ᐅ Tiles with tile baseboards or skirting boards?

Hello,

we are planning to have tiles installed almost everywhere on the ground floor, which will have a gray stone-concrete look. Now we are unsure whether wooden or laminate baseboards would look better with this, or if a tile baseboard would be more suitable.

When installing tiles with separate baseboards, are the tiles laid with a gap to the wall? Maybe you have some photos of your tiled rooms and can show how you handled this?

Best regards,
Sabine

Tiles must always have a gap from the wall.

Hi,
we recently had the same consideration. We find white baseboards much more elegant than tile skirting. The tiles need to have a gap from the wall anyway, which then has to be filled with silicone, either by you or the tiler.

In rooms where high humidity is common (kitchens, hallways, and especially bathrooms), it might be better to use tile skirting. When properly installed, tile skirting provides a truly waterproof wall junction, which is not always the case with wooden baseboards.

Another advantage of wooden baseboards is the cost; even a high-quality wooden baseboard is significantly cheaper than tile skirting.

Best regards,

Andreas

andimann schrieb:
Hi,
In rooms where high humidity frequently occurs (kitchen, hallway, and bathrooms, of course), it might be worth considering tiled baseboards. When properly installed, they create a truly watertight wall junction, which is not necessarily the case with wooden baseboards.

Where I have tiles (in my kitchen, hallway, and bathroom), I also chose tiled baseboards. Previously, I had solid wood baseboards there, but they suffered a lot from mopping the tiled floors and no longer looked good. When I had the tiles redone, the decision became easy. Alternatively, you could use painted wooden baseboards that are less sensitive.
In the living room and dining room, I no longer want tiles, so there I will use wooden baseboards.

FrankH schrieb:
Where tiles are installed (in my case in the kitchen, hallway, and bathroom), I used tile skirting. Previously, there were real wood baseboards, but they suffered a lot from mopping and no longer looked good. When I had the tiles redone, the decision became easy. Alternatively, you could use painted wooden baseboards that are less sensitive.
In the living and dining rooms, I don’t want tiles anymore, so there will be wooden baseboards there.

We’re also not fans of tiles in living areas. With open kitchens, the question arises how to design the transition. That’s why we are considering adding baseboards to the tiled area anyway. Additionally, tile skirting can often look quite sterile... we are still unsure.

Alex85 schrieb:
We are also not fans of tiles in living areas. With open kitchens, the question arises of how to handle the transition. That’s why we’re considering adding baseboards to the tiled area anyway. Also, tile baseboards can often look quite sterile ... we’re still not completely sure.

I don’t have an open kitchen, so I didn’t face that problem. My brother has tiles in his open kitchen, and there is a transition at the baseboard to the dining room (which has hardwood flooring). It doesn’t look perfect, but if you place a sideboard on one side, you don’t see it anymore.