Just recently had my upstairs floored and put the skirting on myself with oval nails, nailed into studs using stud finder.

First, put the nail into the sleeve, drive the nail into the wall, fix a nail according to the length of the skirting line of about half a meter, and then fix the skirting line to the nail. If you have a dry lined wall with masonry behind it then be sure to use screws that are long enough to penetrate the inner masonry wall – usually around 80mm screws will suffice.Anyways, once you are happy you know how you want it to sit, hammer in these panel pins in the centre of the skirting, and fit them where they'll do the job you want - eg holding the skirting in to follow a line, keeping the skirting running straight, etc. Add further SF with your gun if needed for gaps, forcing it right in and then wipe over again to remove excess and level it off.

If there is a short concave wobble in to the wall, don't necessarily try and force the skirting all the way in there - do a test and check that the skirting doesn't then bend out either side of that wobble if you try. If you find that your walls are not particularly straight then you should use adhesive along with nails/screws. Ok, now keeping it in place with yer foot, hammer the PPs in just enough so's they grab in the masonry (ie - in the plaster layer).

Ie - if the wall is a wee bit wobbly, chust try and make the skirting straight and fill any little gaps that may be left behind it - a wobbly skirting doesn't look too good, and only emphasises the wobbles in the wall. Just tap them in enough to hold - do NOT over-hit them or they are likely to bend and then move the skirting board or break the plaster. Give Away Special Tools】This nail specific sleeve tool allows you to place the nail into the sleeve and directly tap it into the wall.