When planning the renovation of your room, you may be thinking of the essential items such as paint colours, feature wallpaper and the most complimentary flooring to finish your dream space. If you are opting for laminate or LVT flooring, have you thought about the skirting boards?
When fitting our click system laminate or LVT flooring, they require an expansion gap to accommodate the expansion and contraction of the flooring caused by the fluctuating temperature of the room. Therefore, if you are not planning to remove old skirting boards and have new ones fitted on top of the flooring, a colour marching scotia is necessary to cover the expansion gap.
Our fitters are more than happy to fit new skirting boards, but unfortunately, they will not remove the existing ones due to the risk of damage to the walls and plaster. Of course, a skirting board finish is an aesthetically cleaner finish, but some people do not want to go through the hassle of removing skirting boards, so scotia will be used in these cases.
If replacing skirting boards is a part of your renovation project, you might find this blog helpful in the selection of your new ones.
- Matching the doorway architraves is key. Having the same style and depth keeps an even finish when the skirting board is paired next to the door frame.
- Our MDF skirting boards are primed and ready to be glossed or painted.
- Make sure there are no obstructions if you are opting for taller skirting boards to perhaps cover damage to the wall on removal of the old boards. Look for things such as radiator pipes that may be in the way of fitting your new skirting boards.
- If you are opting for LVT or vinyl flooring, but already have laminate fitted under skirting boards, you may need to change your skirting boards due to the new position required. Flooring of different depths may leave a noticeable space under the skirting boards if your new flooring is thinner.
Along with over 30years of experience, we guarantee all our work free of charge for the first 12 months, so don’t delay, give us a call today, or book A FREE measuring service to discuss your renovation requirements further.
