Fitting Laminate Flooring Under Skirting Boards. Tile likewise should have an expansion gap when installed over a dissimilar material like wood subfloor. This will allow for natural expansion and contraction.
Heritage Rustic Oak Extra Large Skirting Boards For Laminate Ering an expansion gap between skirting floor by porta how to cut and fit laminate dremel europe laying laminate flooring under skirting boards the expert how to install laminate flooring. The height from the floor is 15-2 cm the pitch is 80 cm. Once you have laid your new flooring and have left 14 gap for expansion your skirting boards are ready to be fixed back on the wall.
If the gap around the perimeter of the room is filled with grout.
A lot of people that do flooring would fit it with a scotia onto the skirting due to several factors ie cost and flooring companies dont always deal with refitting skirtings however a carpenter probably would to summarise it is not wrong to use scotia as all of the laminate producers produce a scotia in the same colour but you get a nicer finish if you remove and refit skirting but not all floor layers would do this job. It can be done done without removing skirting but its an absolute nighmare involves undercutting skirting all round you start the first row tight to the wall on the start edge and one side under the skirting you need equal undercuts on any archatraves or edges that are connected to the movements in those 2 directions you need to cut pipe holes oversized and on the final edge and side. If there are small defects on the wall the step can be shortened. Slide the edges of the laminate flooring under the skirting boards and dont fit beading.
