I am redecorating my living room and am probably going to sand the
floorboards as they are in quite good nick really, there used to be
carpet down.

The only slight problem is that under certain sections of skirting
board there is a slight gap between skirting and floorboards (up to 5mm
in some places, other places there is no gap). This would not normally
bother me but my wife **hates** spiders and wants this gap to be
blocked up.

Now I don't have the time to remove all the skirting and refit it so I
was wondering if there was an alternative?

Perhaps a thin strip of cork which could be wedged in all along where
the gap is, should look okay and being cork should squeeze in nicely.
Has anyone heard of doing something like this is does it sound complete
madness? Any ideas where I could buy some cork like that if it sounds
an okay idea?

Thanks.

Hardboard or plywood strips, but I doubt it'll make the slightest
difference to the spiders.

MankyManning wrote:
I am redecorating my living room and am probably going to sand the
floorboards as they are in quite good nick really, there used to be
carpet down.

The only slight problem is that under certain sections of skirting
board there is a slight gap between skirting and floorboards (up to
5mm in some places, other places there is no gap). This would not
normally bother me but my wife **hates** spiders and wants this gap
to be blocked up.

Now I don't have the time to remove all the skirting and refit it so I
was wondering if there was an alternative?

Perhaps a thin strip of cork which could be wedged in all along where
the gap is, should look okay and being cork should squeeze in nicely.
Has anyone heard of doing something like this is does it sound
complete madness? Any ideas where I could buy some cork like that if
it sounds an okay idea?

Thanks.

squirt a /small/ amount of builders foam into the gap and trim it back
with a craft knife ? decorators caulk ? gap filling adhesive ?

On 19 Apr 2006 02:39:59 -0700, "MankyManning"
wrote:

I am redecorating my living room and am probably going to sand the
floorboards as they are in quite good nick really, there used to be
carpet down.

The only slight problem is that under certain sections of skirting
board there is a slight gap between skirting and floorboards (up to 5mm
in some places, other places there is no gap). This would not normally
bother me but my wife **hates** spiders and wants this gap to be
blocked up.

Now I don't have the time to remove all the skirting and refit it so I
was wondering if there was an alternative?

Perhaps a thin strip of cork which could be wedged in all along where
the gap is, should look okay and being cork should squeeze in nicely.
Has anyone heard of doing something like this is does it sound complete
madness? Any ideas where I could buy some cork like that if it sounds
an okay idea?

Thanks.

If you are going to paint the skirting, some plaster would be what I
would use, on the grounds that it's cheap and easy to apply, but
mainly because it can be removed easily. The foam/adhesive approach
will weld the skirting to the floorboards, I have had to remove
lengths that had been done this way. The skirting was scrap and had to
be replaced.

In uk.d-i-y, MankyManning wrote:
I am redecorating my living room and am probably going to sand the
floorboards as they are in quite good nick really, there used to be
carpet down.

The only slight problem is that under certain sections of skirting
board there is a slight gap between skirting and floorboards (up to 5mm
in some places, other places there is no gap). This would not normally
bother me but my wife **hates** spiders and wants this gap to be
blocked up.

Now I don't have the time to remove all the skirting and refit it so I
was wondering if there was an alternative?

Transparent sealant. Worked here, against draughts rather than spiders.
It's not invisible but I doubt anyone's ever noticed it.

--
Mike Barnes

Now I don't have the time to remove all the skirting and refit it so I
was wondering if there was an alternative?

However, there is an additional advantage to removing the skirting, so you
should consider it. If you remove the skirting before sanding, it will be
much better to the edge, as you will be stopping 2cm beyond the end, rather
than a couple of mm before it, which will provide a nicer finish. You also
get to replace the skirting with new wood, so you don't have x years of high
gloss skank on it.

Christian.

MankyManning wrote:
I am redecorating my living room and am probably going to sand the
floorboards as they are in quite good nick really, there used to be
carpet down.

The only slight problem is that under certain sections of skirting
board there is a slight gap between skirting and floorboards (up to 5mm
in some places, other places there is no gap). This would not normally
bother me but my wife **hates** spiders and wants this gap to be
blocked up.

Now I don't have the time to remove all the skirting and refit it so I
was wondering if there was an alternative?

Perhaps a thin strip of cork which could be wedged in all along where
the gap is, should look okay and being cork should squeeze in nicely.
Has anyone heard of doing something like this is does it sound complete
madness? Any ideas where I could buy some cork like that if it sounds
an okay idea?

Thanks.


If the skirting is painted, use decorators caulk, if stained, get a
colored mastic..frame sealant.

Clean of excess caulk with water, and frame sealant possibly white spirit.

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:26:00 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

MankyManning wrote:
I am redecorating my living room and am probably going to sand the
floorboards as they are in quite good nick really, there used to be
carpet down.

The only slight problem is that under certain sections of skirting
board there is a slight gap between skirting and floorboards (up to 5mm
in some places, other places there is no gap). This would not normally
bother me but my wife **hates** spiders and wants this gap to be
blocked up.

Now I don't have the time to remove all the skirting and refit it so I
was wondering if there was an alternative?

Perhaps a thin strip of cork which could be wedged in all along where
the gap is, should look okay and being cork should squeeze in nicely.
Has anyone heard of doing something like this is does it sound complete
madness? Any ideas where I could buy some cork like that if it sounds
an okay idea?

Thanks.


If the skirting is painted, use decorators caulk, if stained, get a
colored mastic..frame sealant.

Clean of excess caulk with water, and frame sealant possibly white spirit.

You could also consider quadrant moulding either painted to match the skirting
or varnished to match the floor ....Seal the gap first before fitting it ..

Stuart

In article , The Natural
Philosopher writes
MankyManning wrote:
I am redecorating my living room and am probably going to sand the
floorboards as they are in quite good nick really, there used to be
carpet down.

The only slight problem is that under certain sections of skirting
board there is a slight gap between skirting and floorboards (up to 5mm
in some places, other places there is no gap). This would not normally
bother me but my wife **hates** spiders and wants this gap to be
blocked up.

Now I don't have the time to remove all the skirting and refit it so I
was wondering if there was an alternative?

Perhaps a thin strip of cork which could be wedged in all along where
the gap is, should look okay and being cork should squeeze in nicely.
Has anyone heard of doing something like this is does it sound complete
madness? Any ideas where I could buy some cork like that if it sounds
an okay idea?

Thanks.


If the skirting is painted, use decorators caulk, if stained, get a
colored mastic..frame sealant.

I found that caulk didn't have the necessary flex to cope with the movement
in my old house so I used translucent acrylic sealant which has enough
flex and can be left bare or painted as desired. The one I used was B&Q
All Purpose Sealant (Translucent), I wouldn't normally give them an ad but
after trying a few it was the best I could find but was as overpriced as you
would expect.
--
fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla