Floor Protection Before Baseboard

If the washing machine or its hoses leak onto the floor the leak can spread onto the hardwood in nearby rooms on the same level or drip down onto the basement.

Floor protection before baseboard.

We agreed and he said he would install the baseboard about 1 2 above the floor so the hardwood could be scribed to fit. Allow you to get new baseboards or repaint your existing baseboards before they go back on the wall. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. You have to apply on the floor where baseboards and floor meets.

Must let you know removing flooring is a great time to paint baseboards before reinstalling new flooring. When we do the interior trim and the prefinished bamboo flooring in a house or any prefinished flooring for that matter we always do all the trim first using 3 4 spacers or whatever width the floor you are using is under the doors cased openings and baseboard. Then he advised us that the best but more expensive way would be to scribe the floor to the baseboard. Problem is when we met with the flooring people the baseboard was not up 1 2 but flush to the floor.

If the carpet runs all the way to the wall or under the baseboards or. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. H elp cover the half inch expansion gap along the walls that hardwood needs. How to waterproof a laundry room floor.

With unfinished hardwood always run the floor first. Stops before the baseboards leaving a gap at the edge of the carpet to work with and. Removing and reinstalling the baseboards during this process can. With time gaps start developing between the floor and baseboards and caulking keep them in control.

However when it comes to prefinished flooring i respectfully disagree. Caulking helps baseboards from damage due to spillage of water. Ensure your baseboards are positioned properly considering the new height of your floors.