changing skirting boards in house, what gap should i leave between the bottom of the skirting boards and floor

Answer 1

None and infact, whilst all the carpets are up, run a bead of decorators filler around the floorboard to skirting edge. This is because the draught from that area makes the edge of the carpet go black.

Answer 2

Providing you are not thinking of altering the flooring at all a gap of about 2mm should be OK.Any more and things could get lost or wedged under.Stain or paint the skirting before fitting.I used mainly No Nails adhesive, but had to use a couple of pins on tricky bits.

Answer 3

I just changed my skirting boards and left no gap since the boards are small and wont expand much in width, skirting and architraves can be a tricky thing to instal when you havent got a nail gun - it's really good to use one of them, get it cheap at Bunnings

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Answer 4

If you had a gap with old skirting that you are removing it's only because the wood has dried out and shrunk. No need to leave a gap when fitting new skirting.

Answer 5

Leave no Gap Fit flush to the floor, a gap would make the room look out because the floor may no be in line

Answer 6

non .. the plaster on the ground floor should not contact the floor ..if it does then chop a couple of inches off as it encourages damp ..if you suspect the floor is damp the slip a 5mm plastic packer underneath to keep the skirting away from the damp ..b but normally we never leave a gap

Answer 7

about 7 mm

Answer 8

No gap at all.

Answer 9

none