On 25/03/2017 18:23, Andy Burns wrote:
New oak flooring fitted, old skirtings removed first so that 12mm
expansion gap is covered by new 20mm oak skirting, rather than quarter
beading.

Internal corners nicely scribed, only one external mitred corner, walls
are about half and half brick/block vs stud/plasterboard.

Would you

a1) Stick with gripfill, I can't believe it's not nails etc?

a2) Fix with lost head nails into sole plates of stud walls, and dowels
drilled into block walls to make sites for nails? Fill the nail holes
with colour matched filler and then varnish.

a3) Fix with screws and rawlplugs, use plug cutter to cover countersunk
screws with plugs made from offcuts?


To fill gap along top of skirting, would you

b1) Apply masking tape, caulk the gap and paint caulk same colour as wall?

b2) Use clear silicone instead of caulk?



I would stick with Gripfill. Sit the skirting on thin card - which you
can subsequently remove - on top of the floor so that the floor can
expand and contract without binding on the skirting.

Hopefully there shouldn't be any gaps. If either the wall or the
skirting is not absolutely straight, hold the skirting tight to the wall
while the Gripfill cures. The best way to do this is to use pairs of
long pieces of 3x2 with a quick clamp in spreader mode between the two
pieces of a pair to brace against the opposite wall.
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Cheers,
Roger
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