Does skirting go behind vanity units or not?

[canalsiderenovation]

We have a couple of floor standing vanity units. Does the skirting go behind these or are the units cut to allow for the skirting??

[joe90]

Whatever comes first! If they are “forever “ units, put them in first then skirting up to them (easiest). If you may change them in the future skirting first and scribe the units round them.

[PeterW]

Skirting in a bathroom ...?

 

Preference would be a tiled skirting to match the floor tiles, or if you use “ordinary” skirting then use solid wood not MDF. Make sure they prime it all round with a decent primer, eggshell is better and make sure you get 2 coats on all cut sides including the one joining the floor. Then bed it on decent sealant to stop any water getting under it and blowing the wood. 

[canalsiderenovation]

49 minutes ago, PeterW said:

Skirting in a bathroom ...?

 

Preference would be a tiled skirting to match the floor tiles, or if you use “ordinary” skirting then use solid wood not MDF. Make sure they prime it all round with a decent primer, eggshell is better and make sure you get 2 coats on all cut sides including the one joining the floor. Then bed it on decent sealant to stop any water getting under it and blowing the wood. 

 

It's LVT flooring and they don't do a matching skirting. I've always had skirting in bathrooms, as much as I hate skirting I've never had any issues.

[joe90]

+1 wot @PeterW said ?

[MikeGrahamT21]

In a bathroom it might be preferable to get some PVC skirting board so its protected from any moisture ingress.

[Nickfromwales]

3 minutes ago, MikeGrahamT21 said:

In a bathroom it might be preferable to get some PVC skirting board so its protected from any moisture ingress.

Prob is, the actual PVC skirting profiles sometimes go yellow with time. Synthetic is better, but white is not great. 
Would a wood lookilikey synthetic suit? 

[ProDave]

In our bathrooms, the walls done with multipanel go right down to the floor and sealed to the floor.

 

The few plasterboarded walls have strips of floor tile cut and laid as tile skirting.

[canalsiderenovation]

37 minutes ago, ProDave said:

In our bathrooms, the walls done with multipanel go right down to the floor and sealed to the floor.

 

The few plasterboarded walls have strips of floor tile cut and laid as tile skirting.

 

We have multipanel in our bathrooms but only in the showers and likely as splashbacks around the sink. I didn't want it on the walls to the floor....

[joe90]

4 minutes ago, canalsiderenovation said:

 

We have multipanel in our bathrooms but only in the showers and likely as splashbacks around the sink. I didn't want it on the walls to the floor....

ditto, we also have LVT and skirting (painted well and sealed to the floor) ?

[canalsiderenovation]

11 minutes ago, joe90 said:

ditto, we also have LVT and skirting (painted well and sealed to the floor) ?

 

Do you have it above your sink as a sort of splashback. We weren't going to but we have some left so were thinking about it but I'm not sure about how this would look with the trims/end caps.

 

[joe90]

Yes, works well IMO (you can see the shower reflection in the mirror)

 

 

Edited November 27, 2020 by joe90

[canalsiderenovation]

1 hour ago, joe90 said:

Yes, works well IMO (you can see the shower reflection in the mirror)

 

 

 

Do you have any trim on the top or is your mirror flush? I can see the sides but what edging would we put on the top?

[wozza]

Both of our en suites have tiled skirting to match the floor tiles and I cut the vanity units to fit.

 

[canalsiderenovation]

21 minutes ago, wozza said:

Both of our en suites have tiled skirting to match the floor tiles and I cut the vanity units to fit.

 

 

Seems to be a popular choice if you have tiled floors 

Edited November 27, 2020 by canalsiderenovation

[joe90]

1 hour ago, canalsiderenovation said:

 

Do you have any trim on the top or is your mirror flush? I can see the sides but what edging would we put on the top?

I packed the mirror out so it’s flush with the splash back and had it made the same width, the same edging as the sides would do I suppose. It’s just edging trim.

[Pocster]

I would always expect ‘tiles’ as skirting in a bathroom / ensuite . Just seems better to me ; assuming the floor is tiled of course .

Edited November 28, 2020 by pocster

[canalsiderenovation]

1 hour ago, pocster said:

I would always expect ‘tiles’ as skirting in a bathroom / ensuite . Just seems better to me ; assuming the floor is tiled of course .

 

It isn't! It's LVT as I didn't want tiled flooring or walls.