Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 6Jun 18, 2014 8:16 pm sco77k Not sure if anyone has any experience in this, but we've just had a guy come out for a quote to install bamboo floating floors over tiles. He mentioned that it is going to be such a big and expensive job because the current floor tiles butt up to the skirting and not underneath it. He said that all the skirting will need to be removed, then the bamboo installed on the tiles and new skirting installed for pretty much all of my downstairs area. He said I will also then need to change all the skirting around the doors to match. Can he not just butt the bamboo to the current skirting and have a thin trim that matches the same colour of the bamboo?? Of course he can! I am surprised he offered you no option, very d****y. He is trying to make the job as big and as hard as possible, maybe he's not very busy?? Anyway, if you can tolerate the look of the little trims around the skirting, that is all that matters. If they can do them on brand new houses when first putting the floors down and when they have the chance to do it the right way (or nicer way, at least), there is nothing wrong with doing it on an established house. (Where did you find that guy!??!! ) My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 7Jun 18, 2014 9:55 pm I think the main problem with the scotia trimming is, they won't be able to nail it down above the tiles and you cannot glue it because of the expansion gap it's meant to cover. Nothing stopping them from using the butt trim though, as that can be glued down. Re: Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 8Jun 19, 2014 8:47 am I disagree Lex. Up against the existing skirting you leave a 10mm gap then plonk the scotia trim down - easy and doesn't look too bad. Where this falls down is around the door jambs and architraves. You either take the cheap and nasty option of not cutting them and simply end up with this.. ( rough I know but it is the only one I could find ) or you do it the right way and do this... http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/how-t ... oor-frames It does however take a lot longer especially if you have lots of doorways and that is where the additional cost comes in. Some others... This is how it should be done - architraves and jambs cut so the flooring goes under to maintain the 10mm expansion gap ( but still looks like crap to me ) More but just the architraves cut and not the jambs... A flatter trim but... Stewie Re: Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 9Jun 22, 2014 10:00 am pongie I think the main problem with the scotia trimming is, they won't be able to nail it down above the tiles and you cannot glue it because of the expansion gap it's meant to cover. Nothing stopping them from using the butt trim though, as that can be glued down. I have no idea what is the difference between scotia and butt trim. Never heard of butt trim, actually. I don't think he needs to nail trims into tiles. There will be floating floor on top of existing tiles. And it is always possible to do this little 'attaching job' if you apply some skill and will. But anyway, seems like sco77k has either lost interest or is already done and dusted with this issue - seeing there are no updates, while we still keep going on and on and on My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 10Jun 22, 2014 10:19 am OMG Stewie, where on earth did you find that job!??! A pro would need to think very hard to come up with "artwork" around the architraves like that OMG ... I haven't seen pearls like this in a very long time, you made my day LOL Of course they would need to undercut the architraves etc. where in the way, it would be a normal part of this job and is probably even mentioned in Australian Standards and should also be covered in the installation guide for this particualr product the OP is buying. For all we know, he might even need to shorten some doors. And that would also be a normal part of job, nobody expects a floor installer not to take that into consideration! (well, I guess, except the so-called "floor installer" from your first picture ) I see zero issues with this job if following the basic standards and average amount of smartness ... but like I said, it is up to the OP to update us (or leave us guessing). Or maybe there is no job to be done at all - how can we know!?! Oh wait!!!! I just realised I actually know someone who had a job like that done !! And what a beautiful job it is! But ... it's been done some years ago and maybe the real floor installers do not exist any more My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 11Jun 22, 2014 10:41 am Butt trim, used to butt up against a different surface. Normally just glued down. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hmJL ... 114864.jpg Wasn't really happy with the gold colour supplied and the height difference between the floors was sufficient to use scotia, so we just asked them to glue it on top but normally scotia are nailed down. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MeaN ... 170907.jpg As you can see the architraves and door frames have been cut so the flooring slot in underneath. Re: Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 12Jun 22, 2014 6:35 pm Where they have cut the architraves and door jambs on your place Lex they seem to have done a good job but I have seen some shockers over the years. LOL OMG emoticon overload etc etc So why did you end up with those toe cracker height differences between the tiles and floating floor in your place pongie ? You should have battened the floor or sheeted it so it was all the same level. Stewie Re: Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 13Jun 22, 2014 6:39 pm Try this as a solution. You can hire an UNDERCUT saw from Kennards and use it to cut the existing skirting boards off at the tile level. You use the same saw to undercut the door frames so the bamboo goes underneath it. Then simply buy all new skirts and fix on top of the bamboo. Skirting is VERY cheap at about 4% to 49 per 5.4 mt length. http://www.kennards.com.au/index.php?fu ... oductid=59 Re: Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 14Jun 22, 2014 6:49 pm Stewie D So why did you end up with those toe cracker height differences between the tiles and floating floor in your place pongie ? You should have battened the floor or sheeted it so it was all the same level. Stewie Our floorboards were done after handover and we didn't realise the height difference till the floors were installed. Lack of planning and we didn't know better. Re: Floating floor over tiles - skirting issue 15Jun 22, 2014 7:15 pm I used to use my angle grinder with a 4" blade itsfortony. Does the same job and very neat but I doubt some of the shonkier guys would purchase one. If I was the builder I certainly wouldn't be happy for other tradies to be hacking the bottoms off my jambs and doors. We also used to prime the backs, joins and bottoms of the jambs. Stewie 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… 1 424 Thanks, that's the motivation I needed to give it a try sooner rather than one day! 4 3077 |