Category: Baseboard Installation & Styles

Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That same philosophy applies to baseboards. If the floor is a mess, your trim will be a nightmare. You…

I have spent twenty-five years on my knees with a moisture meter and a level, and if there is one thing I have learned, it is that water always wins. I once walked into a house where a fifteen thousand dollar wide-plank walnut floor was cupping so bad it looked like a potato chip because…

Mastering the Curve: How to Handle Baseboards Around a Round Tub I once spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job had a massive round tub, a freestanding soaking beast that the previous installer had tried to trim with straight MDF baseboards.…

Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That same job had another problem that most installers ignore until the homeowner calls them back six months later.…

Why Your Bathroom Cabinet Baseboard is Swelling and How to Prevent It I have spent twenty-five years on my knees with a moisture meter and a level. My hands are permanently stained with oak dust and I can smell a failing subfloor from the hallway. Most homeowners think a floor is just a pretty surface.…

I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have seen it time and again where a beautiful install is ruined because the contractor thought they could…

I once walked into a house where a homeowner spent twelve thousand dollars on a beautiful flooring renovation, only to see the perimeter of the room looking like a jagged mountain range. Homeowners always ask why their waterproof vinyl is buckling or why their baseboards are jumping off the wall. Usually, it is because they…

The engineering of the moisture barrier at the floor line I once walked into a house where a custom bathroom renovation had cost forty thousand dollars, yet the baseboards were already disintegrating. The installer used primed MDF because it looked smooth. Within six months, the steam from the daily showers had penetrated the cut ends.…

The Professional Approach to Cutting Quarter Round for Bathroom Corners I have spent twenty five years on my knees with a moisture meter and a level. I have seen every shortcut in the book. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding…

The physics of the perfect edge between wood and stone I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound and think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. That same lack of precision ruins the transition between…