How much to get skirting, doors and door frames stripped?

[FrustratoPotato]

After a year of getting the bones of our house redone we're ready to decorate! It's a 2 bed thirties terrace in Scotland. I've just removed all of the ancient telephone wires that have been pinned to the skirting and door frames. Along with that I've pulled off chunks of paint down to the original dark wood. How much of a faff is it to strip 90 years of paint layers off myself? Would a painter & decorator do this and about how much might it cost for 3 doors, 2 bedrooms and a hallway and stairs to strip? Is it worth it?

Unless you want to keep original features could you take it off and replace it with similar.

The best paint stripper i have found is Peelaway (110 year old house, a million layers of paint on skirting, fireplace, architrave etc). Its a thick paste, you leave it on overnight and the paint just slides off. Nitramors turned everything in to sticky gooey mess, and the own brand stuff didn't touch it.

Here is a photo of my skirting after peelaway. You can see the paper with the layers of paint stuck to it too. I had literally just slide a wallpaper scraper under it and it slide off in one piece, then I wiped it with a damp cloth.

I used nitramors, it was awful. Peel away sounds great.

Thank you @AwkwardPaws27, I'll look into it. All the skirting I want to do is in carpeted areas, I'm worried I'll ruin the carpets. @Fluffycloudland77, I want to keep the original features as much as possible. Heaven knows the thirties weren't that great for attractive decor but the skirting going up the stairs was made in a beautiful curve that I'd like to keep.

I used a heat gun and scraper to take all the paint off in my 1930s house. I had to because it was black the white and chipped everywhere. I went back to wood, sanded then re-painted white.

Was a beast of a job. I think a decorator would do it but it'll be expensive.

A heat gun can be good too, but make sure you wear a proper mask and ventilate as you may have lead paint.

I'm a bit worried about it being lead paint. I've seen lead testing kits online which I will try. If it tests positive I'll definitely get someone in to do the work.

It's normally much cheaper to replace shirting

Luckily my dh is a carpenter and unless you want to keep it as original he'd always recommend replacing it. Materials aren't that expensive and a decent carpenter will do this quickly. Regarding doors, you can drop them at a company who specialise in this and they'll do it for you. They dip them.

Thanks @LilyLongJohn, if they're getting replaced can they make them similar to how they were? Ours are about a hand span tall. Also, would we get the skirting replaced before or after decorating the walls? The whole house needs stripped of lining paper and redone.

Sorry, I've name changed so I'm not showing up as the OP.

I'd get the doors professionally dipped in acid.