Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Oct 12, 2020 2:38 pm Hi Experienced buddies, I'm in a situation unable to decide what to do with skirting as doing flooring after handover. Mine will be double storey with ground floor tiling and first floor floorboards, carpet. I'm worried taking skirting uninstalled from builder, will a carpenter and painter be able to deliver nice finish! Will the colour exactly match wall colour or may look different. How much it may cost me for installation and painting. Doing skirting installed with builder without any underneath gap, will tiling floor with caulking look good! Will floorboards with quad/ beading look good! Will it risk mopping water going in to corners and damaging skirts. Will expansion of skirts damage tiles/ floorboards! Your suggestions will be highly appreciated. Regards, Dewan Re: Skirting boards when flooring after handover 3Oct 13, 2020 1:28 pm We had a situation just recently with doing flooring after handover. The builder asked us for the height of the flooring and set the skirting at that height. Unfortunately we changed our mind after it was installed (totally our fault) so now we have 'shadowline skirting' (skirting higher than the floorboards). I think it's quite an interesting feature - I was going to put strip lighting under there but haven't gotten around to it yet! I'm sure though, that if we hadn't changed our mind it would be totally ok. It didn't seem a problem for the builder. Re: Skirting boards when flooring after handover 4Oct 14, 2020 3:38 pm AnjC We had a situation just recently with doing flooring after handover. The builder asked us for the height of the flooring and set the skirting at that height. Unfortunately we changed our mind after it was installed (totally our fault) so now we have 'shadowline skirting' (skirting higher than the floorboards). I think it's quite an interesting feature - I was going to put strip lighting under there but haven't gotten around to it yet! I'm sure though, that if we hadn't changed our mind it would be totally ok. It didn't seem a problem for the builder. Are you advising to get the skirting installed by builder? Or take them uninstalled and install later after flooring? Re: Skirting boards when flooring after handover 5Oct 14, 2020 11:10 pm sneeloy AnjC We had a situation just recently with doing flooring after handover. The builder asked us for the height of the flooring and set the skirting at that height. Unfortunately we changed our mind after it was installed (totally our fault) so now we have 'shadowline skirting' (skirting higher than the floorboards). I think it's quite an interesting feature - I was going to put strip lighting under there but haven't gotten around to it yet! I'm sure though, that if we hadn't changed our mind it would be totally ok. It didn't seem a problem for the builder. Are you advising to get the skirting installed by builder? Or take them uninstalled and install later after flooring? I'm suggesting if you know what flooring you would like; and how proud of the floor it sits; and the builder will agree to install the skirting at that height, then do it. If not, then do it after handover. 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 0 164 I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 1930 |