Laminate around uneven walls - expansion gap

scholes

Hi I am laying laminate in a room with a stone wall and just wondering about the expansion gap. It will be a pain as I have to scribe around every board, and the instructions say that i need to leave a 10mm gap.

Does anyone know how i cover the gap as it is going to look crap.? there is no chance of using beading or skirting.

Can i fill it with a coloured flexible silicone?

Thanks in advance

Jimmy_M

any pictures?
Is the wall flatter a couple of inches higher up the wall? skirting with a squidge of decorators caulk behing it wouldnt do it ??

You can get coloured silicon - not sure it would look great though.

Only other thing - bit more work though - but not impossible......
What about a concrete form around the base of the wall - like a concrete skirting if you like - to even up the bottom (obviously before you put the floor down).
Then you could clad that with a timber skirting if you like.

scholes

Jimmy_M wrote: »

any pictures?
Is the wall flatter a couple of inches higher up the wall? skirting with a squidge of decorators caulk behing it wouldnt do it ??

You can get coloured silicon - not sure it would look great though.

Only other thing - bit more work though - but not impossible......
What about a concrete form around the base of the wall - like a concrete skirting if you like - to even up the bottom (obviously before you put the floor down).
Then you could clad that with a timber skirting if you like.

Hi Jimmy ,

Thanks for reply the whole wall is granite stone and its all the way up , the concrete base around the bottom sounds like an idea alright

TheLastMohican

As JimmyM said. But I've done it with plaster (sand&cement). Fix a batten onto the wall about 6" up .......... you can get it straight with shims ....... then brush on some Sika adhesive on the grano before giving it a scratch coat of plaster (3S:1C). When this is still green float out with S&C + waterproofer. Remove the battens when the plaster is cured.

dodzy

scholes wrote: »

Hi I am laying laminate in a room with a stone wall and just wondering about the expansion gap. It will be a pain as I have to scribe around every board, and the instructions say that i need to leave a 10mm gap.

Does anyone know how i cover the gap as it is going to look crap.? there is no chance of using beading or skirting.

Can i fill it with a coloured flexible silicone?

Thanks in advance

If it's a relatively modern, well insulated house you'd get by with well under 10mm.

scholes

TheLastMohican wrote: »

As JimmyM said. But I've done it with plaster (sand&cement). Fix a batten onto the wall about 6" up .......... you can get it straight with shims ....... then brush on some Sika adhesive on the grano before giving it a scratch coat of plaster (3S:1C). When this is still green float out with S&C + waterproofer. Remove the battens when the plaster is cured.

Hi I'm not really sure what you mean i'm only a diy 'er . .