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A skirt is the lower part of a dress or a separate outer garment that covers a person from the waist downwards.At its simplest, a skirt can be a draped garment made out of a single piece of fabric (such as pareos). However, most skirts are fitted to the body at the waist or hips and fuller below, with the fullness introduced by means of darts, gores, pleats, or panels. Modern skirts are usually made of light to mid-weight fabrics, such as denim, jersey, worsted, or poplin. Skirts of thin or clingy fabrics are often worn with slips to make the material of the skirt drape better and for modesty.
In modern times, skirts are typically worn by women. Some exceptions include the izaar, worn by many Muslim cultures, and the kilt, a traditional men's garment in Scotland, Ireland, and sometimes England. Fashion designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Kenzo and Marc Jacobs have also shown men's skirts. Transgressing social codes, Gaultier frequently introduces the skirt into his men's wear collections as a means of injecting novelty into male attire, most famously the sarong seen on David Beckham.The hemline of skirts can vary from micro to floor-length and can vary according to cultural conceptions of modesty and aesthetics as well as the wearer's personal taste, which can be influenced by such factors as fashion and social context. Most skirts are self-standing garments, but some skirt-looking panels may be part of another garment such as leggings, shorts, and swimsuits.

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    Leak Coming from shower onto skirting board

    Hi, I thought I’d post this on the forum here as I appear to have some sort of leakage. This is being a period of over three years Is this something that I need to get a plumber in or something that I could fix myself by using sealing. Before I get a plumber in it will be useful to know where...
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    Leak on skirting board

    Hi All, Noticed the attached today. I'm guessing pipe leaks from the shower that's located behind the wall/skirting. Builder has said we aren't covered as new build over 2 years old. 😬 Thanks
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    Sealing skirted bathtub

    There are plenty of tutorials for sealing/caulking bathtubs. However, my bathtub has a kind of skirting around its edge, as in picture: How do I go about that? Should I caulk both edges? I plan to use standard silicone, would that be good for both? Is there any particular I should keep in...
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    Scorch mark on skirting board from pipe

    I've got a scorch mark on the skirting board below the boiler because one of the pipes is almost touching the wood. I can just about get a sheet of paper between. I can smell burning due to the mark too. There is already a piece of plastic between the pipe and the wall. Can anyone advise me on...
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    UFH or Skirting board heating

    Evening all, I’m looking to do a make over to our future home, I was thinking of UFH downstairs and rads upstairs. Then stumbled across skirting board heating, I realise it’s not a new thing in the world, but is to me, I’ve never fitted it or had experience with it. I wondered if you gents or...
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    15mm central heating pipe behind skirting

    Evening All, We currently have minibore pipe that comes out of the wall behind the skirting to the radiator... the question I have is.. We are getting new radiators and central heating pipes replaced in our house.. is it possible to run the 15mm pipe the same way as the minibore was? or do we...
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    Unusual heating system in possible bungalow purchase

    Hello, I went to view a Bungalow yesterday which we quite like, but it seems to have a weird heating system I haven't seen before. I presume it's all quite old, there was a floor standing Glow-worm gas boiler, and in each room along one wall, instead of radiators, there was just a low ( less...
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    piped skirting

    Can anyone tell me what length of 15mm copper pipe would equate to a 7000btu rad? OR how much water is contained in a 7000btu rad? I've done the online calc's and for my room I need approx 7000btu rad. I don't want to hang rads and looked at thermaskirt which is damn expensive and fittings are...
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    leak from under shower

    Got a leak from under the shower tray, looks like the trap. However, how on earth do i get to under the shower tray (photo below) Many thanks! :)
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    Skirting heating

    I have a bathroom with a sold external wall that suffers really badly from mould, i've installed an extractor which has helped but not solved the problem, as an added prevention i'd like to add some heat along that wall. Unfortunatly there is no space with the toilet and basin there so the the...
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    radiator for bay window

    I have a customer who is keen on having a radiator put in their bay window so will obviously need to be bent. I've never had this done before, does anyone know any companies in the south east that they would recommend and also roughly how much does it cost?
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    heating a home

    I am looking for wacky ways to heat a room without too much expense (this is in my own home so no issues with customer agreeing i.e.) I have looked at 1. enlarging radiators (boring and probably the thing I will do but want to see all options) 2. Taking skirting off and placing pipes behind...
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    Skirting board heating

    Anybody had any dealings with this type of heating. Small 2 up 2 down to do in it. Is it efficient, is it difficult to install, is it expensive compared to radiators. Not come across it before!
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    ladder

    Can anyone get hold of a skirting board ladder for me please asap
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    Fiting new radiators

    Hello Friends I am fitting a couple of new radiators and wanted to ask what best practise is with regards to pipework. In that I mean should the pipework that comes under the rad to the valve be fitted with a pie clip on the skirting board or on the wall. Is there a best practice or best way...
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    Tidying up my Skirting after new radiators plumbed in

    Hi All, I need a bit of advice please. My builder has just plumbed in new radiators into my house. However, in the new plumbing he has put in instaed of the radiator pipes coming from the floor he has made them come throgh the skirting board so the radiatos appear to look like they float or...
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    Question from a customer..

    Just moved a rad for a woman who said she's having kitchen re-done and heard about heating that goes behind the plinths...? Don't think she means hot air - any ideas what she means - said I'd look into it for her. Doubt it's something I'd do but might be able to point her in the right direction...
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    Skirting Heating

    Hi all In the spring/summer I am think of insatlling skirting board heating to get a more even heat don't want to go down the round of underfloor heating, concrete floors. Anyway has anyone fitted them, or does anyone have them fitted are they any good. Thanks for any advice/comments
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    Covering existing copper pipes pinned to a skirting board

    Hi, i'm looking for a way to cover some copper piping pinned to skirting board hopefully without having to box them in. I know most of the pvc covers require the pipes to be fitted into clips and then the cover fits over the top but are there any products on the market that allow you to cover...
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