why is skirting board necessary?

Skirting is a board that runs along the border between the interior wall and the floor. Skirting board serves as a barrier that protects the wall from the vulnerability of knocks and scuffs that occurs from foot traffic expected in a normal home.

Basically, heads of vacuum cleaners and mops tend to scrape the surface, as individuals knock them against walls multiple times while cleaning the house.When you use a wet mop to clean the floor, it leads to greater damage since mops leave wet patches on the surface.Baseboards installation protects the walls from getting wet and prevents moisture from deteriorating their texture. 

Naturally, as the foot traffic increases floors expands.So during installation,expansion gaps are left between the wall and the floor. This is to allow additional room for the floors to expand and contract without getting broke or damaged.Skirting board helps to hide this expansion gap.

Furthermore, in some projects,skirting is for beautification.It provides a ‘clean’ finish to walls after they have been plastered.
For some, it’s a method to hide the unwanted features in the interior walls.

Other purposes of installing skirting.

To Cover Construction Flops: Improper edges or unwanted gaps between the wall and the floor may occur after construction. Redoing such works is time-consuming and costly,builders install skirting to cover the poor work.

Avoid scratches from furniture:Skirting board installed keeps a gap between the nearby furniture and the interior wall. This way the wall avoids rubbing and scratching from the furniture.

Hide exposed electrical wiring: Home owners use skirting to cover up exposed electrical wires and connections that are not pleasing. Hiding these wires under the skirting board for good finishing is more economical and practical.

Aesthetics: functionality of skirting boards isn’t the only benefit of installing skirting in our homes. These boards do wonders for interior décor. Therefore,when a room has a good matching color with its skirting, it gives the room a good finishing. A cleaner and an elegant look.