Tiling/Skirting issue

briancarr82

Hi all, have had floor in the bathroom tiled, and left tiles on the wall. The tiler was doing the whole bottom floor and i reckon he must have thought there was skirting on the bathroom wall as i had skirting off everywhere else. Anyways it's just a little rough so am contemplating putting down skirting in the bathroom. Would this look ok? There's white tiles on the wall and whitel tiles on the floor.

wait4me

A picture of what you have at the moment might help. Perhaps you may not need a skirting board.

pawrick

what about using tiles as skirting to tidy the edges and top with a trim?

briancarr82

will take a pic later and post, i'd say skirting would be the best option as i have tiles on the wall already, is there any issues sticking skirting to wall tiles?

King Mallie

briancarr82 wrote: »

will take a pic later and post, i'd say skirting would be the best option as i have tiles on the wall already, is there any issues sticking skirting to wall tiles?

I personally would not put skirting in bathroom due to moisture on floor and splashes etc.

If the tiler made a bad job of floor, make him re do it or don't pay him and get a professional

slimjimmc

Timber skirting has been widely used in bathrooms (not wetrooms) for generations. Real wood stands up to moisture better than MDF and it's recommended to seal the wood all over before fixing.

briancarr82

gonna put down a thin strip of this, looks like a good stuff

dodzy

briancarr82 wrote: »

gonna put down a thin strip of this, looks like a good stuff

You won't even know its there !

briancarr82

yeah looks decent costs bout €9 for 2.5m strips. I'd nearly redo the whole bottom floor with this instead of putting on old skirting. No painting /maintenance etc

briancarr82

if i do put down old skirting on bottom floor, i can caulk both on top and bottom of skirting can't I like so?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL7kpR2eGq0

briancarr82

if i do put down old skirting on bottom floor, i can caulk both on top and bottom of skirting can't I like so?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL7kpR2eGq0

dodzy

briancarr82 wrote: »

if i do put down old skirting on bottom floor, i can caulk both on top and bottom of skirting can't I like so?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL7kpR2eGq0

Dont ever use caulk in bathroom. It'll be manky in no time. Use a good grade white silicon.

briancarr82

will only be using the caulk if i keep the "old skirting" in the hall and kitchen. Either way will be using the rubber baseboard in the bathroom so there'll be no need to caulk

briancarr82

another question lads, around the architrave (which is white) where he cut the tile can i go over the grey grout with white caulk?

PK27

briancarr82 wrote: »

another question lads, around the architrave (which is white) where he cut the tile can i go over the grey grout with white caulk?

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Yes. And to the guy who said don't use caulk use mastic, don't do that, mastic can't be painted on.