LVT skirting

Customizable baseboards

In renovations to be performed in a short time and with a limited budget you may use floating LTV flooring that enable the laying of a new coating above the existing one, maybe worn and not good looking, thus avoiding interventions such as the cuting of doors and armored door.

The baseboard suitable for this kind of flooring is usually an element in MDF covered with foil, but lately is manufactured directly in PVC foam covered by decorative photographic film; this material has all the characteristics of the floor in Luxury Vinyl Tile, then, is water and shock resistant, reusable, easy to clean, customizable with the same graphic pattern of horizontal plane coated.

The baseboard in PVC foam

The PVC foam is a material subjected to a technique of processing called expansion, with which you change the specific gravity of the initial polymer, obtaining a product that has a lighter cellular structure.

The baseboard, also called skirting, is a protective element of the coupling between the vertical surface of the wall and the floor.

In fact it is a frame of coating that highlights the perimeter of the room and protects the lower part of the wall from knocks of broom, vacuum cleaner and other cleaning tools, besides being itself a barrier to dust.

The common form is that of a flat board but nowadays the choice is much more extensive since it is no longer considered only as a junction and protection element, but rather an important decoration.
Therefore, the market offers a wide range of skirting boards, even fairly elaborate and with rounded edges.

In the image below are presented some profiles of skirting:
square and straight, bird's beak, with a rounded top and bottom with a kind of protruding foot.


The sizes vary according to the functional and aesthetic needs: the height is between 6 and 8cm; the thickness between 1 and 2cm; the maximum available length is 3m, to be cut according to the geometry of the room.

Skirting is inserted last, then after laying the floor, frames and painting the walls.

The laying system of the LVT flooring is snap-fit.
Simple and quick, also called a single click, it is a dry floating installation on a planar substrate, without the use of the pad, glue and various profiles; the same baseboards are equipped with clip holder to replace the adhesive layer and maintain firm and stable the elements, easy to install and remove.

The reasons that lead to the choice of this material are many.
In fact, the product is:
- Water resistant, therefore, it can also be placed in bathrooms, kitchens and laundries;
- It is absorbing and therefore absorbs foot traffic noise giving a pleasant feeling of tranquility, soft and warm to the touch;
- It is resistant to wear;
- is easy to clean.

The specificity of the material is in decorative effect that, by photographic reproduction, takes up the same texture of the floor and also reports on the skirting, combining it and ensuring visual continuity.
For the more creative you can bring any picture or design you want, from the elements of nature to elaborate visualizations from your mind.

In fact, in the example below, was splashed a baseboard with a decorative green leaves combined with a wooden floor effect, you can print all trying to create combinations in full agreement with the general decor.

The PVC foam colored baseboards, therefore, are real furnishing accessories to match or to the floor or, for unique design solutions, even to the color of the walls, the wall decor.

You can choose to align the skirting with the coating material and to chose the same color, or highlight it by opting for a contrasting shade.

In conclusion, on the market there aredifferent colors, solid colors or shooting effects such as wood, stone, texture customizable.

You just choose the type that best matches the personal situation, the environment furnished and transform these elements, once considered marginal and merely protective, in components of great charm and visual attraction.

Customizing a home means treating especially the details, elements that in an ordinary project are taken into account only at the end, when there is little time and money to evaluate the different types that are offered on the market.

It is these details that catch the eye of the guests and is the difference between an apartment and the other, it is what makes it unique.

A small hint: the decoration that you can play in printing on PVC foam skirting can also show a sentence, a dear thought to the owner of the house, making the skirting the protagonist of the environment and maybe a treasured memory!