Hello there,
I am contemplating fitting a nice click and lock real wood floor in my living room. At the moment I have the original boards which I sanded and painted but they look a little rough and I was in B&Q and saw some of this click and lock stuff which looked really nice (real wood, slightly irregular finish etc etc).
Anyway, I'm not useless but I'm certainly no dab hand at the DIY so I got the video which explains the system and I reckon I could do it!
My biggest worry is this. I don't want to use the beading which covers the expansion gap. Ideally I would like to take off the skirting, fir the boards and replace the skirting again.
But I have to say, just looking at that, it seems like it would be a tough job. The skirting looks well and truly attached to the walls and the walls go in and out all over the place so there are lots of separate pieces of skirting.
I've been looking to see what the answer is and I found an old post from 2004 where someone was asking if you could simply cut away an inch from the bottom of the skirting to allow the boards to slip under. One person said they had used a door trimming saw, but there were a few problems, especially with damaging the blade.
But another person recommended using a biscuit saw. I looked this up but can't for the life of me see how it would work. Can anyone enlighten me? Is there a tool for someone like me which will cut an even half inch or so off the bottom of my skirting boards all around the room?
I am contemplating fitting a nice click and lock real wood floor in my living room. At the moment I have the original boards which I sanded and painted but they look a little rough and I was in B&Q and saw some of this click and lock stuff which looked really nice (real wood, slightly irregular finish etc etc).
Anyway, I'm not useless but I'm certainly no dab hand at the DIY so I got the video which explains the system and I reckon I could do it!
My biggest worry is this. I don't want to use the beading which covers the expansion gap. Ideally I would like to take off the skirting, fir the boards and replace the skirting again.
But I have to say, just looking at that, it seems like it would be a tough job. The skirting looks well and truly attached to the walls and the walls go in and out all over the place so there are lots of separate pieces of skirting.
I've been looking to see what the answer is and I found an old post from 2004 where someone was asking if you could simply cut away an inch from the bottom of the skirting to allow the boards to slip under. One person said they had used a door trimming saw, but there were a few problems, especially with damaging the blade.
But another person recommended using a biscuit saw. I looked this up but can't for the life of me see how it would work. Can anyone enlighten me? Is there a tool for someone like me which will cut an even half inch or so off the bottom of my skirting boards all around the room?