Dodgy bathroom skirting!

[simondyntDBeK]

Hello all,

In the bathroom of the house I've moved into, they have this small, 1" high skirting which I think looks naff! I've never seen it before - is it purely decorative?

I've had a look behind and the tiles don't meet the floor (why on earth not!?) leaving a gap of between 5-15mm in places. Could this gap be filled in a better way?

I'm re-doing the bathroom but not changing the tiles and was hoping to get rid of the skirting.

Simon

 

[nstreet]

The "skirting" has been used to hide a poor tiling job and unless you replace it I cant see a way of filling the gaps you describe. The only option i can think of is to replace the flooring with some professionally fitted linoleum or equivalent with upstands around the edge.

 

[Zampa]

All that is is wooden 'scotia' moulding, probably not even nailed on..

Do as nstreet recommends, take it off...trim the vinyl flooring and put proper skirting back on.