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Carpets, Lino & Flooring

Floating floor edge expansion gap, ways to neaten up

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.13 PM

Hi, I'm laying a simple membrane - Kingspan - membrane - 22mm chipboard floating floor on solid concrete in a dance/rehearsal studio. At the edges (where the expansion gap will be) the walls are uneven masonary, it's an old mill. I can't therefore cover the expansion gap with a skirting or moulding like normal. Can anyone recommend an aesthetic filler or edging that will cover this without fouling the expansion, but make the chipboard edge and 20mm gap look a bit nicer? (room is 9m square, so 2mm/1m gap gives 18mm overall - so i mean 10mm each side) Cheers in advance

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Anonymous user

20mm!? Should only be 10. Best thing to do is try and find some thick actual cork (not caulk as in decorators but as in wine or notice board) tiles or sheet and ram it in the gap. The expansion gap doesn't need to be that big. As far as skirting or a timber edging is concerned you can mechanically screw it to the masonry. 7mm sds drill straight through the skirting into the brick and then a brown plug a suitable length screw into the first few mm of the plug hammer home and screw with a drill driver just to below the surface of the wood. Finish off screwhead with filler and caulk the gap top the skirting👍.
Answered20 August 2020
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Anonymous user

Only way is to actually scribe the chipboardflooring into the wall and allowing the expansion gap , You can find preformed bendy skirting boards on the market in mdf ,
Answered20 August 2020
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Anonymous user

Pack out the skirting top and bottom edge of the reverse side with 12mm pse door stop..creating a mini box section right across the wall..a much neater finish..
Answered26 August 2020
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You can buy cork strips or compressible rubber from flooring suppliers. This is usually half inch (12.7mm) Cut the chip board reasonably close to the wall, 6 or 7mm away approximately following the line of the wall. Whatever gap you leave must be less than 12.7mm. Fit the board dry, without glue or screws so you can take it up. Lay the cork along the undulations of the wall and draw along the line with a pencil. This will make the line exact. Cut along the line carefully with a jigsaw, and then fit the board and tap in the cork with PVA against the chipboard edge. It should fit perfectly.
Answered11 September 2020
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