Flush engineered wood floor - ideas on how to hide the expansion gap
nixxi72
6 years ago
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Juliet Docherty
6 years agonixxi72
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Comments (6)Dear Ocean and Lynn, I'm happy to help property owners if I think I can give a helpful, concise answer or point them in the right direction. Although this is a valid design dilemma, it is one of several types of question that I should think many professionals on Houzz will avoid. This is a technical query which requires detailed knowledge of specific products and circumstances, in which giving inadequately informed advice could be problematic. These are usually best addressed to manufacturers of specific products or an architect / designer / installer who is engaged to deal with the project....See MoreNew wood flooring: undercut skirting or new skirting?!
Comments (7)Hi Ree :) I would take off all the existing skirtings (yes everyone does it differently?!) It will be more work/money as you will undoubtedly cause damage to the plaster when removing them, which will need to be made good then redecorated. You will then be able to see where any cabling and pipes are. Almost certainly some of the skirting will be damaged during removal but this is easily replaced with 'off the shelf' product or you could take a piece to your local timber yard and they can make you some to match. I've done it this way in all rooms in my house and this is how we do it for our clients. All the best Jason :)...See MoreWood floor gap at skirting HELP!
Comments (19)Re infills - I meant if they remove the skirting and you had some spare flooring, you can put small pieces in to cover the larger gaps. However they would have to be glued in place as they might not stay put being so thin. Also need to leave the expansion gap still so it might not be worth it. I think get some ideas on weighing up the cost of buying thin profile beading to match the floor to put around all the skirt or, look to replace the skirting with a thicker one. Beading looks fine and no one will know that you didn't just put the floor down after the skirting was already there. At least it will be uniform. Beading isn't cheap though so get a price for both...See MoreHelp with decorating ideas. Why is it here?
Comments (11)I would have guessed that it would be more of a ‘decorative’ item and not ‘structural’?! I can’t imagine the vertical piece is going to be tied into anything in the wall. I wonder if the picture rail you were talking about in the kitchen was originally constructed that way to tie into the brickwork for support when old heavy pictures were hung from it??...See Morenixxi72
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Juliet Docherty