Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 May 25, 2009 3:15 pm We are doing our main floor after handover and are looking as tasmanian oak floors. The 1 strip with the 4mm hardwood on top. My SS said they usually leave 11mm from floor to skirting. Would I need higher because of the timber??? Has anyone had this issue?? Living in Caloundra Thread****** Lovin my house all finished!!! Now tackling the HUGE task of the Garden- viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14782 Re: What height should my skirting be?? 2May 25, 2009 3:19 pm Are you able to get the skirting taken out of your contract and get it done by the wood floor installers? You may get a credit and then you can put it towards the skirtings after handover. I know this is something we do in WA. I am not sure if its something thats done elsewhere. Re: What height should my skirting be?? 3May 25, 2009 3:26 pm gweluphome Are you able to get the skirting taken out of your contract and get it done by the wood floor installers? You may get a credit and then you can put it towards the skirtings after handover. I know this is something we do in WA. I am not sure if its something thats done elsewhere. Thanks gweluphome We were thinking of doing the flooring ourselves! But they wont take the skirting our of the contract cos they have already ordered it. We are plaster stage at the moment. Ive heard there are tassie oak floors that are 12mm and others that are 19mm. If im laying on concrete, do I have to put underlay underneath the wood?? that would add even more height Living in Caloundra Thread****** Lovin my house all finished!!! Now tackling the HUGE task of the Garden- viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14782 Re: What height should my skirting be?? 4May 25, 2009 3:37 pm We had direct stick on concrete so no underlay was required. I would approach the company you are thinking of doing your floors and ask them what their requirements are as your skirtings will already be put in. You could ask to have the skirting supplied but not installed. Definately ask your wood floor supplier though that would serve you the best. Re: What height should my skirting be?? 5Jun 12, 2009 8:03 pm Hi, after talking to the tiler for our house we changed the height (through our builder) of our skirting boards to 13mm. but we also had the option for the builder to leave the boards in the garage for install after tiling but we would have to do that and paint them aswell. (did not want paint on my new tiles) so i suggest you talk to your floor people and find out their requirements then talk to your ss\builder, i'm sure they would be helpfull Re: What height should my skirting be?? 6Jul 22, 2009 10:41 pm We did our floors separately but our SS was very helpful. The majority of painting was completed without skirting in place. We then had our floors installed and the skirting were finally added on and then painted. Re: What height should my skirting be?? 7Jul 22, 2009 10:44 pm Cant you just ask them not to install the skirtings and then put them on yourselves after the flooring? Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: What height should my skirting be?? 8Jul 22, 2009 10:46 pm Could you ask them to just tack the skirtings on and then you easily remove them (and number them) and re-install them? Building a Wisdom Prosperity 23 - http://erwisdomprosperity.blogspot.com/ Re: What height should my skirting be?? 9Jul 23, 2009 8:13 am We had a similar issue, we didn't even think about upgrading the skirting boards so just had the normal standard height. PD wouldn't tack the skirting boards on either and we knew we wanted solid tassie oak floorboards. I really didn't want the quad look, and fortunately found a company -(Solid Hardwood Flooring in Melbourne) who were able to lay 19mm Tassie Oak Boards without quad and without affecting much of the height of the skirting boards. They are still shorter than average skirtings now but to tell you the truth I don't notice My karma ran over your dogma Re: What height should my skirting be?? 10Jul 24, 2009 1:38 pm Our builders ended up lifting our skirting to 18mm for us which left enought room for the boards underneath. so I was happy with that!! Living in Caloundra Thread****** Lovin my house all finished!!! Now tackling the HUGE task of the Garden- viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14782 i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 15979 Joe Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. If you haven't sorted this already you need to caulk this gap. Not sure where you are but if you are in Sydney I can… 5 4335 7 2996 |