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New skirting

Posted by Lettie Wilkes, on Thu 27 Aug 2015 10:00pm

Hi. Want to put tongue n groove in hallway n up stairs and also new skirting boards. Do I take off old skirting which is just cheap council or put new straight on top and will tongue n groove butt up flush on the skirting. Thanks. lettie

Edward Thompson

Fri 28 Aug 2015 05:32pm

Hi Loretta remove the old skirting first, then fit the t&g flooring leaving an expansion gap on the edges. Fit new skirting on top of flooring for a much neater finish. Ed

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