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    Floor tiles to skirting detail.....

    Hi all, anyone know where I will get a decent detail showing that leaving the skirting off when tiling a floor is the best practice?? British Standards or something like that.... I am about to start a new build house in the next week where we are tiling the entire ground floor (approx...
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    Victorian skirting on top of floor tiles - too much lift?

    Hi, We have an old Victorian house & are putting a new suite into the corner of the master bedroom. We've taken the skirting boards off around the walls where the ensuite build now stands (to be able to get the plumbing, electrics, etc. in before plastering). We're now at the stage where we...
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    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Kitchen Skirting Board

    Hi all. Is it just preference or ... should I lay my kitchen floor tiles first then fit new skirting on top or fit the new skirting first then tile to the skirting? (I do have a wall that is not at 90 degrees to the other--slightly off. by laying the kitchen floor tiles first, the skirting...
  4. S

    Skirting Tile advice

    Hi, My first post fellas so here goes:- I have laid a bathroom floor using 10mm thick porcelain floor tiles and I want to use the same tiles as skirting tile. My question is, if I buy wall tiles that are less than 10mm thick will the skirting tile look odd with a 'lip/ledge' on it where they...
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    HELP please. using tile for skirting.

    hey guys. doing a kitchen floor soon 17m² and have to use tiles for the skirting boards. was wondering whats the best way of doing it and how to keep it level. any tips would be great thanks very much.
  6. M

    tiled skirting ?

    i've a whole ground floor of a house to tile and the customer has asked for tiled skirting instead of wooden skirting. i've yet to find out the tile type, but all the rooms have been freshly skimmed. Has any one any tips for tiling like this? eg... spacing ,tile size, sealing floor to the tile...
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    Tiled Skirting questions ? Help please!

    I have recently tiled the floor in my new en-suite bathroom. I would like to add a single row of cut tiles (same as used on the floor) as a sort of skirting board all the way around the room. This all seemed to be quite straight-forward until I started to dry lay some tiles around the room. Now...
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    Replacing skirting before or after tiling floor?

    Hi - I have followed these boards and just laid a new floor in the kitchen and although not perfect it isn't bad. I removed the skirting and tiled up to the walls. The old skirting was just that cheap 2.5 inch pine stuff that seemed to be nailed into the walls with 4" nails for some reason. As...
  9. S

    Tiling up to curvered skirting

    I need to tile a customers kitchen floor with large format trav. sounds easy enough right?..... wrong! The kitchen is in a cottage with old stonework walls that has a curved stonework skirting that gradully tapers out to floor level. The curve is very similar to the curve found in standard...
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    Tiling up to skirting.....

    Hello All....New Member here. Rather than just saying "hi" in the new members section, I thought it was worth asking a - hopefully - sensible question. Would gratefully receive any informed views. We have had some tiles laid recently on a timber subfloor. The tiler overboarded with ply (9mm...
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    skirting

    Hi all I've got a job to price up its onto wooden floor boards...i was goning to overboard the wooden floorboards with hardibacker boards then tile...theres really old big chunky skirting all around the room...as i'm raising the floor approx 20mm i'm worried its going to look crap butting up...
  12. G

    problem grouting up to skirting

    need some advice did a job they wanted me to tile up to skirting when i finished grout was up skirting didnt look to good any tips on how to keep skirting from discolouring and needing painting! garretridge-:huh2:
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    Stone skirting

    Hi, i've just tiled my friend's kitchen walls. She wants thicker rectangular tumbled marble tiles to go over the bottom ones to act as skirting. I wondered if you know whether Hard as Nails any good to attach or whether I need to score tiles where stone tile skirting will be and use tile...
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    quarry tiles as a skirting board!

    anyone ever done a quarry tile skirting board? been to quote on a garage, customer want quarry skirting 22m2 one tile high wot would you guys charge??? wot adhesive/grout would you use?? many thanks daz :stupid:
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    Quarter Round on Skirting

    Just layed a floor 9m2 in a sunroom. The customer wasnt willing to have the skirtings taken off and just wanted the tiles up to the skirting then either a Silicon bead around the room or a 1/4 round bead pinned to the skirtings as they are new and the painter is still to come in and paint the...
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    Tile instead of skirting

    I did a floor 50m2 of 445 x 445 's for a customer a couple of weeks ago and they were going to have a wooden skirting fitted. They now want me to put tiles on the wall instead of the wooden skirting. Is there anything I should be wary of? Was going to use a 6mm notched and back butter...
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    Tiles as skirting board

    A customer wants me to cut her tiles down to use as a skirting and have the rounded edge of the tile up over What would you guys use to fix them? I would imagine they'll need to be flush against the wall tile so do i fix at a slight angle to gain more grip? Cheers
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    Skirting boards

    I am tiling the bathroom walls but not the floor which is to be cushion floor. To do a good job should I remove the skirting boards and tile behind them before replacing them or I can I start tiling above the skirting?
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    large tiles and skirting

    Hi all Some advice please. Just had 50sq mtr of 60 x 60 of beige porcelain polished tiles laid in new extension. 6" x 1" square profile varnished natural softwood skirting on top. Looks great but there is a tiny gap between skirting and tile. Do you think I should fill it with clear or beige...
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    Porcelain tile instead of skirting board

    Not sure how to do this but a customer whose floor I am laying wants me to cut tiles to form a skirting around the bathroom floor about 40mm high, the tiles are large high gloss black porcelain, my concern is what the cut edge will look like if it looks rough like a ceramic tile can then I will...
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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