How To Install Wood Trim On Floors

How to install hardwood flooring trim pieces.

How to install wood trim on floors.

Scrap plywood are ideal. If baseboards aren t thick enough to cover the gap an addition of a shoe molding or quarter round at the bottom can do the trick. Cut the blocks and tuck them into the gap every few feet. For instance solid hardwood flooring is typically nailed down during installation while tongue and groove engineered flooring is usually clicked together or completely glued down.

If the room has hardwood floors add shoe molding for a dramatic detail. Once the paint has dried it s time to install the molding. It s not as critical if you re installing trim that will be painted but for stained moldings there are several things to watch for. T molding doorway molding used to join two wood floors or floors of the same height such as ceramic tile hardwood or laminate in adjoining rooms.

The type of installation you choose will depend on your subfloor budget lifestyle and the type of wood flooring you select. Make sure moldings that will be close to each other have a similar grain pattern and that the wood is about the same tone photo 1. Compound miter saws make quick work of cutting trim. Trim or base molding at the walls in rooms with hardwood flooring covers any gaps between the flooring and walls and accents the floor.

T molding are also used to provide expansion joints when a floor dimension exceeds the length or width of 40. These power tools have fast spinning saw blades that cut through wood quickly and accurately. When you re installing baseboards over vinyl wood or plastic laminate floors the best way to handle gaps between the drywall and the flooring is to shim the gap with narrow blocks of 1 2 in wood. Any diyer with moderate skills can install a wood molding transition between tile and hardwood floors giving a stylish finish between the two materials.

Use a compound miter saw to make accurate cuts. Any wood will work but chunks of 1 2 in. A space of 1 1 4 between the two adjoining floors is necessary to properly install the molding.