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Default How's it done? No skirting boards

Man at B&Q wrote:
On Dec 20, 12:26 pm, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
wrote:
Flicking through some of the various interior design mags and I see a
lot of nicely done new builds have no skirting boards at all. The
plaster seems to sit about 10-15mm off the floor and the line is
perfectly straight.
How is it done exactly? Seems a bit tricky to me to achieve with dot/
dab and skimming to get a perfectly straight edge with nothing to
plaster up to.

Use battens and remove when plaster is set.

Then install flooring of a depth 10-15mm less than the battens were..


But why? Just seems like a huge dust trap to me, or is it "fashion" or
"design"?


Cheap.