Sloping floors

[Cubist]

I must admit I've used the same technique on occasion as Noj and, being a pack-rat unwilling to throw anything useful away, I have several strips of softwood, of varying lengths up to 30cm each with 8mm holes at various distances from one end taking up space in one of my tool-boxes. Lord knows why I keep them as I'll just make another if the need arises.

I'm going to have to get my compass out and find a good youtube video, I'm thinking its going to be difficult keeping the individual boards all the same height.

One further thought. Before you buy the skirting check the depth of the variation between the lowest and highest point of the floor. A mate of mine in the distant past failed to do that and only found out part way through the job that he was having to cut away more than half of every board he came to use.

 

[Lacan07]

I must admit I've used the same technique on occasion as Noj and, being a pack-rat unwilling to throw anything useful away, I have several strips of softwood, of varying lengths up to 30cm each with 8mm holes at various distances from one end taking up space in one of my tool-boxes. Lord knows why I keep them as I'll just make another if the need arises.

One further thought. Before you buy the skirting check the depth of the variation between the lowest and highest point of the floor. A mate of mine in the distant past failed to do that and only found out part way through the job that he was having to cut away more than half of every board he came to use.

Yes, thanks for the heads up Cubist. This is actually part of the problem and I was also going to say I'll start a dedicated thread nearer the time when I come to do the skirting.

The issue is in my bathroom, one lath & plaster wall is very nicely curved and they managed to get the skirting to curve too so needless to say I was in no mood to remove it, (I actually wished I hadn't thrown away the skirting I did remove! Live and learn all that). The height of this remaining skirting is 14.5cm which is pretty standard size I think or near enough and can be purchased in Wickes. However, matching any new skirting to a set height when scribing I can imagine is a bit of nightmare. The room sags a bit in the middle, nothing drastic.

Anyway, that's for another day. Too much going in my head already! I managed to find someone selling some sheeps wool insulation local to me for a good price on FB marketplace which is good news.

 

[Cubist]

Lateral bends, that is into or away from a wall can often be dealt with by cutting a series of parallel vertical slots in the wall side face of the board to all it to bend. Not so easy though in the vertical plane. Good luckswhen you get round to it.