Skirting board is also known as decorative baseboard or floor moulding.
How to fit skirting boards on uneven floor.
How would you go about fitting skirting boards level when the floor is in all likelihood unlevel.
Having just gone to put the board back on it s apparent that the floor is slightly uneven so there is a small gap in places between the floor and the board probably less than half a centremeter.
In older houses the skirting board is often quite decorative in itself though the modern version tends to consist of fairly plain board.
Dry fit the skirting board.
This might be skirting boards baseboards to uneven floors or corners architraves that need installing to a small nib too narrow for a full board pipe boxing s to uneven walls ply wood a door to an ill fitting frame infill cover strips a shelf into a wall alcove that is out of square worktops to uneven walls drywall plasterboard sheets.
This means putting it in place without actually fixing it to the wall.
I had intended to use sealant around the bottom of the board but am concerned that i would need to use a bit too much on the place where there is the.
If you find that there are no gaps between the floor and the bottom of the skirting you re good to go.
Skirting boards on uneven floor.
In other words if you fix your first run of skirting level and with no gaps between the floor and the next run you are unable to level it because of an uneven floor.
For the first step you ll want to cut the skirting board to size and dry fit it to the wall.
What would a pro do to get over this.
It adds an extra feature to a room and is often painted in a different colour from the walls or wallpaper.