Baseboard molding also with the name of skirting board is a decorative architectural moulding that is designed to be placed at the bottom of the wall, to protect the wall against impact. On another side of the baseboard, decorative becomes more important than functional features.
Baseboard and crown mouldings are like jewelry in a home. You do not realize how unfinished your home is until you have mouldings installed. Lots of different profiles are developed for rich baseboard design families. We can have traditional colonial styles, simple flat styles, and modern steps, and sizes are available from 6 cm to 30cm in height.
There are several types of baseboard materials such as wood, MDF, polyurethane, polystyrene, and PVC composite. They can be cut by saw and installed with nails or glue. During the skirting baseboard installation, you may face some hard places which need a little tricky and more details to achieve a better look.
Here are some baseboard installation tricks which perfect your details and make your job amazing.
Notch The Baseboard
Take a look at this nice treatment for the baseboard installed for the bathroom. Notch the baseboard moulding because the feed pipe for the toilet was in the way.No special skills are required and just need simple cuts.
Drop Down Transition Skirting
A normal 45-degree cut outside corner is good, but a nice drop-down transition is deserved to our sweet home. It is worth us to take some extra time.
Skirting /Baseboard for Stairs
Every house is a debate on how to finish the baseboard around the stairs. We can install baseboards following each step of the stairs if the steps are fewer because it needs many cuts and returns. We also can make things simple, just run the full height down and follow with the shoe molding. Or we can combine the two ways to get a special one. Which is your favorite? Leave your comments here.
Baseboard Goes Under Kitchen
Some of our kitchens are a certain length backward into the bottom of the kitchen. When our baseboard is higher than the backward, we need this nice baseboard tricky. Does it look beautiful?
Do What We Have To Do
If there are something which is rightly in middle of trim ,how do you do ? We can move what is interfering with trim molding like switches or outlets ,but things like pluming can not be moved , what do you do ? We have to do what we have to do !
Puzzle Transition Skirting Board
When it comes to square pillars on steps, a puzzle transition skirting board looks good. Lots of cuts need and are not very hard. You can handle it, just need a little time and patience.
Trimming Around Small Corners
We give you a strong recommendation that uses bullnose corners for small radius areas without a sharp 45-degree corner. This,very-well, could be common sense, but we picked this tip up from Finishcarpentrytv on youtube. If you have other ways to share, please feel free to contact us.
