skirting board disaster/dilemma

10 years ago

Hi there,

I have redesigned my chest of drawers and am now also changing the floor from (disgusting) green carpet (laid by the landlord... dont ask...) to beautiful tuscany olive laminate :
http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/flooring/laminate-flooring/Colours-Arpeggio-Caramel-Tuscany-Olive-Effect-Laminate-Flooring-12608680

I have a bit of a dilemma now because of the ugly skirting board. Anyone living in the UK and renting will know that the quality in our homes are appalling, any wood (doors, skirting boards, window sills...) are painted over, and over, and over and over and and and... horrible!!
My dilemma is that my skirting boards are attached to the 'frame' of the doors, please see photo attached.

I wont be able to sand them down as it will be hard work, I could use liquid sander prior to changing the floor to avoid damage on my stunning new floor. However, even though I reeeeally want to change the skirting boards (sanding/repainting PROPERLY) I am a little annoyed because they will look great and therefore not match the door frames and the doors (white gloss, with loads of paint layers underneath as they never bothered to sand them down before repainting), you can even see how the paint 'run' when they put too much paint at once. You can even see in one of the pictures how the 'wallpaper' doesn't even reach the floor and they had to stick another 'bit' at the bottom'. Horrible. Simply horrible. Another thing i will have to pay for!

Baring in mind, I am renting and I am the one paying for the new floor (our landlord is great, he has done a lot for us and allowed us to change the floor!) so I want everything to look perfect.

Please help!!!
Steph x

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hatetoshop
10 years ago
Difficult to see what you're talking about from the photo posted. But perhaps a lighter sanding to get rid of any paint drips and bumps might be enough. Yes, a lot of hard work but you'll appreciate it so much more once it's done. Agree you should do the sanding before new flooring goes in. But you might want to wait to paint until after the carpet is taken up?
steffie
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you. I keep trying to post a picture of the skirting board, but its just not showing on here....
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steffie
Original Author
10 years ago
is it showing now?
7768
10 years ago
I would check and see if the paint is lead paint before I sanded anything. Since it has so many layers it probably is.
steffie
Original Author
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
I dont quite know what lead paint is, but it defo has several layers, you can see that, its even been 'caked' on unfortunately. I have put the laminate down this weekend, will put a picture, it looks gorgeous, but when you look closer to the skirting boards, it looks awful... nevermind.
Need Houseplants
6 years ago
Mine was exactly like that until last month. We were changing the floor/carpet. So decided to sand it down properly before getting the new floor in. We went for new skirting boards, as was getting a new room upstaris so it will look different. I had to sand down the door frames so much, to get it level/to see the wood. Used a mouse sander, and painted two coats of matt white. It looks somuch better now! Good Luck. It is hard work, painting till midnight after a full time job. But its totally worth it.
Rose Williams
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I know I'm too late but you may want to do this even after the floor has changed. I would take it off, then put in some new. With all that paint, dont forget to cut around it with a sharp stanley blade before removal or it would make a big mess

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