Skirting board - floor gap

[Matthew]

Hi,

Im replacing some bedroom skirting board and wondered if I should raise it slightly from the floor leaving say a 10mm gap so that carpet can be tucked in (the original stuff was). Is this normal practice or should I just position the skirting so that its sits flush with the floor?

Thanks, Matthew

[Christian McArdle]

Are you fitting carpet?

Christian.

[Stuart Noble]

It's usual to have the skirting right to the floor. Fitted carpet edge is normally tucked down between the skirting and the gripper rod

[daddyfreddy]

I always leave a gap under the skirting when fixing. Whatever flooring you place in, the gap will always be covered but will be handy if you ever need to lift a floorboard. The gap also helps with alignment on wonky floors. IMO.

[Chris Bacon]

No, it's not.

You could usefully leave a small gap, 1/16 would be plenty.

[Nick H]

A proper job is to scribe and plane the skirting to fit the wonk floor

-- Nick H

[Bobby Bewl]

Blow that for a laugh!

Bobby

[Nick H]

Well it all depends on whether you want to do a proper job or not, an that depends on how you've been taught

-- Nick H

[Lurch]

On or around Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:05:52 +0000, Nick H mused:

LOL! The real world is round here somewhere........