New Hall Floor in Victorian house

littlerock

I am planning to renovate my hall, currently carpeted. The underlying floor is stained pine (the original floor) but it would be a major job to sand it as there are many gaps. I am currently struggling with a moth infestation and do not want more carpet. So have been thinking of wood or tiling. Wickes do a very nice mock Victorian floor tile or I could have wood flooring laid on top of current wood.

Any pros and cons? Also do I really need to have the skirting boards off? Mine are the original very tall moulded Wooden ones and could not be replaced. I want to keep as much of the Late Victorian character of the house as possible.

Owain_Moneysaver

If you are confident you won't ever want to go back to carpet again, you can cut the bottom of the skirting boards off in situ with a multi-cutter, then put the wood flooring into the gap.

http://www.toolstop.co.uk/how-to-cut-skirting-boards-and-door-stops-with-a-multi-cutter-a1396

Also search for undercut saw or jamb saw.

Biggles

littlerock wrote: »

I am currently struggling with a moth infestation and do not want more carpet.

If it's only the moth you're worried about, just don't get another wool carpet. You don't have to forgo carpet altogether.