Never had a problem in the past but the last job I levelled out the floor but some of the 300 escaped under certain parts of the skirting. Once the LVT was down the customer remarked that "the floor's not level". It was only a couple mill but along the length of the skirting it stuck out like a sore thumb. I rectified it with Feather but will be concious about it in all future jobs from now on.
!`m not the cleanest in the world when it comes to screeding so I put masking tape round the skirtings to stop it splashing up the wall,this would also probably help with screed flowing through any gaps in the skirting
I keep a box of out of date silicone , grip fill , fastset and anything else on the van for this reason, when you take old flooring up if the skirting is high quickly run some silicone in there it only costs a couple of quid in silicone prob works out cheaper than feather finish
Or if your desperate use strips of paper off the bags an shove them in the holes. It blocks them up an works as done it loads.
either you was using super strength tape or the paint must or been falling off to start with. I have never had a issue of tape pulling paint off and all my lads use the same method. I had a team of 12 installers out skimming floors every day over a 2 year period. Shame the work dried up :cry: But like i say never had that issue.
remove the skirting no problem with seeping then :lol: that's the only surefire way of getting it bob on sadly :cry:
i tend to find the cheap crap is best. The stuff that dont like sticking. BUT if its being left on you should use the blue '2090' 3m stuff or i presume the stuff bladerunner is talking about above is guaranteed to for long periods also?
If you ask for 'low tack' masking tape you'll be fine. It's designed to come off easily. I always carry silicon or caulking of some kind for the holes and gaps. Well worth a bit of time prior to screeding.
Too many people rush into putting the stuff down without prepping the area first. I've just been and visited a site where all the wet areas were screeded and all skirtings and furnishings have tide marks. I can't believe how some people put it down, surely it isn;t that hard to do a little basic prep to give a better result?
