Hello & help please

[Dazmorg]

Good morning,

I am a long time lurker here having lurched from one period property to another by accident more than choice over the years. My latest project is quite a grand Georgian house in North Devon that although looks impressive has had the heart and soul ripped out by architectural vandals in the 1980's and 1990's. Sadly it will never become what it once was but in making it habitable I'm trying to be as sympathetic as I can with what I have. Just as a taster for you all the lovely old sashes have been replaced with nasty gold lined upvc, the external render has been replaced with cement, no covings or mouldings are left, all the fire places have been ripped out and bricked up and as a result it is riddled with damp.

Not all things are bad, here is the view from the roof;

IMG_1192 by DARRAN HILL, on Flickr

I'm happy to provide photos as I go along if anyone is interested, but to start I'm struggling to identify this skirting board, I need to replace two rotten sections and can't find the profile anywhere, I initially thought large regency but it's not quite right. its 220cm high 30 cm thick.

IMG_1197 by DARRAN HILL, on Flickr

Any help in identifying this profile would be most gratefully received.

Darran

 

[plasticpigeon]

Hello Darran. New posts take time to be moderated, but hopefully now your post is up you will get replies. I'm not really sure if that would have been original to the house. It is ogee at the top. They look kind of newish to me, not much paint on them, and I'm surprised by the profile at the top but I'm no expert on regency profiles. Do they match other skirtings in the house?

It is very hard to get matching profiles. Some good yards will make a cutter to match if it is very important to you. My local place used to charge £80 per profile a few years back. It might be easier to find a yard with lots of profiles and get new boards made to the profile of your choice.

 

[Dazmorg]

Thanks for your advice, it is a newish portion that does match some clearly old skirting. It seems to be one of the few old bits left in the house. I chose to photo that part as the joint makes the profile clearer.
This skirting board is only in one room and matching would be better than replacing all if not cheaper as it is a very large room!

Ps having read the rules sorry for not making my title clearer

Darran.