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Discuss skirtingboard grout line - finishing for expansion and neatness? in the Tile Adhesive, Grout and Substrate Preparation at TilersForums; Floor tiling up to the face of skirtingboards that you cant or are not allowed to remove … how do you like to finish that final ‘grouting’ line? (grout, calk, ...
          
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    Floor tiling up to the face of skirtingboards that you cant or are not allowed to remove … how do you like to finish that final ‘grouting’ line? (grout, calk, silicone?). thx, Stan

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    Default Re: skirtingboard grout line - finishing for expansion and neatness?

    Silicone, it's for expansion and sealing rather than aesthetics. Having said that, it needs to look right, a bad silicone finish can ruin a good job.

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    Default Re: skirtingboard grout line - finishing for expansion and neatness?

    silicone for me grout cracks and looks awfull after a while especially on wooden floors were expansion ocurrs!

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    Default Re: skirtingboard grout line - finishing for expansion and neatness?

    I just grout it with the same colour as the floor.
    Silicone doesn't take paint - by others.
    Decorators chaulk should be used to fill any cracking that will occur and shoild be applied by the decorator - its not my job!

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    I grout too with the same as floor,mapei ultracolour is flexible !! but it very rare i don't have the skirting off.It's mostly new builds i get so i'm in before second fix joinery.
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