Top only. Bottom no.

Thank you both for your prompt replies.

As the others said - definitely do not caulk the bottom - that would just look awful.

Caulk the top only.

Kinda makes me wonder about your flooring "pro".

@Chessie hahah. They actually did an amazing job in installation being very thorough, clean, and taking care to not damage anything. They had a lot of house to cover and with shoe mould which came out nicely with rounded sheet rock corners etc. I was just seeing conflicting things in regards to the Caulk so I wanted to be 100%

Why do you need shoe molding at all I have vinyl plank and all I have is the baseboard no need for shoe mold. Did he remove the baseboard before installing the floors?

Why do you need shoe molding at all I have vinyl plank and all I have is the baseboard no need for shoe mold. Did he remove the baseboard before installing the floors?

I had LVT installed and we definitely did NOT remove the baseboard. That would have been a helluva lot more work - and my walls and trim had all just been painted. There was shoe molding already in place, and they removed it, installed the LVT, and installed new shoe mold. (Which I then painted to match my recently painted trim.)

So IMO the fooring guys did not do the job properly you need toremove the baseboards then install floor and IMo you did this backwards now just caulk the top whrer thr sho mold meets the baseboard.

@Patricia Colwell Consulting, @Chessie is in the same situation.

We built this brand new with a big builder, The pricing that that they were charging for the same type of flooring if we did it with them was close to 3x the price of any other flooring company. So we had them put in basic tile and builder grade carpet so that we could rip it out and put in the LVT in anywhere other than the bathrooms.

So since the house was newly built it would have been a mess to actually remove all the baseboards, mess up the paint on the walls etc.

So we went the shoe mould route which looks great and ties into the baseboard nicely. While of course doing baseboards afterwards would have been great, this was the best option we had.

Ii hate when production builders give so few options to buyers that they have to twist themselves in knots to get the product and look they want. I understand the logic, but the "change order" pricing is often unreasonable. If you are OK with what you have, then no worries! It's not a perfect world! ;D

" So IMO the fooring guys did not do the job properly you need toremove the baseboards then install floor and IMo you did this backwards now just caulk the top whrer thr sho mold meets the baseboard. "

If you are replying to me, they absolutely DID do the job properly. I would never have wanted baseboards to be removed.

@Flo Mangan That's the problem with things like this. The builder in this situation owns this whole nice subdivision so you have to go with them. Then they trick you into thinking you are getting SOOO much incentive when you go to the design center. When you go in there you see that they have the lower grade LVT at a higher price point than of a much higher quality you could get anywhere else.

So you then you are forced to pick and choose what you want to do. I know for a lot of people that want to move right in they just bite the bullet, or they don't know the pricing so they are somewhat stuck.

When faucets, etc are so much more than retail you have to just figure out the things you don't want to deal with after close and and pay for those. The rest if you have the time to do it I suggest doing it after. We had that luxury so I did everything that we felt was much better priced after.

I commend you for taking the time and energy to do what you are doing. I'm sure it is or has driven the builder nuts. Of course, I would check your warranty because doing these things, quite often negates warranty. But the warranty on the items you are doing go back to the vendor anyway, so not a big deal. I think you will be fine, AND you will be happy!!!

@Flo Mangan Yeah that was one thing I was very detailed on with my superintendent, basically asked him I change my flooring will they come out and not honor a foundation or something.

Also with things like changing faucets, you aren't going to come back and say some plumbing issue is related to me changing my cosmetic stuff.

They assured me the warranty doesn't care if it's cosmetic stuff. But I never put anything past these people. But since we aren't doing anything crazy or major in terms of construction I can't see it affecting anything.

Verbal input does not hold water. Read your contract. There is generally a phrase in the “warranty” section of the contract that states something like “all elements if this home provided by ‘the builder’ are covered in this warranty for durations stated in other sections of this contract”. Check your contract.

Will do. Thanks again