skirting

A skirt is the lower part of a dress or a separate outer garment that covers a person from the waist downwards.At its simplest, a skirt can be a draped garment made out of a single piece of fabric (such as pareos). However, most skirts are fitted to the body at the waist or hips and fuller below, with the fullness introduced by means of darts, gores, pleats, or panels. Modern skirts are usually made of light to mid-weight fabrics, such as denim, jersey, worsted, or poplin. Skirts of thin or clingy fabrics are often worn with slips to make the material of the skirt drape better and for modesty.
In modern times, skirts are typically worn by women. Some exceptions include the izaar, worn by many Muslim cultures, and the kilt, a traditional men's garment in Scotland, Ireland, and sometimes England. Fashion designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Kenzo and Marc Jacobs have also shown men's skirts. Transgressing social codes, Gaultier frequently introduces the skirt into his men's wear collections as a means of injecting novelty into male attire, most famously the sarong seen on David Beckham.The hemline of skirts can vary from micro to floor-length and can vary according to cultural conceptions of modesty and aesthetics as well as the wearer's personal taste, which can be influenced by such factors as fashion and social context. Most skirts are self-standing garments, but some skirt-looking panels may be part of another garment such as leggings, shorts, and swimsuits.

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    Tile skirting

    Hi guys just a quicky Never had to do this yet but a job i doing in january requires it. My question is "Do you cut all the tiles the same size or do you snap a level line around the room and cut to that?" Personally i think you should cut them all the same size say 4"- 5" high. Cheers
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    Skirting Tiles

    I did a quote for 125 linear metres of skirting tiles around a gym swimming pool wall and changing rooms,a few pillars(square) to tile round but very straight forward and simple could do with loads of easy jobs like this. I wasn't really sure how to price up as I've never just done skirting...
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    Removing Tiles, Skirting Boards etc

    Don't know if this is the correct place for this thread but I was just wondering, if you are asked to price a job and just for example it's a bathroom that's already tiled (maybe a badly done DIY job) and you have no idea how those tiles have been fixed, maybe they have been concreted to the...
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    skirting tiles??

    doing a friends wall and floor in bathroom.she doesnt want normal skirting but tile skirting.i no i can make my own but is there anywhere i can get specific tile skirtings.what does everyone else do??
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    silicone around skirting

    I do alot of tiling for a builder, and when i do his floors the skirting is always on, i always silicone around the edge where tiles butt up to skirting, does everybody do this because he tells me to just grout up to it. but i really hate seeing cracked grout around edges when it dries out, even...
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    Wall tiles on or behind skirting?

    Evening all! I'm tiling my bathroom. Should the wall tiles should go down to the floor with the skirting then put on over them, or should they sit on top of the (in place) skirting? It's triggered off a lively debate here, I can tell you. Any thoughts appreciated. Cheers, LennyW
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    skirting board

    hi all, I`m just about to tile my small bathroom and looking for advice or opinions on what would look best. when I tile my floor, should I tile up to the skirting board or remove it and replace on top of tiles when tiling is finished?:confused:
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