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How to handle skirting when refinishing old floorboards

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.18 PM

Hello there, We are moving into an old late Vic/Edwardian house and plan to resand and refinish the old pine floorboards. We are wondering how best to handle where the floorboards meet the skirting. The floor finishers say they never remove the skirting but I have heard that it is better to remove skirting and sand all the way as otherwise you will see where the floor has been resanded. Particularly during changes in seasons when floorboards move/swelll. Does anyone have any experience where it's better to either remove them or just leave them? The old floorboards have been covered up by carpet til now and are not in the greatest condition, if that makes a difference. Many thanks!

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Timothy David Interiors

Rating: 5 out of 5

Tonypandy

Hi. I would think the consideration here is whether or not your wall plasterwork etc and skirting boards are origional or updated at some point. To remove and re-fit/replace skirting boards in the scenario where it has been modernised then that's feasible, as often they are fixed with a minimum of glue and fixings. But if origional skirting boards and origional lime plastered walls (albeit mybe overskimed) then these were fixed with some pretty hefty nailing and the walls plastered from the skirting. So with all the care in the world the skirting will likely split on removal and you run the risk of disturbing the lime plaster above them

Answered31 July 2018