Laminate Flooring Scotia Fitting

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Laminate flooring scotia fitting.

I searched everywhere on youtube. Scotia is a decorative shaping used to cover the gap between the floor and the baseboard running along the bottom of a wall around the edge of a room. At d lewis kitchens carpentry we usually remove the skirting fit the laminate then re fit or replace the skirting as it looks a better job however on the odd occasions we have used a trim we have followed the manufacturers advice and that has been to pin the trim to the skirting as this method allows the required movement by the floor due to heat and moisture changes. I couldn t find any alternative other than glue.

That s because such flooring needs to have an expansion gap around the room and what scotia does is fill in that gap by attaching to the skirting board and around the perimeter of the wall. Fit the scotia against the bottom of the baseboard and nail through it into the baseboard not the floor with a pin nail gun one nail every 12 inches. Fill the nail holes with a wood filler for wood grain scotia or a matching color of latex caulk for paint colored scotia. There will also be the potential cost of replacing or supplying skirting boards and or adding beading.

How to fit fix laminate flooring scotia beading without a nail gun. Basic laminate flooring fitting cost. Designed in a stylish concave form it gives the floor a neat border and does an effective job of concealing the space between the floor and baseboard which is purposely left when laying a new. Scotia beading can cost around 5 10 per length depending on the material.

You can also use an adhesive like no more nails or similar. Laminate flooring is a type of wooden flooring though it only uses a very small amount of wood in its production. We recommend pinning the scotia to the skirting board using either small panel pins or an electrical staple tool. However scotia beading performs an important role.

Because laminate and wooden flooring tends to expand and shrink depending on the temperature of the room in which it is laid it is never laid so that it sits flush to the wall there is always a gap that is left between the floor finishing and the wall starting. Scotia is the final key to a successful installation for solid wood engineered wood and laminate flooring.