We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS

Yeah we got told this too, we were given a heap of unpainted skirts to do ourselves post handover.
It took about 3 days and a $60 tin of paint to do the entire house, minus the carpet areas. Totally worth it in our eyes! quads were just not an option. ( we also had quite a bit left over)

Good luck!

No they are not the same thing. (
We too upgraded our skirts to to the larger ones 'lambs tongue' i believe, to ensure the width would cover the gap between the floorboard and wall, and yes highly suggested to do that,

One thing were weren't a fan of was the oddly matched quad that is in all of the displays. Its the thin piece of wood that joins the board to the skirt. The only way to avoid that was to lay the skirts once the floor was down. Otherwise if your laying the floor post handover you have no choice but to use a quad. I'd def talk to the company doing your floors to see what they use and if you really like the look of what they use. I personally hated it and wanted to do everything to avoid it.

Ahhh thanks Liz! So did you guys install and paint the upgraded skirts yourself after floor was done?

yes we did, sorry i think i just said that above

Yeah when I was considering PD that was the option I was taking re floorboards and quads to paint it white. Not using PD now as they came up too expensive overall.

Going with local builder who has no issue doing the floorboards and skirting boards properly. They called it lazy building throwing down quads.

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don't be sorry i'm stiring and correct no quads for us ( just around our kitchen island bench)

t wasn't too bad, we painted them all then installed. My father in law and step dad spent maybe a 2 days, cutting, nailing them and then puttying holes. Its probably quick if you know what your doing and have the proper tools. We painted first, then still need to retouch ( of course something that has to be done and we haven't yet done) they look great though.

We actually didn't match the paint, we thought we had it similar but it turned out to be alot brighter.
i don't think you can really tell that much though.

Def have a think about it, consult your flooring mob and also speak to your SS when you meet about it. They will advise you about leaving the skirts for you to do, if you should chose that option.

No worries at all!

Dont second guess your flooring looked amazing! did u go with the more expensive one?

Correct, if your doing your flooring external pd wont provide the quad the flooring company would.
So be sure to check with them first before you advise your SS.

yes its defnatly alot darker than ours but i also feel like in photos ours comes up alot darker than it really is. Can you perhaps see if you can view the flooring laid somewhere? surely the flooring place have a job you can see.

i really do love the colour you have chosen, its beautiful.