How To Join Two Floor Moldings

For other situations different pieces are used in conjunction with the t molding.

How to join two floor moldings.

Next lay the other baseboard molding that will join the one already in place face down on the floor. A strip of t molding. Hold a scrap piece of baseboard molding perpendicular to the face down board and trace the profile of the baseboard with a pencil. Quarter round molding is typically about 3 4 in 1 9 cm wide.

Where one floor meets another type of flooring you will have to install some sort of transition piece. A butt joint is used where two pieces of trim with a square profile come together such as at an inside corner. Scarf joints are much less conspicuous and if the moldings should shrink and they almost always do a revealing gap won t appear as it would with a butt joint. Floor transitions are necessary when installing a new floor in your house.

This will help you cover the gap and make it a smoother transition from one floor to the next. Measure the existing baseboard molding in your home and use the measurements to buy the new molding. The best way to do this is with a scarf joint a method of joinery in which the boards meet at ends cut at opposing angles rather than with square cut ends. Or where a thinner piece of molding meets a thicker piece.

Where a side casing meets a window stool plinth blocks or the floor. In addition if your wall is longer than the molding available you will need to join shorter pieces together. T molding transition strips have two lips to cover the edges of both surfaces when flooring products differ no more than about 3 8 inch in height. Doing this isn t too difficult so don t worry about using shorter pieces if you need to.

The leg of the t doesn t touch the floor. Transition strips do not bottom out. Thinner pieces stick out from the wall less. To make a scarf joint bevel cut the molding ends to 45 degrees smear them with a little carpenter s glue then secure the joint with 1 inch 4d finishing nails.

A typical 4 in 1 transition includes a metal channel for mounting the system with a t molding which fits into the channel and is used alone if you are joining floors that are the same height. When the wall is longer than the available baseboard molding you will need to splice two shorter baseboards together to stretch from end to end. The strip is supported on both sides by the lips and held in place with nails. Transition from carpet to another material.

If you find a profile that you like that isn t tall enough install the molding to the same height as the older baseboard molding. Here are a few options when you have to combine two uneven floors. How to connect two rooms of laminate flooring.