Plastics foam insulating skirting board in building

摘要

The skirting board (1) is designed to be height-adjustable. It may consist of a 10 mm thick strip of polyethylene foam of density 20 kg per cu metre. The height of the plastics strip is between 80 and 200 mm. There are weakening slits (6) near the top of the plastics strip so that pieces may be broken off to reduce the height. A thin foil (2) is wrapped around the lower edge of the plastics strip. It is 0.3 to 0.9 mm thick and one edge (3) extends up the back of the strip. The plastics strip may be inserted between the wall and the edge of the floor or may rest on top of the floor. The edge (4) of the plastics foil in front of the plastics strip extends out over the floor.