Laminate floor skirting/edging around a corner

davey4444

Hi, we're planning on getting some wooden (engineered) flooring soon but am not too sure how to put in the skirting around the curved wall in our hallway -



I've found this site - http://www.kahrs.com/uk/Consumer/Products/Accessories/Pages/Skirtings.aspx but want the skirting in a much darker colour than those available.

Does anyone have any ideas where we can find something that will curve around the wall?

Thanks!

startrekker

The flexible skirting ive just looked at only comes in white...

However, in the olden days, when proper material like wood was still available:rolleyes: ... a carpenter would make a series of cuts in the back of the skirting to allow it to contour around the bend, and if im not mistaken, steaming the wood also allowed it to be bent...................

weekendwarrior

I always point people to here for advice on Laminate flooring


You do not need to bead infront of that curve, you can cut the bottom off the skirting and slide the laminate underneath.

Take a look at this page-
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/laminate_flooring/door_frames.htm

You can do it with a handsaw, or a fein multimaster will cut the bottom off, as will a power tennon saw or a biscuit jointer ( you can get these cheap in aldi sometimes)

Then when you fit the beading everywhere elas you can fit end returns so that it looks neat.

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/laminate_flooring/beading.htm



Hope this helps