How to do finish floors without baseboards
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uscpsycho
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI don't know why but most minimalist baseboards I see make me think "cheap" as in what you'd see in an apartment building. And in another thread I was vociferously talked out of using tile as baseboard in my bathrooms, so I'm thinking the logic against that would be even stronger for my nicest and most visible rooms.
Poking around online this minimalistic way to finish the floors appealed to me, but if I did this I'd have to paint the base the same color as the walls rather than painting it black to attempt to match the tile.
If I use baseboards in these two rooms I'll probably end up using the same base I'm using everywhere else which, at the moment, is this one.
Lazy - I will definitely do that. Can't hurt to try. But I'm finding that the bottom of my drywall may not work without baseboards. Some of the walls in these rooms are still plaster from before the remodel and it's going to be very difficult to make this look right.
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7 years agoCarpet One - I checked that out after you posted it and I get the impression it isn't readily available in the USA because only one US website sells it and it's "backordered" and "ships from the factory" and they'll "contact you with estimated delivery date." I don't have time to wait and it also looked a little too commercial in the other photos they have. If I only saw your photo I'd think it was a better fit.
While buying baseboard for my bathrooms yesterday I came across a piece that might work for the rooms where I was thinking about not having any baseboard. As I said before though, any kind of minimalist baseboard like this usually makes me think cheap. This one doesn't, but at the same time that doesn't mean it will reek of being cheap to others.
Any thoughts on using this in my showpiece rooms?
The profile is 3/4" high and 3/4" thick.
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7 years ago uscpsycho
7 years agoI had trouble finding photos of that product. Is this what you're referring to? If so, it looks like this needs something to finish off on both sides even more than the last one I posted. Also looks really commercial, if this is the one you're talking about. Weird that Schluter doesn't seem to have a good photo of it on their website, at least not on mobile.
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7 years agoYes, photos are hard to come by. The Schluter ECK-KHK is used commercially and residentially when the look is right. This is installed on top of finished coverings and gives you an easy to clean radius. I have never used it, but I definitely have it in the back of my mind as a back-up plan when needed. I use the Dilex product you have posted on a pretty routine basis (where wall tile and floor tile meet).
Here is a pic of a project in progress.
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