The Albany skirting board contrasts a soft rounded lip parrallel with a stark straight beading. While featuring simple detail, this profile is best suited interiors seeking a subtle modern element.
Material
High Density Moisture Resistant (MR) MDF
Our Albany skirting board is made of a high density, moisture resistant (MR) MDF.
MDF is free from natural defects. This gives it a long product life and means that MDF will not; warp, twist, bow, split, or contain knots, all of which you would find in pine and any other natural wood. This makes MDF the most economical, time saving material for your skirting board requirements.
Skirtings R Us MDF builds on these properties. We manufacturer on a High Density MDF board which we have specifically sourced, as it produces a far smoother cut surface when moulded, superior to other standard or premium MDF's.
For more information on our MDF please see our MDF information page.
Dimension
Albany MDF skirting board is available in a variety of set dimensions. Please allow 100mm on each end of the length for transit damage and cutting. We can also offer bespoke skirting board heights at no extra cost.
Height – Albany can be machined to heights between 69mm and 346mm high. (4200 x 25mm boards are limited to 221 High)
Depth –Available in 18mm and 25mm dthickneses.
Length – Albany skirting board can be supplied in either 3.050m lengths (available in all thickness), or 4.2m lengths
Please see chart below:
If you need any further help with dimensions please refer to our skirting board dimensions guide.
Finish
Albany MDF skirting board is supplied either;
Un-primed – Product will be supplied as raw MDF skirting board, with no MDF primer applied. The product will need priming before any paint finish is applied.
Please note: the product may need two or more coats of primer to fully seal it.
Primed – Product will be sprayed with two coats of solvent based MDF primer and sanded in-between coats. The board will need a final paint finish. Any paint can be used to top coat this product including oil, water or solvent based paint.
For more information, see the additional information tab (above) or our finishes guide to find out which finish is best for you.
The Benefits of Primed Finishes
Primed finishes are the most popular supplied to the DIY, building and design industries for several reasons:
- Pre-primed mouldings relieves a lot of work as MDF, being an absorbent material, can require two or more priming coats to seal it properly.
- If primed, mistakes and marks commonly made during installation can be rectified when finishing (unlike a gloss or satin finish, which is almost impossible to ‘touch up’ well and would be wasted).
- Therefore primed skirting boards/architrave is the easiest and most flexible product to install with less risk of permanently damaging the finish.
We recommend a primed finish on skirting board and would urge anyone who is thinking otherwise to reconsider.
For more information on primed finishes and the limitations of other finishes visit our finishes page.
General Information
Our Albany MDF skirting board is produced in house in our midlands based factory and is machined to order from the specification options above. If you can’t see what you’re looking for, then you should know we can cut to any size and undertake bespoke requests. For more information visit our bespoke page or feel free to give us a call!
Please note: machined to order items are made specifically to order and therefore cannot be cancelled once in production, neither can they be returned to us.
