Tiles Instead Of Skirting Board

Remove skirting boards tile then replace boards.

Tiles instead of skirting board.

Our plumber is currently ripping out our old bathroom and has suggested he puts the wall tiles down to the floor instead of refitting the skirting boards. Here are a few of the best ways to use tile skirting floor tiles. Although used cement based adhesive on 75mm high tiles top edge and joint between skirting and floor done with appropriately coloured silicon to give a water seal in ours. We re having luxury vinyl tiles on the floor dark and pale porcelain tiles on the wall.

Walls are all white with 1 feature wall in grey. Your fitter doesn t sound very confident in tiling porcelain tiles are better for a floor than ceramic. It is a modern look. It would have looked weird having wood skirting boards instead.

How to use tile skirting. The main living area kitchen dining will be all tiled in light grey tiles. Is it modern these days to match the skirting boards and do tile skirting boards or to do wooden skirting boards and paint them same colour as the walls. If you have painted walls and a tile floor you can use additional floor tiles to create a neat skirting board that blends the two surfaces with a clean finish.

Result looks well no painting easy to replace some if ever damaged hygienic rodent dog spider etc proof. If the floor under is boards rather than concrete pay the extra to have a layer of ditra added. The skirting tiles have been cut so that they are only about 80mm high. When it comes to styling tile skirting the options are endless.

So you ve chosen your floor tiles and you ve fixed them in place. We have large grey porcelain tiles on the floor. Skirting boards are usually there to provide a decorative interface between walls and floors as well as providing a protective boundary to prevent marks on painted and papered walls or damage to soft plaster. Leaving the appropriate gap around the outside between your tiles and the wall.

They also allow the edges of floor finishes such as carpets vinyl and laminates to be neatly finished and accommodate some movement without exposing bare floor.