Floor Tile Skirting Board

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Floor tile skirting board.

Ceramic skirting tiles using tiles as skirting board. Skirting tiles offer a more practical and elegant solution to traditional timber skirting boards. Value for money practical and aesthetically pleasing ceramic is the ideal skirting board. White skirting tiles.

Skirting tiles cove tiles finish your tiling project with the addition of skirting tiles and cove tiles. Aesthetically a tiled skirting floor offers a far better finish matching the tiled floor providing a neat transition between the wall and the floor tiled space. They provide an attractive finishing touch where wall meets floor. Obviously there is a tiny tiny gap between the top of the tile and the bottom of the skirting.

Our skirtings are more decorative than functional adding an attractive transition from wall to floor surface. These tiles are either ceramic from artworks or winchester or natural stone from earthworks. Jan 21 2018 explore naomi brannen s board floor tiles and skirting boards on pinterest. In italy they are called battiscopa which can be roughly interpreted as where the broom hits as in the past wooden skirting boards were used for protecting the base of the wall.

Aesthetically it s always a much better finish with skirting boards fitted after tiling but it isn t just about the visual aspect when initially tiling the floor the tiles are intentionally cut short of the perimeter walls to allow for movement and the gap left is then covered by the skirting boards. Skirting boards were originally made from wood and hid the messy bottom edge of plastered walls also protecting them from damage from heavy foot traffic and brooms. They must have cut corners and couldn t be bothered to remove the skirting when putting down the tile or they shouldn t even put in the skirting until the tiles are in place. Leaving the appropriate gap around the outside between your tiles and the wall.

Gap between tiles and skirting so we recently had our extension tiled and then skirtings fitted after. If the skirting tile has a profile with curves or rounded edges then white is an excellent choice. Practically a skirting tile offers an easy to clean durable alternative to timber.