Ceramic Tiles Skirting Board

Value for money practical and aesthetically pleasing ceramic is the ideal skirting board.

Ceramic tiles skirting board.

They provide an attractive finishing touch where wall meets floor. In italy they are called battiscopa which can be roughly interpreted as where the broom hits as in the past wooden skirting boards were used for protecting the base of the wall. Gap between tiles and skirting so we recently had our extension tiled and then skirtings fitted after. Cracked tiles are a total pain.

There are so many options you can really put your personality into the room. Skirting tiles are laid in the corner of a wall and floor junction and becoming a popular choice for kitchens and bathrooms where wooden skirting boards are more likely to get damaged or damp. Skirting tiles offer a more practical and elegant solution to traditional timber skirting boards. White skirting tiles.

Obviously there is a tiny tiny gap between the top of the tile and the bottom of the skirting. The tiles don t have to match the walls or the floors as decorative border tiles can be used to provide a ceramic or stone skirting rather than utilised for a dado effect. If the skirting tile has a profile with curves or rounded edges then white is an excellent choice. If the floor under is boards rather than concrete pay the extra to have a layer of ditra added.

These tiles are either ceramic from artworks or winchester or natural stone from earthworks. Ceramic or stone tiles can be used and you can either match the skirting to the floor or walls or create contrast with decorative border tiles. The colour highlights the selected profile and can add texture to a white wall tile in bathrooms and kitchens. An ideal tile accent to the base of your walls skirting is a great way to complete your room s look.

Aesthetically a tiled skirting floor offers a far better finish matching the tiled floor providing a neat transition between the wall and the floor tiled space. Elevate your tile design from basic to beautiful with an elegant molded skirting finishing piece. Your fitter doesn t sound very confident in tiling porcelain tiles are better for a floor than ceramic. The bottom edges of most walls that have been finished with wooden skirting will probably need cleaning and preparing to accept your tiles.

If you want to join the trend setters try mixing tile skirting boards with laminate flooring for a fresh look. A smooth full bodied porcelain skirting tile in a light grey colour with light speckling across the tile.