skirtingboard grout line - finishing for expansion and neatness?

[Stan001]

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

 

[Alan.P]

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.

 

[garretridge]

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

 

[Time's Ran Out]

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!

Timeless John.

 

[hillhead]

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.