Solid Wood Flooring

StevenMarks

When laying solid wood flooring what's the best approaches for the edging?

Beading that matches, approximately, the wood or white that matches the skirting boards? Or is there a third alternative?

Thanks.

plumb1_2

If you are going to the expense of fitting solid wood flooring, go for the 3rd alternative, remove the skirting.

martinthebandit

plumb1 wrote: »

If you are going to the expense of fitting solid wood flooring, go for the 3rd alternative, remove the skirting.

...is the right answer.

Remove skirting, fit floor, refit skirting.

somethingcorporate

Belt and braces is both of the above but be prepared to have to touch up your walls if you do this.

My wife loves the quarter-round edging so we used this and it looks great but each to their own.

keystone

martinthebandit wrote: »

Remove skirting, fit floor, fix holes in plaster, refit skirting, repaint or rewallpaper.

You missed a couple of bits but its STILL the right answer as you say.

Cheers

keystone

somethingcorporate wrote: »

My wife loves the quarter-round edging so we used this and it looks great but each to their own.

The $64k question though is did you stain the beading to match the floor or paint it to match the skirts? Your right too - personal choice very much comes into it.

Cheers

jennifernil

Ideally, remove skirting, lay floor, then refit skirting.

More practically.........undercut door frames etc. match beading to skirting.

Having seen the alternative, and talked to places selling flooring.......you REALLY want to match any beading to skirting.

bluedrop

Ideally remove the skirting,

If you don't want to do it, get the beading to match the skirting. NOT the wood,

My upstairs is ruined! I have beading that matches the wood. (It looks so ugly, that I started a vent thread on this forum that day)

Downstairs looks lovely. Beading is white, it matches the wood, it just looks like some fancy skirting - cant tell apart.

PM me your email ID, if I am too jobless this weekend, I will send you pics - you can figure out for yourself...

keystone

bluedrop wrote: »

My upstairs is ruined! I have beading that matches the wood. (It looks so ugly, that I started a vent thread on this forum that day)

I thought you were painting it to match the skirts?

Downstairs looks lovely. Beading is white, it matches the wood, it just looks like some fancy skirting - cant tell apart.

So how's your ventilation/damp problem down there?

Cheers

bluedrop

keystone wrote: »

I thought you were painting it to match the skirts?

So how's your ventilation/damp problem down there?

Cheers

Yet to find time to paint it....

All is well so far with the flooring /damp. Will know when it rains heavily !

Thanks for asking