| Timber floors are fixed on top screeds laid on | | | | wall, the aesthetics must be kept. The rebated |
| concrete. When slit floors are made, there are | | | | timber skirting should not distort that beauty. The |
| two to three courses of masonry feature wall. | | | | cover piece can be painted to match the feature |
| This rise from the lower to upper level. The edge | | | | wall or made to compliment it. In the interior |
| of the timber floor has a skirting piece fixed | | | | design of a house, aesthetics are an integral part |
| round the whole room. These pieces are fixed to | | | | of finishes to any two different materials bonded |
| the edge of the concrete floor. They are fixed | | | | together. Therefore the skirting piece at the part |
| flush with the feature wall. This joint at the edge | | | | it lies on the floor should mat the timber finish. |
| wears out quite fast. This happens as people | | | | Preferably the same floor varnish used should be |
| stand on it and thus the cover or skirting | | | | applied on it. |
| treatment done to this finishes. | | | | When fixing the cover on the floor finish, first |
| The finish fixed on the floor and masonry is a | | | | measure the length required. The size of the |
| timber skirting. This skirting is about three inches | | | | rebate should be measured to spread on to the |
| wide and one inch thick. It has a rebate at the | | | | floor by about an inch. The thickness of this part |
| top. This rebate is for anchorage and nailing into | | | | can be about an eighth to half an inch thick. |
| the concrete. Hardwood timber is used due to its | | | | Screws are used to fasten it onto the concrete |
| durability. It should cover the masonry about two | | | | below the timber floor. Fine saw dust mixed with |
| and a half inches on the face side. If looked at on | | | | wood glue is run over the screw heads. This is |
| elevation, it seems like a skirting placed on top of | | | | sanded and rubbed down till smooth. The skirting, |
| the wall. On the floor part, it should be about a | | | | when fixed should lie firmly onto the feature wall. |
| done a quarter inch above the surface. This is to | | | | Decoration is then applied to match the floor and |
| one avoid tripping on skirting end. | | | | wall or as desired. |
| Since the two courses of masonry are a feature | | | | |