gaps between skirting and laminate

Becks610 · 10-11-2018 9:40pm #1

Hi

I have gaps between my skirting and laminate in my house- a new build. Why does this occur and what can I do to fix it?

fred funk }{ · 10-11-2018 10:36pm

Probably the main floor wasn't level before the laminate went down.

A strip of bead might be your best bet at the stage.

Becks610 · 10-11-2018 10:40pm

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Probably the main floor wasn't level before the laminate went down.

A strip of bead might be your best bet at the stage.

Thanks , it’s a new house over a year old. Concrete was poured in on the top floor-pretty sure it was level. I don’t remember seeing these gaps at the start.

dok_golf · 10-11-2018 11:47pm

It's shrinkage in the timber.

Becks610 · 10-11-2018 11:49pm

dok_golf wrote: »

It's shrinkage in the timber.

Yes I have been reading about this. I have underfloor heating and these gaps definitely weren’t there at the start. I would have noticed. I should have had the timber in my house getting acclimatized to the heat and then got everything laid after the shrinkage. What can I do now?

Wheeliebin30 · 10-11-2018 11:55pm

It’s not that bad.

But if it’s bothering you, new skirting is the only answer, or removing and attaching again.

Molly · 11-11-2018 12:20am

Base shoe moulding is another solution, but you would have to do at least the entire room.

dok_golf · 11-11-2018 2:16am

Becks610 wrote: »

Yes I have been reading about this. I have underfloor heating and these gaps definitely weren’t there at the start. I would have noticed. I should have had the timber in my house getting acclimatized to the heat and then got everything laid after the shrinkage. What can I do now?

Not a lot without spending money . I have been asked before to caulk gap at bottom of the skirts, and I have to admit, it looked great, but I can't imagine it being anything but a temporary fix, as in summer, the timber will swell again.

listermint · 11-11-2018 9:10am

You can cover it with Angle corner moulding

But looking at the pictures.

I wouldn't bother. It's really not bad or noticeable

Becks610 · 11-11-2018 12:39pm

Thanks everyone. Yeah it’s not that bad. I swear I go around my house looking for things to annoy me. Sometime in the future I will fix it. When I do is it just a matter of getting a carpenter to re attach or if it’s danaged getting new skirting ( ensuring it won’t shrink). House is a new house so in the summer temp rose to close to 30 with the weather we had and now it would be set at 20 so would the issue re occur?

dok_golf · 11-11-2018 1:23pm

Timber will shrink and expand due to humidity. It's the nature of the beast. You could get so.eone to scribe the skirts, but even then the gap doesn't remain constant

Tefral · 11-11-2018 1:35pm

Hey OP, can you find out if Ballytherm insulation was used in your subfloor?

I'm looking at that photo and on the right it looks like its still in contact with floor. If it was tight to the floor before there's a good 10mm after coming in that which is a little unusual but not unheard of. Is this happening everywhere?

Becks610 · 11-11-2018 5:39pm

Tefral wrote: »

Hey OP, can you find out if Ballytherm insulation was used in your subfloor?

I'm looking at that photo and on the right it looks like its still in contact with floor. If it was tight to the floor before there's a good 10mm after coming in that which is a little unusual but not unheard of. Is this happening everywhere?

Yeah it’s everywhere upstairs ( not downstairs as noticeable) part from where the skirting is really short. Insulation was xtratherm.

gaps between skirting and laminate

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