Floor moulding
Floor moulding question….. We are replacing an “industrial type” wood floor with white oak flooring. There are 14 inch baseboard floor moldings. I have been advised that to get the best results we should pull off the current baseboard floor moldings before putting in the new floor and then put in new flook baseboard mouldings….
Floor moulding question….. We are replacing an “industrial type” wood floor with white oak flooring. There are 14 inch baseboard floor moldings. I have been advised that to get the best results we should pull off the current baseboard floor moldings before putting in the new floor and then put in new flook baseboard mouldings. I have also been told that another solution would be to not remove the current floor/wall mouldings but to put the floor in and then add a small “quarter round” moulding or something like that on the floor at the base of the current floor moulding. Has anyone gotten a decent result without removing the existing baseboard moulding?
14” Tall? That would be very expensive to r/r. Remember the new floor will need a small gap in order to expand and contract. Thats what the little shoe moulding is for. 3/4 inch 1/4 rounds do have a clumsy look on smaller mouldings but yours are big so it won’t be so visually distracting. There are many other mouldings that you can use out there.
I had the baseboards removed and redone before putting new flooring, but still needed the quarterround because the walls/floors were so uneven. Having said that I am really happy i removed the old stuff. It’s a much cleaner fresher look.
the people i bought my house did the quarter round when they put in some new flooring. it probably would be better to remove the molding and do it “right”, but really in the grand scheme of things, it’s fine. you barely notice it. you would have to know the cost of doing it both ways and weigh your decision that way. how much $$ is it worth it to you to not have the quarter rounds there?
I’ve done this both ways, replaced existing and reinstalled..it just depends on the condition and quality of the existing. However, in both cases I installed a small 1/4 moulding as well as I think it adds another level of character. Most old restored homes I see also have this quarter round. in my experience the original quarter rounds are removed when floors are refinished, and in the process it gets damaged, and many opt not to put it back.
Yes, I’ve seen quarter round used and it doesn’t look right. I would play around with different moldings to cover the edge before you pull out all the baseboards. Perhaps a large shoe molding will look right?
If you have beautiful moldings, I wouldnt recommend using the quarter round. It looks very DIY if you know what I mean. Its commonly done to avoid taking up the molding when laying down laminate but it definitely doesnt look as good.