My humiliation was completed when he merely reached under the skirting board and flicked the wall switch off and on, whereupon the wretched machine returned instantly to its previous settings.
Many people choose to use beading around the edge of the room to hide the gap between the flooring and the skirting board, although this is in no way essential.
There is a gap between the floating floor and the walls to decouple them and allow for expansion; this gap is covered with skirting boards or mouldings.