cutting the boards to size, before putting some No More Nails glue on the back and sticking it to the bottom of the wall.
As for mitring – the cutting process used to join the planks together neatly on the corner – Jeri-Leah insisted she didn’t need to worry about that.
Once she’d finished and the new skirting was “ready for painting”, she stood back to look at her handiwork and declared: “I’m so happy with that actually.
“I think I’m a genius!”
In total, she spent £7.20 on the wooden panels for the room, compared to the £48 she would have spent had she picked up traditional skirting boards.
“What about the top?” one person asked in the comments section.
With Jeri-Leah replying: “I’m going to get decorative moulding to put on the top but wanted to wait till it was on so that I could measure to see what thickness I’d need.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”AliExpress is selling a tiny home for just £5k – it comes with two bedrooms & would be the perfect granny flat” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6370574601112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]“This is fab idea,” another praised, adding, “Might be even cheaper if u buy a MDF sheet an use the B&Q cutting service.
“Think its 4 cuts free then 50p after.”
A third asked Jeri-Leah why she didn’t paint the skirting first, to which she admitted she’s just “impatient”.
“Looks so good,” someone else wrote.
“I’m impressed with it – doing the full house,” Jeri-Leah responded.
