Tips For Installing Vinyl Baseboard

Tips for luxury vinyl plank installation.

Tips for installing vinyl baseboard.

If your room has a baseboard or moulding at the bottom of the wall use a pry bar to temporarily remove it. Scrape and sand off any remaining glue or caulk left on the wall. Unroll enough molding to reach the next door frame or inside corner. In this video i share tips and tricks that i have learned over the years to create.

Flip the molding face down on. Measure the length of vinyl that needs to be cut to fit against the wall. 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. Tips on installing vinyl plank flooring floor prep.

Continue to unroll the vinyl baseboard while simultaneously pulling the paper off and sticking it to the wall. Pull away the old trim with a pry bar. If you are installing glue down vinyl planks make sure you have vinyl floor adhesive and a notched trowel. Cut away the old paint and caulk along the top edge of the trim.

Carefully remove all your baseboards i know you can just lay flooring up to them and add a piece of trim to hid the. Lay the vinyl face down and cut the trim using a utility knife and square. The best finish results for any type of flooring is where the cuts of a floor slide underneath the door. Cut the vinyl baseboard so it fits neatly into the corner of inside joints.

Cut the blocks and tuck them into the gap every few feet. Scrap plywood are ideal. Measure the length of the wall to apply the vinyl baseboard and cut the vinyl with a utility knife an inch or so bigger. Knee pads are also a good idea.

Remove any nails that remain in the drywall. We recommend using safety goggles and work gloves during installation. In my line of work i sometimes have to install baseboard for my customers. Any wood will work but chunks of 1 2 in.

You don t have to cut all the way through the baseboard in one try. Pull a bit of the paper off on one end and carefully stick it to the wall starting in one corner.