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The room i am going to tile has no skirting board at the moment so my question is do i tile the floor then put the skirting on after so it looks neater or would you put the skirting on first and tile up to it, sounds a stupid question but I needed to ask it :oops:
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Skirt first, then tile...otherwise the skirting will stand "proud" of the door architrave...

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Another point is to get the skirting level rather than follow the floor as you want the tiles to sit on it square. This might mean you have to scribe fit the skirting if the floor is uneven. I learned this the hard way many years ago.

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Why do you need a skirting board in a bathroom anyway? Skirting boards serve only to conceal the bodge between a plastered wall and floorboards, but you have neither in a room with tiled walls and floor.

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mooncat, its a kitchen floor i'm tiling.
so let me get this right, as my room has just been plastered painted and now ready to tile the floor, you are all saying put the skirting boards on first? how high up from the screeded floor should the skirting board start? also wine~o am i missing something as why will the skirting be "proud" of the door architrave :scratch: :help:
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Doh...read the post Wine~o...it's the floor being tiled not the walls....

Tile first then skirt...sorry B Gatty....

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:lol: no probs wine~o , so after tiling just put skirting on and in theory it should be level cos my tiles will be is that right :wink:
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Oops same for me :lol:

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bgatty68 wrote:
:lol: no probs wine~o , so after tiling just put skirting on and in theory it should be level cos my tiles will be is that right :wink:



That is correct.....I'm sure I must have replied to a completely different post originally....... :?

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Was beginning to doubt my sanity at the start of this thread, thankfully normal service has been resumed!! :thumbright:

Question for OP, - have you undercut the architraves to get the tiles under?

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