quarter round - Yes or No?
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Quarter round -- yes or no (cross posted in flooring forum)
Comments (10)Do you live in my house? :-). We have and 1876 home with newer addition for kitchen, large ornate baseboards, etc. Your baseboards are beautiful! I think the baseboard without the quarter round looks more formal and polished, and that's how we left ours in the older part of the house. It just looks, to me, more well-crafted to not have QR. In my experience, QR is used to hide a gap between the floor and the baseboard, and I would not add it unless it was necessary. That said, the view with the QR looks quite nice and kind of repeats the large bead detail (if that's what it's called) at the top of the baseboard. Also, since it will be in the newer part of the house you might not mind an informal look. If you do add QR, consider whether it matches up well with the thickness of the door casings. We had to add it to the upstairs rooms, where the floor had been carpeted and we took it down to the original wood. We had to choose between a beefier QR that complemented the baseboard or a smaller one that met up evenly with the door casings. We went with the larger QR, and it's a little proud of the door casings, but we just chalk that up to 'character'....See MoreFloating floor expansion space - do I need quarter round?
Comments (5)Estimated expansion is generalized in the table. Depending on your local climate, house particulars, wood species, etc. expansion will likely differ. For example, if one lives in a very dry or very wet climate expansion (and contraction) will have particular values, that is - joint change distances. Here's a couple of solutions, given the difficulty of exactly estimating joint change: 1. use a slightly wider skirt molding and hope it's wide enough 2. you could also use wider skirt molding and just observe floor movement. If a crack is seen then fetch some quarter round, stain it or varnish it and tack it into place. Oh, and remember to let the wood cure for a couple of weeks in the room to reduce change after install....See MoreDo I need to fill holes in new quarter round and caulk?
Comments (8)Something like Red Devil Onetime lightweight spackling works perfectly in small hole and cracks. Definitely better than caulk. It dries quick and sands easily but if you put it on smoothly enough you don't need to sand. If it's needed, caulk works better at the crack on the top or bottom of the shoemold....See Morequarter round vs shoe mold trim with hardwood floors
Comments (18)Yes the flooring guys put in the new floor. I told them I didn’t want the quarter round, when I showed up they installed it and said “it looked good so they just finished it up and thought I’d like it” - we agreed they would show me a sample before installing it - I had told them I wanted a very tiny square edge piece, and instead when I arrived at our appointed time, apparently they got there early and installed all of it!! So I had them take it out. I hired and paid a carpenter to put the new molding on top of the old toe kick. He used 1/2” but it didn’t cover it on that one side (the most visible side). Now I don’t know what to do! :-(...See MoreAmy Lynn
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