baseboards height transitions
linzita512
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HELP Please! Base board transition is at different Heights
Comments (4)A few ways to handle the problem. One is to make a return on each baseboard level and let the space between them run finished to the floor without baseboard. The other is to rip the 5 1/4 to 4 1/4 for the kitchen area. Then you can make a mitre at each edge of the 4 1/2" stud wall But, yes, we really need to see a pic....See MoreBaseboard Installation and Transition with a Step
Comments (6)No offense intended, camlan, but IMHO that "solution" with the carpeting is just awful. The transition between the bottom set of stairs and the landing looks purely bad DIY and would need to be removed. The trim molding (on top of the baseboard-can't think of the right name at the moment) should have been coped and cut to create the right angle between the steps and the straight edge of the landing. If I paid a carpenter and this was the solution, there would have been no payment until it was done correctly....See MoreBaseboard transition issue
Comments (9)Fixing that problem is much greater than just making that area look seamless. The problem is that the same base molding is being used for two different floor heights. That means the only way to solve the problem is to trim the difference(1/4") off the bottom of the base on the right to get the top of the base molding even. That means redoing all the molding in the room on the right. Another option would be to add the 1/4" to the bottom of the base molding on the left and adding to all the base molding on the room on the left. To make a seamless joint using painted trim, a scarf joint is used. That is a 45° angle joint cut in the end of a piece of trim, the opposing 45° cut on the joining end and the two joined with glue(and finish nails). To make that transition, a piece of the molding needs to be cut about 6" long. Using a multitool or Dremel, the notch is formed and the right side trimmed to the height of the trim on the right on the bottom of that side or the trim on the left is added to to equal the height of the trim on the right. That matches the top and middle trim profiles and the gap matches the transition strip. Then, cut the scarf joints on each end of the new transition section and remove the base molding on each side. Install the new piece and cut the corresponding scarf joints on the old base and reinstall. When done properly, primer will cover and hide the joints. Situations like this are what separates trim carpenters from molding installers....See MoreBaseboard to Casings transition inquiry
Comments (17)You could use plinth blocks at the bottom of the door(s) and have the casing and baseboard butt up against them. Make the blocks have enough of a "reveal" around the casing that they should eliminate the gap. This is really the only solution when the casing has a complex profile and would meet the baseboard at a corner, unless you have some way of cutting/routing the "negative" of the casing's profile....See Morelinzita512
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