Sell Aluminum Baseboard

Tips & Warnings

The best way toinstall the baseboards is with a brad gun, remember the bottom of the baseboardcan be nailed into wall frame at any location providing it isn't above 2.250inches. It's important to keep the baseboard straight, if the wall is not flatdon't try to fit the baseboard tightly against the wall, allow it to continuestraight and then fill the gaps between the wall and baseboard with dry wallcaulking. It's also important to apply the caulking smoothly and with no bumps.Once the baseboards have been installed, you can touch up any nicks andscratches.

If the boards aretoo short, then two pieces can be connected by cutting at a 45 degree on theends that meet, (keeping in mind that the over lapping end is to be away fromthe entrance to the room so it won't be noticeable). Once the boards are cut,mitered, dry fitted and marked to it's location, it can be painted.

Measure thedesired wall and cut to fit, cut each end with a 45 degree miter cut, mark theback of each board showing which wall they are to be installed on.

Try to create anice, clean work area where the long baseboards can be supported level with themiter saw.

How To Install

At its simplest,skirting board consists of a simple plank nailed, screwed or glued to the wall;however, particularly in older houses, it can be made up of a number ofmouldings to provide an elaborate decorative feature. Even today, it is quitecommon to have a quarter round moulding between the baseboard and floor.Quarter round has the added advantage of covering more of the floor, giving thefinished flooring installer a greater margin of error that can be covered up bythe quarter round and baseboard. More recent trends in interior design aregoing back to more elaborate baseboards, which, in conjunction with otherdecorative moldings help to distinguish a home.

It covers theinevitable uneven edge as flooring meets the wall. As a secondary function, itprotects the wall from kicks and abrasion and sometimes prevents furniture frombeing pushed right against the wall. As a tertiary function, it can serve as adecorative molding.

A baseboard (alsocalled skirting board, skirting, mopboard, floor molding, as well as basemolding) is a board, covering the lowest part of an interior wall. Its purposeis to cover the joint between the wall surface and the floor.