Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Flooring after handover - skirting boards before tiling? 3Jun 12, 2012 8:51 am Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: Flooring after handover - skirting boards before tiling? 6Jun 12, 2012 4:22 pm 2/2010 8 acres purchased 11/2011 plans submitted 3/2012 plans approved 13/4 slab done 16/5 brickwork and roof finished 4/6 lock up 29/6 kitchen and bathrooms in 30/6 currently painting Re: Flooring after handover - skirting boards before tiling? 11Jun 12, 2012 6:58 pm 2/2010 8 acres purchased 11/2011 plans submitted 3/2012 plans approved 13/4 slab done 16/5 brickwork and roof finished 4/6 lock up 29/6 kitchen and bathrooms in 30/6 currently painting Re: Flooring after handover - skirting boards before tiling? 15Jun 13, 2012 7:52 am Thanks, ladies. I felt I had to speak up and mention all the "little" tasks that the whole thing will be made of. Once you break the whole job into separate tasks and have a good think & plan how to do each of them, it kind of changes the mood because you realise that there will be a lot of work and it may take a lot of time (and space in garage for all those boards in different "phases" ). We had to sand our boards before repainting them. And repainting some 250+ meters of loose boards takes a lot of time and space! BUT, if you skip / rearrange some tasks and have plenty of helping hands and a small amount of skirting boards, you might decide to still bite the bullet! We had 2 full floors, every little corner, no skipping of steps, and no help! Mind you, most timber floor installers will tell you that they will attach them as part of their job, but floor installation typically happens right at the start when you get the keys - and by that time you typically haven't sanded the boards yet, let alone repainted (if you wished to sand & repaint). BUT, you might be lucky and have plenty of friends to help, in which case you might be able to get it all ready for the installer. None of the installers who came to quote floor installation wanted to come back to attach the boards after we painted them - they all wanted to attach them before the last coat of floor finish! So, we had no choice but to later pay someone to attach them properly with proper tools etc. because we "plain" people don't have those tools and the skills to handle them. So, having a little quad or that small flat trim would be way easier, and we wouldn't be alone in that. It actually reminds me of toilet windows not being centred - many houses have that just because of the nature of the issue and you just get used to it. It's just "one of those things". I wish I heard all of this before we decided to do what we did! Oh, almost forgot. It actually also matters how thick your boards are. These days many builders use the thin ones (from memory, 12mm) and those break easier when taking them off and also while handling the long boards. It's another factor to consider. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Building Standards; Getting It Right! Is this acceptable in a new house build. Floors where installed by builder. Already chips in board and skirting is not flush 0 186 I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 1935 |