Large gap between floor and skirting

juniper_berry

Hi All,

I need some advice regarding skirting boards and gaps.

We've undertaken some major renovations on our house and just recently laid oak flooring in our living room. We did our best to make sure it was level and at present the flooring itself is sitting perfectly fine with no movement.

However, we are facing problems when it comes to putting the skirting in. None of the walls in the house are straight and therefore we are having to nail them to the walls. On top of this we now fairly large gaps between the skirting and flooring. (We haven't put the skirting in just measured up.) At each end the skirting fits perfectly against the floor but as it reaches the middle it dips and is very noticeable (a good couple of cm)

The skirting is white and the flooring is oak. Caulking wouldn't be an option as the gap's too big - fine for the top just not the bottom.

Any advice on how we can successfully fill these gaps without any effect to the floor would be greatly appreciated.

rochja

Scribe the skirting and cut it with a jig saw. Homebase have loads of how to... movie clips on their website. Go there for further information

keystone

As post 2 (well except the Homebase bit ). What you are really saying is that your flooring isn't level.

Cheers

juniper_berry

Thanks for the scribing idea - I did look at that online when googling for ideas on dealing with this issue but hadn't had a chance to look at videos. Will head over to look at b&q or homebase!

I think everything in our house is uneven and wonky - some walls look like the leaning tower of pisa!
We levelled the floor using self-levelling latex and checked it over - seemed to be fairly even but guessing this bit isnt! Thankfully the flooring sits nice and comfortably on it otherwise I'd be in even more of a fret!

rochja

One thing. Do remember not to join the floor to the skirting in any way. Your floor needs to be able to 'creep' as it expands and contracts with temperature and humidity changes. This really rules out your idea of caulking as it will just crack away. Enjoy your new floor

McKneff

Fasten quarter round beading to the walls and to cover the floor too.
Don't fasten to the floor though for obvious reasons.