Laminate Flooring Without Baseboard

As a current resident of these recently completed accommodations i have to say they are absolutely stunning a vast improvement from when the house was originally purchased eleven years ago.

Laminate flooring without baseboard.

The following is a guest post from an esteemed diy er at this point professional diy er on a tough subject. We took out carpet and laminate wood flooring and replaced it with better laminate and tile. I d hate to replace the baseboard bc it looks perfect. For convenience proper floor installation and to save money remove the baseboard during the installation process and reuse it with the new flooring.

Then you can use an oscillating saw to carefully cut out the piece of baseboard. In order to cut costs and save us a ton of time by not having to cut new baseboard pieces we decided to re use all the existing baseboards. It is a lot easier to use a nail gun then to hand nail it. Expansion gap of flooring if covered by windows will not require molding.

Using a scrap piece of flooring go around the perimeter of the room and mark the height of the flooring with a pencil. Reinstalling the old baseboard is basically nailing each piece where it was previously installed. Being paranoid about doing an excellent job i m debating whether to remove and re install the existing baseboard molding or leave the baseboard in place and install quarter round or shoe depending on what looks better molding after the laminate is laid. How to install click laminate flooring without removing baseboards.

Reinstalling the old baseboard. Since most types of laminate are not secured. I have a laminate floor is like to remove without removing the baseboard. When i install baseboard i like to use a 2 inch 15 gauge nail.

Laminate flooring baseboard with windows that end at floor level baseboards should be mitered and ended where it meets windows. How to install hardwood floor without removing the baseboard. This will cause the base board to not set flat on the laminate or hardwood flooring. If removing the molding is not an option the base molding can be undercut with an oscillating saw to allow the flooring to slide under it.