Hello all ,
Just moved into a victorian house last week . lots of work needs doing so i will be a fairly regular poster over the next 12 months .
Was taking out the brick cl;adding round the fireplace last night to reveal the original firebreak but when i got to the bottom course of bricks and tried to take off the skirting board i hit a snag .
the skirting appears to be made of concrete , at some point in the past the original wood floor was taken out and concrete poured i guess the skirting was done at the same time .
i was thinking of fitting a glued solid oak floor but really didn't want to fit the beading strip (quadrant) round the edge to cover the expansion gap .
Should i face it with wood then and a decorative moulding at the top or try and hack it off the wall ? any ideas much appreciated .
Just moved into a victorian house last week . lots of work needs doing so i will be a fairly regular poster over the next 12 months .
Was taking out the brick cl;adding round the fireplace last night to reveal the original firebreak but when i got to the bottom course of bricks and tried to take off the skirting board i hit a snag .
the skirting appears to be made of concrete , at some point in the past the original wood floor was taken out and concrete poured i guess the skirting was done at the same time .
i was thinking of fitting a glued solid oak floor but really didn't want to fit the beading strip (quadrant) round the edge to cover the expansion gap .
Should i face it with wood then and a decorative moulding at the top or try and hack it off the wall ? any ideas much appreciated .