laying oak laminate floor

[ZETEC153]

hallo everyody!!!

i am looking to lay a laminate floor in my sitting/dining room. The room is 7m long and 5m wide at its widest point. The floor i want to fit is an oak effect one. Obviously i want to do it right first time and so i want to replace the skirting boards at the same time so i dont need that edging strip, or at the very most a really small one.

whats the best sequence to do - floor, skirting, then edging if required??

also, as the skirting is being replaced at the same time, with just pine ones from TP, would it look stupid if i glossed them?? i am not sure whether it would look stupid against an oak floor, as the walls are going to be an off wite colour anyway.

if i gloss them, they will match the door frames etc, if i dont, and i varnish them, i reckong the other glossed things will look out of place. what do you think???

cheers

george

 

[Petest67]

Take old skirtings off first, lay floor, fit new skirtings.
Fill any screw holes, use knotting solution on knots in new skirtings, prime, undercoat then gloss.
That should be it.

 

[DCC]

Thats about it.

As far as your style question goes its entirely personal but unless the skirting boards match the floor (and architraves/doors) you are better off going for painted.