Which goes on first: baseboards or floor?
wi-sailorgirl
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New baseboards and final floor coat - which first?
Comments (2)Generally, we do the final floor coat, then the baseboards -- for the reason you indicated, it keeps the floor finish off the baseboards. Otherwise, you have to mask the basboards, which is just more work.. If the floors were done right, you won't need a shoe -- unless, of course, you just like the look. Wood floors should get a sealer coat and two finish coats....See MoreCarpet goes under baseboard and trim?
Comments (6)What kind of carpet? So far, the assumption is carpet with a separate pad throughout, which gets stretched onto a tack strip. The finish carpenters often leave the door jambs and casing to go all the way to the floor because the carpet on one side of the door may be higher than the vinyl floor on the other. Tack strip does not go under the trim. It goes about 1/2" out so that the carpet can be tucked under the trim after stretching. The flooring installers SHOULD cut the door jambs up to the proper height to get whatever type of flooring underneath it. Carpet edges can unravel if not tucked under the trim. The general rule is that the only place flooring does not go under trim is on the stairway, but I suppose there could be some regional laziness. The problem is that around the door jambs and casing is the hardest place to cut flooring exactly to get it to fit nicely without having the extra leeway of what gets tucked under. If you judge the cut 1/4" short while the flooring is rolled up the wall, it would still go under the trim 1/4", but if you were trying to fit the flooring exactly to the face of the trim, and were 1/4" short, you end up with a hole or gap. http://www.uptownfloors.com/tools/jamb-saw.htm...See MoreWhich is most efficient: Electric Toe Kick, Baseboard, Floor Insert?
Comments (10)Thank you everyone. I really do appreciate--and take to heart--the advice to just replace the door. It's clearly wise counsel and I'm currently looking for doors. But I also think the heart of the original question is being lost in the door-replacing zeal. Even if I do replace the door, I still need to find a way to heat that part of the kitchen. That door is on the kitchen's exposed wall, so whatever form of heat I ultimately place in the kitchen ought to be near that door and that wall. Right now I am just trying to find the most energy-efficient form of electric heat for the kitchen in that spot. So, all things being equal (and assuming I get a nice new heat-tight door), what's the most thermodynamically efficient approach for that spot--toe kick, floor insert convection fan, or caddy-corner baseboard? Thank you very much....See Morehexagon tile on shower floor - does it matter which direction it goes?
Comments (16)Sorry, I didn't read your question carefully. I was thinking about the perimeter (which would include cuts). Yes, personal preference but the actual "rule" in most cases is that when you walk in, you walk into the pattern, so the flat side is along the entry (with points to the sides). Hexagons are technically, TYPE A which is the most common (with the flat side facing you), or TYPE B (inverted with the point toward you). But of course, personal preference does prevail. I can think of one rectangular shower where the client decided to go with type B. The vast majority of the time it is intuitive in our world, to lay it with the flat side facing you as you walk into a room. (So there's hex tile lay-out 101:)...See Morewi-sailorgirl
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