For wood and tile straight edges are harder to come by and even a 1 16 of an inch looks bad.
Lay wooden floor without removing skirting.
The same goes for vinyl that straight edge will be hard to get.
Then using a sharp pencil draw a line onto the skirting boards across the top of the wood flooring.
Repeat this process on all the skirting boards around the room.
The process involves positioning a piece of your particular wood flooring including any underlay it maybe sat on on the sub floor against your skirting board.
Yes carpet can be installed without removing the skirting because slightly uneven carpet edges can be stuffed down between the tack strips and the skirting.
Hi its possible to use a multi tool cutter to cut the bottom of the skirting to the height of the new flooring and then the new flooring can be laid under the skirting board that is now shorter not for the amateur but can be done so no quadrant and skirting stays in place dave answered 27th oct 2015 like 11.
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Your alternative to removing the skirting is to add a quarter round piece of molding all the way around the room after laying the vinyl.
Like skirting boards wood floor beading or floor edge trims as they re otherwise known come in a range of materials including solid wood and mdf.