how to install baseboard and skirting board moldings

The baseboard will terminate on top of the door trim/vertical stile.

[This is part of Our Molding Makeover series.  See all updates here.]

This baseboard is the same basic design as the one we installed in our kitchen.  (See How to Install BASEBOARD-110 for $2.00/ft for more details.)

We made two slight modifications to it for reasons that are specific to this bathroom and to improve the design over our previous installation.

Installing the Nailers

The nailers (they could also be called spacers) I made from scraps.  I ripped them down on my table saw to the exact thickness I wanted the baseboard to project from the walls.

When I installed this same baseboard design in our kitchen, I used 1/2″ thick mdf board for the nailers.

But this time I wanted the baseboard fascia to project a about 1/8″ farther, so I cut these nailers to account for the added thickness.


 

how to install baseboard and skirting board moldings

Baseboard nailers wrapped around the back wall of the bathroom.

The nailers are held on with Liquid Nails construction adhesive and a few 18 gauge brad nails.

how to install baseboard skirting board moldings

Baseboard nailers terminating into the door trim/vertical stile.

The nailers don’t have to be pretty.

mdf baseboard molding

Baseboard nailers installed in our half bathroom.

There’s not much more to tell about installing the baseboard nailers than that.

The next post will show how I installed the baseboard fascia.

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