Bathroom skirting

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I'll be doing the bathroom floor tiles within the next couple of weeks and I was wondering how you finish the skirting? The rest of the house we've kept unpainted skirting so we'd like to continue that. Is the Ronseal varnish we've got up to the task of protecting the wood with a good 3/4 coats? Should I coat the whole skirting (including the back) before I actually cut and fit them?

And can I then just seal the gap between the skirting and tiles with sealant?

Anything else I should do or consider?
 
I would wax them, it will be much less of a pain when it needs redoing and in my opinion look and feel nicer, personally I'd wax any bear wood you have in the house as it stops it picking up marks from people touching it etc. and yes you can seal the edges of the tiles personally I'd use a translucent silicone.
 
3-4 coats of varnish will be fine, and yes id do the back and bottom edge too. Helps to deal all edges and prevent moisture absorption. Bead of clear silicone along the top edge after its been finish coated will be ok for sealing.
 
Just to say I can't stand skirting in bathrooms, as they always eventually swell, rot and look rubbish in my experience. Wouldn't it look better to have tile against tile?
 
Participant said:
Just to say I can't stand skirting in bathrooms, as they always eventually swell, rot and look rubbish in my experience. Wouldn't it look better to have tile against tile?
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What about for non tiled walls?

I would always tile to the floor, but if the wall isnt a tiled one then you would normally fit skirting :)
 
Jez said:
What about for non tiled walls?

I would always tile to the floor, but if the wall isnt a tiled one then you would normally fit skirting :)
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You use tile for the skirting. At least, that works when you have a tiled floor, just carry the tiles up the wall 4".

That said we decided to use wooden skirting as well, it looks a little too "hotel" like with the tile skirting IMO.

And considering most vanities are made of chipboard/melamine skirting that isn't in the shower should last just as long.
 
Timber will be fine, just make sure you give it a good couple of coats all round first. I'd be inclined to slap a bit on the mitres/scribes aswell
 
As long as the bathroom is well ventilated and the wood sealed properly on all edges, it will last for a very long time. Ive varnished new woodwork in hundreds of newly built homes and im yet too hear of any issues with it
 
have wood in our bathroom and it's not been an issue, hell we have an engineered wood floor and touch wood that is also fine so far!
 
Amp34 said:
You use tile for the skirting. At least, that works when you have a tiled floor, just carry the tiles up the wall 4".
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Good point, and come to think of it all office blocks and hotels seem to be like this. Why ive never done this in my houses i am not sure :p
 
I don't have skirting on my non-tiled wall, the tiles go up to the wall with a little bit of grout.
 
LiE said:
I don't have skirting on my non-tiled wall, the tiles go up to the wall with a little bit of grout.
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I've seen this look and it can really work depending on the style of bathroom/house etc which I guess is the same for every option!

We have skirting board in our house as the décor through out is a mixture of traditional and modern with the skirting board in the bathroom tying in nicely with the other rooms in the house.
 
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