Finally got rid of the carpets and tiling the lounge and dining room ( concrete ) floors.
I,m tiling up to the skirting leaving a small gap. Is it best to use grout in the gap or a suitable coloured silicone sealant. ?
Any ideas to prevent a couple of rugs turning into skateboards on the tiles ?
And ,finally ,the big heavy sofa has old fashioned , small , metal castors, I'm concerned they'll damage the tiles, any suggestions ?
Chris
Take off the castors and fit felt pads to the feet.
Mary
Take off the castors and fit rubberised castors - screwfix 86718
Ceramic-y sort of tiles? Don't know.
rug gripper tape.
Used to be able to get 'furniture cups' to protect carpet but I don't know how well they'd work on tiles. I think substituting the castors with something else would be better
Owain
How about removing skirting board, tiling nearly to wall and then replacing skirting board. above tiles - that is what I did.
Yes, it would be a lot of work but by far the best solution.
Mary
I second that having done the same with laminate. Also means the cut edges (where applicable) don't have to be perfect because they are hidden.
Tiling is going to be a fairly big job so the effort of removing the skirting will be proportionately low.
Cheers
Tim
I did my kitchen floor and left a 5mm gap next to skirting and groute the whole floor with flexable grout right up to the skirting and hav had no problems at al
-- davemo
Ue acrylic sealant, or grout, but the grout will most likely crack at some piount.
you can by a sort of high friction plastic sheet somewhere..
castor cups.
best advice certainly.
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