Laminate and skirting

[Harry Bloomfield]

I'm just in the process of swapping the kitchen floor from laminate, to vinyl. The laminate in kitchen downstairs toilet and bathroom was fine, the problem being the quadrant I used around the perimeter, rather than remove and refit skirting over the top. The quadrant was MDF, which has absorbed moisture from floor washing, bulged and distorted.

This time, relaying the floor in the kitchen with vinyl, I am removing the skirting and refitting over the top. So far as the downstairs toilet and bathroom are concerned, the laminate stays and is in good condition, apart from the quadrant strip.

So just replace the quadrant strip, but with what? What's the current wisdom? Is there a plastic version available?

 

[footprints]

Wickes do a white plastic quadrant in their cloaking range, or look at bath surround quadrant.

 

[Mottie]

This time, relaying the floor in the kitchen with vinyl, I am removing the skirting and refitting over the top. So far as the downstairs toilet and bathroom are concerned, the laminate stays and is in good condition, apart from the quadrant strip.

Just done exactly the same myself. I left our downstairs toilet as it had Amtico fitted but if it was laminate, for what it would cost, I’d have done that as well - skirtings off job too.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Wickes do a white plastic quadrant in their cloaking range, or look at bath surround quadrant.

I didn't find any actual quadrant on Wicks website, they do a flat-ish strip. I have found this though, on another site -

https://plasticsuppliesdirect.co.uk...uadrant-window-trim-white-12mm-2-5-metre.html

I wonder if I might be able to get that from a local source?

 

[johnny2007]

It's always skirting off on a new floor.
However, selco do a range of pvc quadrants and scotia in different colours, wood looking ones are quite good.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

It's always skirting off on a new floor.
However, selco do a range of pvc quadrants and scotia in different colours, wood looking ones are quite good.

Thanks, there is one around eight miles away.

 

[footprints]

I didn't find any actual quadrant on Wicks website, they do a flat-ish strip. I have found this though, on another site -

https://plasticsuppliesdirect.co.uk...uadrant-window-trim-white-12mm-2-5-metre.html

I wonder if I might be able to get that from a local source?

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-PVCu-White-Quadrant-17-5-x-2500mm-Pack-5/p/162616

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-PVCu-White-Quadrant-17-5-x-2500mm-Pack-5/p/162616

Brilliant, thanks, just what I was looking for

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I have just done even better - 13mm is wide enough, sourced nearer to home and cheaper -

https://www.eurocell.co.uk/trims-and-cills/trims-quadrants-and-angles/13mm-quadrant-in-white-x-5m

Thanks for the help..