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Caulk bottom of skirting boards ?

  • 12-06-2008 09:38PM
    #1
    ennisjim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Carpenter just finished 2nd fix. Skirting is all fixed and looks good. It is deal and will be painted off-white. He has caulked the tops of the the skirting and this looks very nice - no spaces. He has also caulked a small stretch of skirting at the bottom apparently because of some not great tiling and spaces at bottom of skirting. Actually this looks really good but I was wondering if it would be a good or bad idea to do this for all the skirting ?

    One thing which comes to mind might be difficulty getting a good line when painting.


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  • #2
    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭gsxr1


    ennisjim wrote: »
    Hi,

    Carpenter just finished 2nd fix. Skirting is all fixed and looks good. It is deal and will be painted off-white. He has caulked the tops of the the skirting and this looks very nice - no spaces. He has also caulked a small stretch of skirting at the bottom apparently because of some not great tiling and spaces at bottom of skirting. Actually this looks really good but I was wondering if it would be a good or bad idea to do this for all the skirting ?

    One thing which comes to mind might be difficulty getting a good line when painting.

    if its deal you are using then I would avoid it.

    It will shrink a little over the next year or so and crack the caulk.

    I would have plained the bottom of the skirting to the uneven floor myself.

    Its the proper way to deal with bad concrete and tiling.


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