Installing New Hardwood With Base Trim In Place

The hardwood floor finish trim work.

Installing new hardwood with base trim in place.

There are four types of baseboard corners you ll make to install baseboards. Lay them flat on the floor every few feet and then cut the base to fit rest it on the spacers and nail it into place. Scraps of standard base will do. Put the end against a 3 4 inch spacer and seat the edge snugly against its neighbor.

Cut it if necessary so the end is offset from the end of the board in the previous row by a minimum of 6 inches. How to install floor trim molding. Once you have gathered all the tools here are the steps to installing your new baseboard molding. Put the first board of the new row in place.

Cut a few 3 8 to 1 2 in. Cut the last length to fit leaving a 3 4 inch expansion gap and nail it in place. The finish work takes quite a bit of time and should not be underestimated. You can fix a tilted baseboard by raising it above the drywall gap.

Diy basement finishing course. With the majority of the flooring now in place it may seem like the project completion is now merely minutes away this is unfortunately not true at all.