Old Skirtings - Gap From Wall to Floor - Best Way to Fix
Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.48 PM
I recently bought a flat. It had a nice old parquet floor but the there is a large width and height gap between the skirting and flooring. I pulled off one skirting in the spare bedroom and it was fixed with 3 inch nails into concrete so it was a nightmare and the skirting is now destroyed. My options are:
- Sack it off and find a matching skirting profile to replace, but i think they're old and probably don't exist anymore. Anywhere i could check?
- Replace all skirtings but the width gap is around 30mm, would skirtings come in this width and would it look daft?
-Do i also need to replace the door architraves to match?
Thanks for any assistance. I think the best approach may be simply to get a joiner/carpenter in to redo the whole flat,
Just want the wood features to look fresh and modern.
Much appreciated.
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
Hi Conor
You might be surprised to know most skirting boards come in fairly standard profiles. Here is a link to some of the most common ones:
https://pin.it/7LzTJE6
Decent timber merchants will stock most of these. If you’re unsure you could always take a piece of your skirting into the timber merchant and ask if they have something similar.
If you can’t get some ‘off the shelf’ you could ask a local joinery to make some bespoke boards for you but that will be pretty expensive
Another option is to just replace the boards with something different. The most common profiles are probably Torus and Ogee - both go well in a period property or new build. Or if you want something more modern you could go for ‘Grooved’.
Whether or not you replace the architrave is really a matter of personal choice. Some people prefer to have matching skirting and architrave - that’s probably the ‘correct’ way to do it. But you can still have a perfectly nice looking property if they don’t match! Most people wouldn’t even notice to be honest.
Hope that helps.
Hi,
There are companies out there that will make you a new length of skirting, it’s relatively inexpensive compared with having to change the entire trim in a room.
If you still have a sample of the original skirting you can take it to a local manufacturer and have as many lengths made as required.
