Seal Gap Between Skirting Board And Floor

The image shows the 4mm gap that is often found between the skirting board and the floor.

Seal gap between skirting board and floor.

As your skirting boards and floor boards are natural timber they have the chance of shrinking from day to day exposure to the climate inside a home such as. Trust us we tried it whilst the caulk would temporarily seal the gap and stop the air flow it has pretty much no insulating properties. But when it comes to filling the large gaps between your skirting boards floorboards vents and architraves there are a few good reasons to avoid sealing these gaps with silicone. There will be a gap left between the wall and your first board to allow for any swelling and movement and then your skirting will then be butted down hard against the timber floor.

Whatever you do don t be tempted to fill the gap with caulk. Luckily sealing the gap is a much quicker and much much cleaner job than tearing down our cellar ceiling. Initially we tried caulking the gaps between the skirting and floorboards but it turned out to be rather messy as the gaps were all different sizes sometimes they were too large and the caulk would fall through to the cellar beneath. Caulk also doesn t tolerate much movement so that over time it would rip and get dirty.

There s an art to caulking and if you re not an expert caulker silicone can be quite difficult to apply neatly and effectively. We use cookies to make the site easier to use.