Is it an absolute must to have an expansion joint between flooring and skirting?
Normally a gap wouldn't bother me but the skirting is going on top of a varnished original floor and having a gap of a matchstick between the 2 is making it unsightly. The floor isn't particularly level anyway so there is already a natural gap in places.
Cheers
Steven.
I filled all the gaps between floorboards and skirting boards with decorators filler, to prevent draughts, and this has not caused any problems.
I've never heard of that before. So what if the skirting did expand? It's about a sixteenth of an inch per foot width IIRC. Some expansion would be upwards (half presumably) and the rest would be so small even on a 6" skirting as to make no difference.
Thanks all. I never bothered with a gap. What a hellish job it is when the walls aren't a true 90 degrees!!
Steven
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