Skirting Board
A skirting board is a wooden board set on edge round the foot of a wall to protect the wall from kicks and scuffs. Also know as a barge board, wash board, kick board, baseboard.
The finished skirting on the south side.
What an improvement over the original deck...
...as seen in this picture from the beginning of the article.
Skirting for Modern Homes
The standard skirting board doesn't look great in a contemporary interior - so what are the alternatives? And how do you get them right? Clive Fewins explains the secrets behind 'shadow gaps'.
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Skirting: Timber or other moulding around the base of a wall.
Sleeper wall: Supports a timber ground floor, and is often built in honeycomb brickwork to allow ventilation of the space under the floor.
SKIRTING Moulding to cover the joint between floor and wall flooring.
SLIP JOINT A joint so designed that movement of the units joined, by expansion or contraction, is possible without affecting structural soundness or stability.
Skirtings - Trim fixed on the wall where the wall meets the floor.
Sky dome - A type of skylight featuring a translucent plastic domed top.
Skylight - A transparent or translucent opening, usually glazed, in a roof.
Skirting - Being all around the edges.
Skirting Boards - Boards at the floor level being all around the edges.
Sky Dome - A type of skylight exhibiting a characteristic translucent plastic domed top.
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Skirting keeps the wind from blowing underneath a mobile home, and it helps keep the creepy crawlies at bay.
skirting - fan assisted - radiators
The are a number of different types of emitters available:
'Skirting' heaters.
Skirting: A trim, usually of wood, between a wall and the floor.
Spackle: Ready mixed, all-purpose compound used for filling cracks or small holes in walls prior to painting.
Solid skirting (siding panels that enclose your deck below the deck surface), will provide a good deal of lateral support and can take the place of bracing. Lattice skirting, however, is much less effective.
Leather Skirting Bathtub from Aquamass - Stone One luxe bathtubs
Belgian Designed Bathtub from Aquamass - 'Strip' is perfectly sculpted
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Grounds Pieces of wood embedded in plaster of walls to which skirtings are attached. Also wood pieces used to stop the plaster work around doors and windows. Gusset A brace or bracket used to strengthen a structure.
Many people choose a wood finish for the skirting of the hot tub. Wood skirting has certain advantages, such as the ability to coordinate with outdoor wood furniture.
Wood beading cut quarter circle often used to hide uneven or poor finish(especially in new houses) above skirting boards, along architraves, round windows etc.
Quart. A unit of measurement equal to two pints.
Quarry-redA deep brick red.
Hydronic heating operates when water is heated in a boiler (generally by oil or gas) and then circulated around the home to radiator panels (mounted under the floors), skirting board convectors or fan coil convectors (commonly referred to as ...
To fill the space while adding seating and display areas, try skirting a tabletop with a beautiful fabric. Add a couple of chairs to each side with coordinating fabric on the seats.
Simple cream tongue-and-groove panelling contrasts beautifully with the dark wood skirting boards and cupboard door in this traditional bathroom.
Along the base of partition walls, moisture within the plasterboard can result in bowing and it is useful to run a second line of timber above the soleplate to prevent this. The timber will enable a top fixing through the skirting board to trap and ...
My house was one with nature as you can see trees skirting our house -- tree branches at arms reach from the upstairs floor. All interior walls were gone and you could see all the remains of the different remodeling what went on.
A flat block on either side of a doorframe where the architrave meets the skirting. Also in masonary work - the lowest part of a wall or a column known as a plinth course.
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When mixing upholstered furniture and occasional tables, it's more attractive to vary the ratio of skirt to leg. In most cases, 20 per cent skirting (either a soft skirt like the apron of a sofa, or a piece of furniture with no legs) is ideal.
The structural members can be concealed with foundation plantings--such as shrubs--or with skirting, which usually consists of lath or lattice panels cut to fit between the deck surface and the ground.
Install energy-efficient windows and doors
Add insulation to the belly
Make general repairs (caulking, ducts, etc.)
Add insulation to your walls
Install insulated skirting
Install a belly wrap
Add insulation to your roof or install a roof cap.
I would like to replace some of the insulation under my mobile home. Can you help? A cat or something has got in there a tore it up, only section of it, have the skirting, but want to repair insulation first.
When you put the two together, you have a clever skirt that hides whatever you store underneath. You can do the same with an old box. By skirting the sides and painting the top to match the fabric, ...
For the children's bedroom, he had artisans paint books and toys on the cupboards, a mouse on the skirting board behind the door, and a little butterfly on the wall.
Moulding A band or strip along a surface or joining 2 surfaces, such as an architrave around a door or window, a cornice where the wall and ceiling meet or a skirting where wall and floor meet.
As this point, Flylady recommends you tackle detailed zone cleaning, which cover the kinds of tasks you would usually expect of a spring clean - cleaning skirting boards, cleaning windows etc.
Skirting - Horizontal board at junction between floor and wall
Soffit - Visible underside of a projecting surface
Span - Horizontal distance covered by a beam or lintel etc.
Spoil - Material dug out during excavation ...
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