I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The floor will
be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I have seen
the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush with the
floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

On Aug 27, 3:24 pm, "H" wrote:
I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The floor will
be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I have seen
the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush with the
floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

I'd keep it up about 1/4" or so. Remember that you need to put your
finish floor down and that your base boards work on convertion. You
need air flow from the bottom of the base board over your elements.

-paul

on 8/27/2007 3:24 PM H said the following:
I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The floor will
be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I have seen
the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush with the
floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H


Why not wait until the carpet is installed?
It will be easier for the carpet installers.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.

"willshak" wrote in message
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on 8/27/2007 3:24 PM H said the following:
I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The floor
will be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I have
seen the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush with
the floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H


Why not wait until the carpet is installed?
It will be easier for the carpet installers.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Just plain old baseboard...not heaters.

"Paul Flansburg" wrote in message
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On Aug 27, 3:24 pm, "H" wrote:
I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The floor
will
be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I have seen
the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush with the
floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

I'd keep it up about 1/4" or so. Remember that you need to put your
finish floor down and that your base boards work on convertion. You
need air flow from the bottom of the base board over your elements.

-paul

H wrote:
I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.


So, paint the baseboards but don't install them.

On 27 Aug, 15:46, "H" wrote:
I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.

"willshak" wrote in message

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on 8/27/2007 3:24 PM H said the following:
I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The floor
will be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I have
seen the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush with
the floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

Why not wait until the carpet is installed?
It will be easier for the carpet installers.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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- I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.

Prime and paint the baseboard on some sawhorses before the carpet goes
down. Install it after the carpet goes in, then just touch up the nail
holes.

Odds are you going to have to touch up the baseboard anyway. The
installers are bound scuff it up in a few spots, especially if the
paint is fairly fresh.

On Aug 27, 3:40 pm, willshak wrote:
on 8/27/2007 3:24 PM H said the following:

I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The floor will
be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I have seen
the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush with the
floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

Why not wait until the carpet is installed?
It will be easier for the carpet installers.


How is it easier?
I have replaced a carpet in a room where I was also replacing
baseboard trim.
I thought it would be easier to get a clean look by installing the
baseboard before the new carpet. Worked out fine for me.
Oh, and I installed it on the floor. No intentional gap.

Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and subsequent
repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes in.

"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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On 27 Aug, 15:46, "H" wrote:
I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.

"willshak" wrote in message

...



on 8/27/2007 3:24 PM H said the following:
I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The
floor
will be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I
have
seen the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush
with
the floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

Why not wait until the carpet is installed?
It will be easier for the carpet installers.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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- Show quoted text -

- I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.

Prime and paint the baseboard on some sawhorses before the carpet goes
down. Install it after the carpet goes in, then just touch up the nail
holes.

Odds are you going to have to touch up the baseboard anyway. The
installers are bound scuff it up in a few spots, especially if the
paint is fairly fresh.

"H" wrote in message
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Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and
subsequent repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes in.

Caulking???

Why not just do a proper job to start with?

"Noozer" wrote in message
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"H" wrote in message
news:ymGAi.2855$7p6.2618@trnddc01...
Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and
subsequent repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes
in.

Caulking???

Why not just do a proper job to start with?

"Proper" without caulking? How do you do that? There are all sorts of
imperfections in a wall, and caulking covers them.

On Aug 27, 4:38 pm, "Noozer" wrote:
"H" wrote in message

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Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and
subsequent repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes in.

Caulking???

Why not just do a proper job to start with?

A good craftsman can get the corners practically perfect. But my
walls aren't perfectly flat. I caulked along the top edge and it
looks nice.
I also caulked the hack jobbed miter cuts because I'm not a good
craftsman. Those look good too.

"frank megaweege" wrote in message
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On Aug 27, 4:38 pm, "Noozer" wrote:
"H" wrote in message

news:ymGAi.2855$7p6.2618@trnddc01...

Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and
subsequent repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes
in.

Caulking???

Why not just do a proper job to start with?

A good craftsman can get the corners practically perfect. But my
walls aren't perfectly flat. I caulked along the top edge and it
looks nice.
I also caulked the hack jobbed miter cuts because I'm not a good
craftsman. Those look good too.


Precisely.

On Aug 27, 4:20 pm, "H" wrote:
Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and subsequent
repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes in.

"DerbyDad03" wrote in message

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On 27 Aug, 15:46, "H" wrote:
I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.

"willshak" wrote in message

...

on 8/27/2007 3:24 PM H said the following:
I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The
floor
will be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I
have
seen the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush
with
the floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

Why not wait until the carpet is installed?
It will be easier for the carpet installers.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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- I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.

Prime and paint the baseboard on some sawhorses before the carpet goes
down. Install it after the carpet goes in, then just touch up the nail
holes.

Odds are you going to have to touch up the baseboard anyway. The
installers are bound scuff it up in a few spots, especially if the
paint is fairly fresh.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

- Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and
subsequent
- repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes in.

If you know so much about the proper installation of baseboard, how
come you don't know if it goes on the floor or not? Kidding! ;-)

I'll grant you the caulking point, but I bet you'll be touching up the
paint after the carpet gets installed anyway.

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:42:56 -0700, DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Aug 27, 4:20 pm, "H" wrote:
Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and subsequent
repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes in.

"DerbyDad03" wrote in message

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On 27 Aug, 15:46, "H" wrote:
I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.

"willshak" wrote in message

...

on 8/27/2007 3:24 PM H said the following:
I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The
floor
will be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I
have
seen the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush
with
the floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

Why not wait until the carpet is installed?
It will be easier for the carpet installers.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

- I want to get the room painted before the carpet goes in.

Prime and paint the baseboard on some sawhorses before the carpet goes
down. Install it after the carpet goes in, then just touch up the nail
holes.

Odds are you going to have to touch up the baseboard anyway. The
installers are bound scuff it up in a few spots, especially if the
paint is fairly fresh.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

- Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and
subsequent
- repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes in.

If you know so much about the proper installation of baseboard, how
come you don't know if it goes on the floor or not? Kidding! ;-)

I'll grant you the caulking point, but I bet you'll be touching up the
paint after the carpet gets installed anyway.


A good carpet guy will keep the rookie helper in the small closets to
minimize damage (smiley faces from hammers).

--
Oren

"I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you."

H wrote:

I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The floor will
be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I have seen
the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush with the
floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

Having been in the trim business for over 30 years, I will
tell you how the raising the trim off of the floor came about,
then you can decide what to do.

Back in the good old days, houses had door casing and
baseboard moulding. They had the same detail, but the
baseboard was taller than the door casing. You can still find
this in any major moulding catalogue. Door casing will be
matched to a baseboard with the baseboard wider at the base.

When you put the baseboard down and then install carpet, about
the same amount of the moulding shows in both places and they
appear to be the same width.

Back when the housing booms started and people were trying to
cut corners everywhere they could, they stopped buying
separate base and casing and just bought casing. You did not
have to have two different trims and the casing cost less. If
you raised the casing up off the floor, you would have the
same reveal on both.

There is no other reason to raise the base off the floor. Ask
any carpet installer. They do NOT need to have the base
raised off the floor for any reason.


--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:49:58 -0700, frank megaweege
wrote:

On Aug 27, 4:38 pm, "Noozer" wrote:
"H" wrote in message

news:ymGAi.2855$7p6.2618@trnddc01...

Proper installation of the baseboard also involves caulking...and
subsequent repainting...which I would rather do before the carpet goes in.

Caulking???

Why not just do a proper job to start with?

A good craftsman can get the corners practically perfect. But my
walls aren't perfectly flat. I caulked along the top edge and it
looks nice.
I also caulked the hack jobbed miter cuts because I'm not a good
craftsman. Those look good too.

In Las Vegas, I've watched crews "shape and shim" interior walls
(before sheet rock). They plane the inside stud or add shims (4 ft
+/-). Using a long level they check the walls and fix problems. This
happens in the _Street of Dreams_ homes.

The best book I read (imo) declares caulk as an essential tool/need
for trim!

--
Oren

"I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you."

"Oren" wrote in message
Caulking???

Why not just do a proper job to start with?


The best book I read (imo) declares caulk as an essential tool/need
for trim!

We've become accustomed to second rate skills in most everything today.
IMO, caulking just screams H A C K. Check out some of the best older homes
and look for the caulk.

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:41:37 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Oren" wrote in message
Caulking???

Why not just do a proper job to start with?


The best book I read (imo) declares caulk as an essential tool/need
for trim!

We've become accustomed to second rate skills in most everything today.
IMO, caulking just screams H A C K. Check out some of the best older homes
and look for the caulk.


I really do appreciate older homes and the talent too build them.

What I don't like is that all the wires and recent breakers in the
panel (recent observation) are in Spanish.


--
Oren

"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

"Oren" wrote in message

I really do appreciate older homes and the talent too build them.

What I don't like is that all the wires and recent breakers in the
panel (recent observation) are in Spanish.


Probably installed by the same guy with the tube of caulk doing trim work
today.

On Aug 27, 2:24 pm, "H" wrote:
I am about to put in new baseboard around my basement walls. The floor will
be carpeted. I seem to recall, though I cannot recall where, I have seen
the baseboard mounted 1/4" above floor level, rather than flush with the
floor.

Is that correct, or should I just make it flush with the floor?

Thanks!

H

The baseboards should go in before the carpet!! I would leave 1/8
inch above the highest point (basement floors are never level). As
you go around that gap may grow by as much as 1/2 inch or even 3/4
inch depending on the floor. The carpet guys will then hide this
gap. If the gap needs to grow any larger then I would recommend
scribing it, but that is a lot of work. So sometimes if you see the
floor is dipping a lot for a certain area, then you can drop the whole
board to a different level (for a section) at a place where the eye
will be tricked into thinking the basboard is same level everywhere.
If you wait for the carpet install, you will have a very hard time
getting the base level because those carpet guys will simply come up
tight to your drywall, (they need a backwall to avoid doing tuck and
fold of edges thats what the baseboard is for). Get the base in
first!

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:56 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Oren" wrote in message

I really do appreciate older homes and the talent too build them.

What I don't like is that all the wires and recent breakers in the
panel (recent observation) are in Spanish.


Probably installed by the same guy with the tube of caulk doing trim work
today.


Find a house in Las Vegas and every one has caulk on trim. MDF 99.9%,
not like real wood from back (east of the Misippnii
--
Oren

"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:57:43 -0700, Oren wrote:

Probably installed by the same guy with the tube of caulk doing trim work
today.


Find a house in Las Vegas and every one has caulk on trim. MDF 99.9%,
not like real wood from back (east of the Misippnii

(send by accident)

[Mississippi River]

The other day I had a chuckle when a wall was framed and stood up -
minus three windows Not me, I'm DIY!
--
Oren

"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."