Should you paint walls before skirting boards?

Should you paint walls before skirting boards?

You should paint your walls first and your skirting boards last. One of the golden rules of decorating is to start at the top and work your way down. By painting a feature wall beforehand, you’ll avoid any drip marks ruining your newly painted skirting boards.

How do you choose Architraves?

You’ll always need to choose the same thickness (or thicker) as your skirtings for your architraves. This is so the architraves don’t sit back from the skirting boards. If you’re using plinth blocks between the skirting and architrave, the architrave just needs to be thinner than the plinth block.

What are architraves in a house?

Architraves are the mouldings that sit around your door or window frame to disguise unsightly joints or seams between the wall and the doorframe, or the wall and the window frame. An architrave also allows for the subtle movement of your home.

What height should architrave be?

Generally speaking, as the skirting gets taller the architrave gets wider. We commonly see people using this width with skirtings around 7 or 8 inches tall (170mm or 195mm). Depending on the design you are looking at, you may be limited to just 95mm.

Why do you need architraves and skirting boards?

Dedicated to making your interior spectacular with a superior range of timber skirting & architraves of impeccable quality & distinctive craftsmanship. Employed to cover the unsightly joins in a project’s fixtures, skirting boards and architraves are a crucial element in tying together the look of any interior space.

Which is the best company to make skirting boards?

Specialising in timber mouldings, Intrim Moulding offers a classic range of timber skirting boards and architraves covering all the styles you will ever need on any project, including modern, colonial, and heritage.

What kind of moulding is used for skirting boards?

There are many different types of mouldings, including architraves, skirting boards, chair rails, inlay moulds and skirting blocks.

Can a skirting board be used to hide a gap in the wall?

Although skirting boards can somewhat serve their original purpose of hiding a gap or join between the flooring and the wall, this is not as necessary as it once was.