"willshak" wrote in message
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Mikepier wrote the following:
Just curious has anyone used standard door and window molding for the
floor? I know at HD and Lowes they have them labeled as such in the
aisles, but I have used moulding meant for the doors and windows for
the floor because they are easier to work with. My floors and walls
are not perfect, and these moldings I am using are 2 1/4" wide by
about 3/8" thick, making it easier for me to flex the moulding to
contour with the floor and wall, thus eliminating the need to caulk or
put a shoe molding.
I am close to finishing my basement and find that if I used the big
4"+ base moulding it would be difficult to work with. So far the
smaller moulding is working out great. I just wanted to know what
others think.


When my house was built in 1984, the GC used ogee door and window trim as
baseboard in all the rooms.
The longer I looked at it, the more I wanted to change to regular base
molding. I finally changed it to wood baseboard molding in all the rooms.
In the kitchen and baths, where mopping and spills are common, I used the
plastic baseboard molding. The plastic molding is more flexible than wood,
so you may want to use that if your floors are uneven.

One can be flexible, if it looks good, then it should work. I have seen
baseboard used as window casing, I have used door stop as baseboard quarter
round when I didn't want it to protrude into the floor, in utility areas I
have used 1/4" plywood scrap cut into strips and routed with a round over
bit for baseboard.

One molding you may want to attempt to locate is "Combination base". It is a
short baseboard molding that flares out at the bottom so that it doesn't
need a shoe or quarter round. It is especially handy when working over
carpet on top of concrete as there would be no place to nail the shoe or
quarter round. It is also flexible enough to follow undulations of poured
concrete. Sometimes it is difficult to find.