Skirting boards - gaps underneath

[FishHead]

G'day everyone,

Have installed skirts in carpetted areas and over floorboards (as per previous post) and the result looks fantastic. However, there are a few places over the floorboard are where quite large gaps exist between skirtings and floor due to the unevenness of the floor.

My Question -

Are these gaps to be expected, and therefore accepted? Or is it normal to 'No More Gaps' between the skirting boards and the floor?

Thanks for any input,

FishHead

[journeyman Mick]

Up to you Fish Head, if you can't live with the gaps (and I couldn't) then some gapfiller and then paint to match the skirting. If the skirting is clear finished then you can probably get some Fullers coloured filler that's a pretty good match.

Mick

[Trav]

I've just finished using some gappo to fix any of the gaps between skirting boards and the timber floor. It can be a bit of a pain, especially if the gaps is more than a mm or two. My tip is to put down some masking tape so that the line of gappo is straight. Make sure you pull it up pretty quickly, though - otherwise the gappo sets and looks terrible (painful experience).

Trav

[nereus]

If the gaps are quite substantial you could use a small quarter round all the way around to conceal the gaps.

[FishHead]

Thanks Guys,

I have definitely decided that I can't live with the gaps, so No More Gaps and masking tape it is.

Cheers!

[totoblue]

Have installed skirts in carpetted areas and over floorboards (as per previous post) and the result looks fantastic. However, there are a few places over the floorboard are where quite large gaps exist between skirtings and floor due to the unevenness of the floor.

Are these gaps to be expected, and therefore accepted? Or is it normal to 'No More Gaps' between the skirting boards and the floor?

The "proper" way is to scribe the bottom of the skirting board to the floor, particularly for large gaps. But obviously you can't do that once it's installed. Scribing might require wide skirting (if you trim a few mm off a 90mm wide skirting board, it might be more noticeable than a gap).