Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Painting/no more gaps question 5Jun 21, 2014 8:29 pm Settlement 1/2/12 New Shed 23/3/12 Slab poured 27/3/12 Frame complete 4/5/12 Roof complete 1/6/12 LOCKUP 29/6/12 Our new build blog http://kareenhillsownerbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Painting/no more gaps question 9Jun 22, 2014 10:27 pm Thank you everyone for all the suggestions. It's been a great help. Lex, I really have no experience with this so forgive me if this doesn't make sense. But hubby is a chippy and he said something about skirts never sitting perfectly flush with the wall so the no more gaps gives a clean finish. Of course he sounded a lot more technical and correct when he was explaining it to me haha. Re: Painting/no more gaps question 10Jun 22, 2014 11:32 pm Just be aware that if you still own the house in 7 years or so and want to repaint the no more gaps will be hard and have to be scraped out and reapplied before cutting in above the skirtings. I am just going through that now. I wish I had not used it in the first place. Re: Painting/no more gaps question 11Jun 23, 2014 12:10 am takeiteasy Just be aware that if you still own the house in 7 years or so and want to repaint the no more gaps will be hard and have to be scraped out and reapplied before cutting in above the skirtings. I am just going through that now. I wish I had not used it in the first place. Am I not seeing this as an issue ? Like if the no more gaps has gone hard and is still sealing the gaps the same way it was when it was first applied, why would you want to remove it ? It sounds like wanting to remove window putty from the windows if repainting them. Sorry if I've missed something here. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Painting/no more gaps question 12Jun 23, 2014 12:31 am bpratt Am I not seeing this as an issue ? Like if the no more gaps has gone hard and is still sealing the gaps the same way it was when it was first applied, why would you want to remove it ? It sounds like wanting to remove window putty from the windows if repainting them. Sorry if I've missed something here. I perhaps should have elaborated more, my apologies. It not only has gone hard - it no longer has a smooth surface. Bits have broken up. Other bits have a strange pitted texture, while other bits are still slightly flexible. I think once it goes hard it no longer copes with natural movement and starts to fall apart. It is really difficult to cut in cleanly with the old no more gaps in place but enough of it has stayed rubbery to make it difficult to scrape out. I am wondering if there is a sikaflex alternative that stays flexible and would research other options before using it again. Re: Painting/no more gaps question 13Jun 23, 2014 5:56 am takeiteasy Just be aware that if you still own the house in 7 years or so and want to repaint the no more gaps will be hard and have to be scraped out and reapplied before cutting in above the skirtings. I am just going through that now. I wish I had not used it in the first place. if its done right the first time this should not be an issue, biggest mistake DIY make is using too much. If the gap is 1mm your beas only needs to 1.5mm not 3mm. Re: Painting/no more gaps question 14Jun 23, 2014 8:53 am I'll be interested in seeing if there are alternatives available which remain flexible after extended periods, but I can't help but think that if it has shrunk that indicates a lot was used to fill are largish gap. The old days, all that was done was paint, as it was able to fill those tiny gaps a well fitting skirting board to the gyprock. As mgilla says, a 1mm gap only needs a 1.5mm bead. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Painting/no more gaps question 15Jun 23, 2014 2:47 pm If everyone that has gone before in the build of the house - framing carpenter and the frames are relatively straight and in line then the gyprocker who puts the sheets on and plasters them well then the skirting boards should sit hard against the plasterboard with little or no gaps at all. A small bead as others have suggested is all that is needed. It doesn't even have to be flexible if the house has been built well - it is there as a ( small ) gap filler and mostly to disguise the thin dark line between skirting and wall. Stewie Brass fly wire, you will need to cut it, shape it and jam it into brick slots 1 7565 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place - Iām new to the property/building journey (trying to buy my first home) so not sure where/who to go with these sorts of… 0 19292 Sorry I missed this, simply put this is a pathetic job, and as it stands it is non-compliant... I think the worst part is not in the quality of the workmanship so much… 5 7099 |