Skirting board & architrave fitting in Dublin (2026 guide).
Nothing spoils a brand-new €4,000 herringbone or engineered oak floor faster than cheap stick-on plastic scotia beading.
We also supply and fit matching door architraves, plane doors to clear new floors, and install flush threshold profiles.
Free, no obligation. One local Dublin floor fitter prices your job, not five.
- €12–€18 / mFit skirting (labour + fixings)
- €18–€28 / mSupply & fit primed MR-MDF
- Scribed JointsInternal corners mason's scribed
- Zero BeadingClean architectural wall edge
2026 Dublin Price & Specification Table
2026 Dublin skirting board, architrave & trim prices
Per-metre and per-door carpentry rates when booked alongside your floor installation or as a standalone finish carpentry job.
| Service / Flooring Type | Typical 2026 Dublin Price | Specification & What Is Included |
|---|---|---|
| Herringbone floor fitting — labour only (Click, T&G or Glue-Down) | €35 to €65 a m² | Laser centre-line set-out, 45° mitred cuts, door frame undercutting and threshold trims (add €12–€20/m² for perimeter border). |
| Herringbone engineered oak or LVT — full supply & fit | €85 to €145 a m² | Includes trade-grade herringbone blocks (AC5 laminate, LVT or 14mm engineered oak), flexible MS polymer adhesive or underlay, and fitting. |
| Laminate floor fitting — labour only (straight plank) | €18 to €30 a m² | Click-system AC4/AC5/AC6 straight-plank laminate laid over 3mm–5mm acoustic/UFH underlay with staggered joints. |
| Engineered wood floor fitting — floating or secret-nailed | €25 to €38 a m² | 14mm–20mm engineered oak planks floated over acoustic DPM underlay or secret-nailed to timber joists. |
| Engineered or solid oak — full glue-down (UFH compatible) | €35 to €50 a m² | Full-trowel Bona R848 / Wakol MS polymer flexible adhesive bond directly to primed concrete or anhydrite screed. |
| Glue-down LVT (Amtico / Karndean / Moduleo) — labour + smoothing screed | €38 to €62 a m² | Subfloor primer, 3mm fibre-reinforced latex self-levelling compound, feather-finish sanding and high-temperature pressure-sensitive adhesive. |
| Subfloor self-levelling compound (3mm–6mm latex screed) | €18 to €32 a m² | Ardex, F.Ball Stopgap or Mapei fibre-reinforced levelling screed to achieve SR1 flatness (+/- 3mm over 2m). |
| Liquid DPM surface moisture barrier (2-part epoxy) | €16 to €26 a m² | Protects timber and LVT floors against residual construction moisture up to 95%–98% RH in new-build concrete slabs. |
| Skirting board supply & mitred fitting (MDF or solid oak) | €12 to €24 a linear m | Removing old skirtings, scribing internal corners, mitring external corners, pinning, gluing and caulking top edge. |
Technical Breakdown
Why scribed skirting beats scotia beading every time
Mason's Scribed Internal Corners (Never opens up)
In Irish homes, plastered walls are rarely a true 90 degrees. If internal skirting corners are simply 45° mitred, they gape open as the house settles. Our carpenters cope/scribe every internal joint with a coping saw so the profile locks tight even on out-of-square walls.
Glued & Pinned External 45° Mitres
External chimney breast and hallway corners are precision-cut on a compound mitre saw, bonded with two-part mitre adhesive so the outside point never splits, and pinned with 16-gauge brad nails.
Choosing Skirting Height & Profile (Chamfered, Ogee, Torus, Square)
Modern Dublin extensions and A-rated new builds typically take 125×18mm or 144×18mm Square-Edge, Bullnose or Chamfered MR-MDF skirting. Period Victorian and Edwardian homes suit 175mm–225mm Ogee or Torus profiles.
Door Architraves & Plinth Blocks (€45–€85 per door side)
Replacing damaged door casings with matching 70×18mm or 94×18mm mitred architraves (and trimming the bottom of internal doors on a track saw to give a 6mm–10mm heat-pump airflow gap) completes the room.
Calculate your Dublin floor fitting cost
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Your floor area × our 2026 Dublin price guide
€1,400 to €2,600
40 m² at €35–€65/m² for herringbone floor fitting (labour only). Includes door frame undercutting and threshold profiles; subfloor self-levelling or skirting removal is itemised separately if needed.
- Every quote includes moisture testing, door architrave undercutting and threshold trims.
- Subfloor latex self-levelling compound (€18–€32/m²) ensures zero bounce on herringbone and LVT.
How this estimate is worked out
Our calculator multiplies your area by 2026 Dublin floor layer rates: €18–€30/m² for straight-plank laminate labour, €28–€45/m² for engineered wood labour, €35–€65/m² for herringbone labour, €68–€115/m² for LVT supply & fit, and €85–€145/m² for herringbone supply & fit.
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Skirting Board & Architrave Fitting Dublin questions answered
Should skirting boards be fitted before or after the new floor is laid?
Always AFTER the new wood, laminate or LVT floor is laid! Fitting the skirting board on top of the finished floor covers the 10mm–12mm expansion gap around the room so you don't need unsightly quadrant scotia beading, and locks the perimeter planks down flat.
Can you carefully remove my existing skirting boards and refit them after the floor goes down?
Yes, if the existing skirting boards are in good condition and were nailed rather than heavily bonded with construction adhesive. However, because removing old skirting often pulls small flakes of plaster off the bottom 20mm of the wall, fitting slightly taller new primed MDF skirting (e.g. upgrading from 100mm to 125mm/144mm) covers the old paint/plaster line completely.
Do you caulk the top of the skirting board to the wall?
Yes — once the skirting is scribed, mitred, glued and pinned, we run a neat bead of flexible decorator's caulk along the top wall junction and fill the pin holes so it is ready for your topcoat of satinwood or eggshell paint.
How many linear metres of skirting are in a typical Dublin 3-bed semi?
A standard Dublin 3-bed semi ground floor (hall, sitting room and kitchen-diner) usually takes 38 to 48 linear metres of skirting board once doorways and kitchen units are deducted.
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