Vinyl/skirting -which first ??
Stuart
i want to ask is -does the vinyl go down first followed by the
skirting or should I put the skirting up first and should I leave a
gap below it -to take the vinyl ????
Stuart
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stuart noble
Stuart wrote in message ...
>I am laying vinyl in my kitchen but the skirting isn't down yet . What
>i want to ask is -does the vinyl go down first followed by the
>skirting
the vinyl, which you'll almost certainly get if you haven't done it before.
Adrian Brentnall
Agreed - simplest way to get a good finish is to lay the vinyl first, then
paint the skirting boards, then fit the skirting boards. Gives you about 1/2"
margin for error in cutting the vinyl. Use 'gripfix' to glue the boards in
place rather than nail / screw & damage the nice new paint.
I found it easiest with our vinyl was to cut slightly over-size (can be
difficult to estimate the exact size when you're wrestling with the stuff
folded up the wall!). Then cut properly to size once you can see what you're
doing....
Hope this helps - hate doing jobs like that where one slip of the knife can
ruin a piece of fairly expensive material (3m x 6m in our case!)
Good luck
Adrian
Suffolk UK
stuart noble
Adrian Brentnall wrote in message ...
>Hope this helps - hate doing jobs like that where one slip of the knife can
>ruin a piece of fairly expensive material (3m x 6m in our case!)
a straight line on vinyl. I think the pros use the hooked blade.
I've got some very pricey marmoleum (or whatever the new lino is called) to
lay soon. Has anyone any experience with this? It's going on a latex
screeded floor, under new skirting one side, and under kitchen units on the
other, so there's very little cutting. Is it best to lay it loose for a
couple of days
before glueing? Do you glue just the edges or patches in the middle as well?
Adrian Brentnall
> I've never been able to persuade the standard Stanley knife blade to follow
> a straight line on vinyl. I think the pros use the hooked blade.
I got the best results using a big pair of sharp scissors to do the final
trimming - it was a fake tile effect so there were 'guide-lines' to cut to.
> I've got some very pricey marmoleum (or whatever the new lino is called) to
> lay soon.
Sorry - never heard of this - any idea who the manufacturer is - they probably
have a 'Technical Services' department who might give you some advice as to
how best to fit it....
Good luck!
Adrian
Suffolk UK
Stuart
Isn't it Nairn who make it
Stuart
>Good luck!
>Adrian
>Suffolk UK
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Stuart
<amb_q...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
Isn't it Nairn who make it -try here
http://www.forbo-nairn.co.uk/retail.htm
Stuart
>Good luck!
>Adrian
>Suffolk UK
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Simon Avery
Hello Stuart
> S| I am laying vinyl in my kitchen but the skirting isn't down
> S| yet . What i want to ask is -does the vinyl go down first
> S| followed by the skirting or should I put the skirting up
> S| first and should I leave a gap below it -to take the vinyl
Dealers' choice...
It makes for a tidier finish if you do skirtings last (tip - hotmelt
glue and no-more nails glue mixed gives quick grab and very strong
fixings - I've just done about 40M of it here and it's lovely!)
Downside is getting the old lino out when you need to replace it...
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stuart noble
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