On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:39:30 +0100, Guy King
wrote:

Take the skirting boards off, lay right up to the wall (allowing the
expansion gap, of course) and put the boards back on top of the
flooring. It looks /so/ much better than having those narsty quadrant
beads all over the place.

I'll support this one. Did my hall and cloakroom a couple of years ago
and was intimidated by the prospect of removing the skirting so used
the quadrant - it looked a right mess. A few weeks ago, ripped it all
out, took the skirtings off, relaid with new, fixed new skirting,
looks fantastic though I say it myself


At doorways etc, use a cover strip to neaten the join.

B&Q have a range of these, much better than the 'one size fits all'
available from my floor supplier.