On Sat, 6 Apr 2013 17:33:07 -0400, "TomR" wrote:

No, these aren't separate components....just mdf in either 4x8' sheet
or in tongue and groove sections. Both are about 1/4" thick. Chair
rail at the top, re-install baseboard.


I'd consider the sheet material over the planks. HD can cut a sheet
when you have the numbers. A panel saw would be short work of it.

If you are putting a chair rail at the top and re-installing the baseboard
at the bottom, then couldn't you just nail the chair rail and baseboard at
16-inch on-center spacing into the existing studs? Wouldn't that hold
everything in place and flat against the wall?


With the baseboard off she can nail anywhere on the foot plate of the
stud wall.