Gap between skirting board and floor

keystone

If you use silicone or expanding foam or anything else similar Murphy's Law says that within a month or two you'll need to take it out for some reason and then you will be in a pickle.

Do it the old fashioned way - rolled up newspaper.

Cheers

themull1

Foam cut down into strips is good.

Jonesya

That's a big gap and I imagine it must be visible from a distance, if refitting the skirting isn't an option then how about fitting some timber beading to the bottom of the skirting to close the gap, tacked to the skirting?

Google 'scotia beading' to see what I mean.

Norman_Castle

Rolled up or twisted plastic. Carpet shop may have long pieces.

I_have_spoken

Without seeing a pic sound like the skirting has been undercut at some point for laminate.

YOu could try prising the skirting off the wall and renailing so it's in contact with the carpet.

keystone

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Without seeing a pic sound like the skirting has been undercut at some point for laminate.

YOu could try prising the skirting off the wall and renailing so it's in contact with the carpet.

Then redecorate above it?

Cheers

lilian1977

Thanks all. Will take a picture and post it. Great advice from all xx

cyclonebri1

I can't see with a bedroom floor how to much cold air will be entering, being no cavity the joist ends shouldn't be omitting much air, but no house is airtight so it could be the case.

To do this correctly and to make both the best looking and most effective remedy would need the skirting carefully removing without damaging the plaster, (not always easy), and then replacing with wider skirting which is then templated to the floor, ie, planed to fit the irregularities.

Just one thing, have you checked to see if the floor is actually moving, if you had 1/4" gaps in the corners, and 1" gaps at mid wall points I'd be worried.

olias

DO NOT use expanding foam. Unless you are very experienced in using it, and very, very careful it wil get everywhere, be almost impossible to get off the carpet if it gets on, and be a ***** to get off anywhere else you have overspill.

The same goes for silicon. With carpet, the only way of doing it properly and to avoid getting it all over the carpet would be to pull the carpet back, silicon the gap, wait for it to dry thoroughly, the refit the carpet.

Personally, I would use the draught excluder strip and ram it under the gap with a bolster or similar tool to deal with the draught problem, then consider some sort of scotia molding painted to match the skirting if you want to close the gap for aesthetic reasons.

Olias

cyclonebri1

olias wrote: »

DO NOT use expanding foam. Unless you are very experienced in using it, and very, very careful it wil get everywhere, be almost impossible to get off the carpet if it gets on, and be a ***** to get off anywhere else you have overspill.

The same goes for silicon. With carpet, the only way of doing it properly and to avoid getting it all over the carpet would be to pull the carpet back, silicon the gap, wait for it to dry thoroughly, the refit the carpet.

Personally, I would use the draught excluder strip and ram it under the gap with a bolster or similar tool to deal with the draught problem, then consider some sort of scotia molding painted to match the skirting if you want to close the gap for aesthetic reasons.

Olias

That's going to be 1 heck of a scotia moulding to cover a 1" gap.