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
Are you fitting carpet?
Christian.
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
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.
No, it's not.
You could usefully leave a small gap, 1/16 would be plenty.
A proper job is to scribe and plane the skirting to fit the wonk floor
-- Nick H
Blow that for a laugh!
Bobby
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
On or around Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:05:52 +0000, Nick H mused:
LOL! The real world is round here somewhere........
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