Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Apr 27, 2019 7:26 pm Hi everyone, We are installing floors post handover (floating timber), and we've just had our measurement done. We want to avoid using scotia around the kitchen as we've managed to get the builder to leave all skirtings tacked on to avoid it in other areas of the house. The flooring company is saying we can get another kick board to go over the top of the old one, saying we have enough clearance to do this and it shouldn't cost too much. Unfortunately kickboards seem hard to remove so this is probably our only option to avoid scotia. Do we have enough clearance depth to just add another piece over the top? Kitchen is laminex. This is an old photo I came across that shows the dimensions we are working with. Any help would be much appreciated! I'm a novice on this so I have no idea. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Floating timber floor in kitchen - trying to avoid scoti 4Apr 28, 2019 1:16 am You could get new kick boards cut. You'll lose some of the toe room but it looks like it would still be ok. The only issue will be the end panels. They go all the way to the floor so you would need scribe them and then remove and cut them down. Then put the flooring in and reinstall. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Floating timber floor in kitchen - trying to avoid scoti 5May 04, 2019 5:17 pm chippy You could get new kick boards cut. You'll lose some of the toe room but it looks like it would still be ok. The only issue will be the end panels. They go all the way to the floor so you would need scribe them and then remove and cut them down. Then put the flooring in and reinstall. Thanks for the advice. We were told the kickboards can't be removed easily, hence putting more over the top. With this in mind do you think the end panels would be difficult to remove? Re: Floating timber floor in kitchen - trying to avoid scoti 6May 04, 2019 6:24 pm You are correct that kickers like yours can't be removed so you will need to add to cover the gaps. The end panels just screw on so you can scribe them with a piece of flooring then remove them, cut off to the scribed line and then reinstall after the flooring. There is nothing you can do in the DW recess so will have to leave a gap and caulk it. Once the DW goes in you won't see it. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Floating timber floor in kitchen - trying to avoid scoti 7May 09, 2019 9:23 pm chippy You are correct that kickers like yours can't be removed so you will need to add to cover the gaps. The end panels just screw on so you can scribe them with a piece of flooring then remove them, cut off to the scribed line and then reinstall after the flooring. There is nothing you can do in the DW recess so will have to leave a gap and caulk it. Once the DW goes in you won't see it. This makes sense, thank you! Hopefully it all goes smoothly. Re: Floating timber floor in kitchen - trying to avoid scoti 8Nov 28, 2019 9:04 am Keen to know the outcome to this, any final pics?? Re: Floating timber floor in kitchen - trying to avoid scoti 9Nov 28, 2019 9:05 am ...I didn't press notify me...didn't take long to live up to the name! Thanks Simon, I guess I'm no concerned with the volume of the noise rather that dead and hollow sound and feel that is associated with floating floors. But I'm not sure… 3 6164 Thanks, that's the motivation I needed to give it a try sooner rather than one day! 4 3018 To put anything over slate you will need to put self level compound over the entire area as slate various in thickness and is very un even. To install most types of… 1 418 |