this video is great. I used to be a finish carpenter and basically mastered base during my first year. one thing I'm not sure you mentioned but I would suggest is for angles on inside/outside corners. Usually the drywall isn't even on both sides... so I would just take 2 scrap pieces and take them to the saw and change the angle by like half a degree at a time. once you get good it only takes like one close guess to zero in but if you are just doing a one-off job like remodeling your house definitely make use of the scrap wood you might have lying around.
💯👍 always a good idea to utilize those scraps instead of creating new scraps by trial and error on the finished pieces. Kinda like the “measure twice, cut once”.
This is by far the next video I've seen. I am struggling with coping baseboards and your method to join the right angles makes life so much easier. Thank you!
Absolutely AMAZING video. Thank you so much. I’m absolutely stressing my self out to the point where I’m sick to my stomach thinking about attacking all my baseboards of my home by my self here this weekend, with 0 experience on anything. I can honestly say now that I have a little bit of confidence now going into it, after watching this video. Thank you!!
I watched your popsicle video first because I was determined NOT to cope - too complicated for a beginner! Then found this video and THANK GOD! This is my first time, getting ready to do my son's entire house tomorrow by myself. I was so worried! Not anymore. Super confident I got this thanks to your videos! I'll probably watch them 10 more times today and take notes! Lol. Thank you so much for this clear, concise tutorial! Fingers crossed!
The best video I've watched on the topic by far, and I've watched a lot. You wouldn't think that, by looking at trim, that is a hard project for non-pros...but it actually is. I find this true even for a relatively handy guy like myself. Good carpentry is a skill!
This is my first video, to watch, for installing baseboards and I'm pleased with how easy this looks and sounds. I did not think about caulking the seams along the top. I'm installing my first set BBs after remodeling my mother's room. If I mess up I can always get more baseboard. Thank you for the clear instructions.
The stick thing totally works. I use those cardboard drywall shims because they’re easy to find at the big box stores and I always have them for doing drywall work too. Great vid man.
Hey Excellent advice Been doing finish work for some time. I use a knife and that same paint scraper use have and clean the corners up prior to measuring for trim. It’s been working great for me.
I'm constantly looking at videos and trying to improve my craft and your video was probably one of the best videos I've seen on this subject good job and I agree with the previous comment about the video being seamless and easy-to-follow. Nice job my friend
Great job, the tape is a must if you want to have very clean line even professional painter will not be able to get that clean line without tape i recommend it for sure
Hi there, I have to install my baseboard and I have all the materials tools I need although it is my first time I keep calling my brother overseas with questions about everything So me watching your video and you don’t use the statsfinder it is a smart way to. I definitely follow your instructions. Thanks Happy Reno
Some great tips. I love the popsicle trick and it seems to me that that's probably easier in most cases than screwing and screws although that would work too
Thank you for these recommendations!! One question if I may: Is there any particular reason why you don't paint the wall before installing the baseboard? Is a clean caulk-line so hard to achieve? Also, any recommendations on how to prevent you from messing up the paint on the baseboard while cutting it and dragging it around on the saw... beyond "just be careful"?
Great, clear video and instructions! If I just want to fix a small segment of baseboard, can I just use a hammer and nails? What types of nails should I use? I don't want to buy a whole lot of stuff I won't be using in the future. Thanks.
I agree with everyone that you answered all the questions. I was wondering about a brad nail gun and the type and size of nails but you answered that Thank you. I did have a question about if I use a pneumatic brad nail gun how much air pressure do you need for pvc vs mdf baseboard. Then I could figure a new air compressor
This was so helpful, especially because it's obvious that you are not just skilled but take care of all the small details that most contractors skip to save time. Thanks for making and sharing!
Could I tape the wall before painting the caulk? We don't have paint that matches the wall, so can't touch it up the way you describe -- and it seems like this would also save some time . . . Thanks, and thanks for this great video!
Hey Handyman Startup! I love this video but do you have suggestions for bathrooms? I don't want water going under the baseboard can cause issues later. Just looking for a good solution!
Great tips. Here's one I have. MDF swells when exposed to water. And anything that swells will cause problems. In my opinion, anything that may come into contact with water should never be made out of MDF, including baseboards, LVP transition strips, even furniture. Sadly, because it's cheaper than real wood, many manufactures love to use this stuff (which is just glued and compressed sawdust), so its hard to avoid sometimes without paying the price. And don't even get me started on laminate flooring with MDF backing! But seriously, kick over a mop bucket of water and it could be a catastrophe. Pressed particle board should never anywhere near where liquids could come into contact.
Good tip. I think the threat is less extreme then that because as long as you clean it up immediately the wood doesn’t have a chance to swell. And even if you have real wood, if water is left on that it will get moldy and cause other issues. But I do see your point.
Very good vid instructions on baseboard install.Getting ready to do my landlords apartment.Hope he'll give me a break on my rent as well.Thanks for great vid.
@@StayHandy Thank you! I think I'm just going to invest into a miter saw ($249) as I have to do the whole house. I like your suggestion of MDF baseboard. Wish me luck! 😁
I was interested to watch your video and see that everything you recommended I also do and have been doing for years! I recommend having a piece of cardboard that can be cut or torn to use as shim material behind the baseboard. It can be folded to double or triple thickness or more as needed and is freely available and easy to use. But your take on nail or Brad holes is unprofessional and not right for a quality outcome. Shrink free spackling compound...I like the light weight one. With a good spackling blade and proper application you don't even have to sand so the time can be saved there. Or a quick once over with a sanding sponge and you are ready for paint! And you have a quality end result!
Old houses does always have a bottom plate that is high enough to hit each time because the subflloor and flooring is higher, so finding each stud is necessary sometimes.
Question: How would you caulk base boards in a bathroom? Do your raise them off of the floor? Do you caulk where the base meets the floor? Thanks for the great video! I found you as I started my own handyman business and now 8 months later I am in full swing and loving it! I appreciate your content.
Hey Johnny! Congrats on your success. To answer your question, it depends on the situation. If you anticipate them seeing a lot of moisture, then you’ll want to do tile baseboards or another material that won’t be damaged. Otherwise do them just like anywhere else.
Regarding the final step, you can place painters tape on the baseboard staple, then fill and then immediately pull up the tape and it looks seamless. Learned that on TikTok.
My baseboard profile is 1/2"x3" rectangle and was thinking of butting the baseboard pieces together without making any 45 degree cuts. I feel like this would look fine as long as the joints are fairly tight. Does anyone disagree?
I am installing wood baseboard moulding. I'll stain before cutting and installing. How do I fill in any gaps in the corners and at the top with a wood trim (all the areas you did with caulk)? Do they make a squeezable wood filler?
This is a brilliant video. Why do I say this? Well, I'm an engineer, I don't do trim willingly. But I need to do it, so here I am. I would be going back and forth to the miter saw cutting each piece. 1) cutting them all ahead of time after measuring will save sooooooooooooo much work. HS, name your beer and I'll ship a case to you. 2) Painting it ahead of time I knew, but I've only done that with quarter round. 3) At 5:06 I'm slapping my forehead. I need to get out of my cube. 4) 7:00 : brilliant. If you have AR issues you'll cope, and you'll never finish the project. 5) 9:36 - why did you tape the baseboard? Cube engineers wish to know. 6) 9:53 - why would you not get out one piece to cut to length? we all know how to do a 45, but it's so trashy (I'm looking at my crown molding from the builder.... ) 7) 10:50 - see those rubber gloves? Embrace them. 8) 11:35 - caulking. This is a brilliant comment. 9) 12:00 - HS did not put enough emphasis on this. HIGH QUALITY PAINT BRUSHES. Just eat the investment. Lock them up from family members :)
Well now i understand why installing baseboards in my 120yr old house last weekend was a nightmare. There is no baseplate stud. Pretty sure the closest equivalent is the old heart pine floor. Ended up having to screw it into the door frame on one end. I think i did hit one stud, but this run was only going a few feet from a door frame to just behind a radiator. So there was probably only 1 stud since mine 18in apart at best.
Great video. Installed trim for the first time today. Thanks to your video the finished product looks good although I'm pretty slow at it. This might be a stupid questions but do you have any tips for how to mark the length on the trim and how to cut? I end up having to make 3 or 4 cuts to get it the right size. Measuring and cutting a flat piece of wood on a straight line is easy of course but with the angles i'm struggling a bit. Thank you
Mark the top of the baseboard and make the cuts so the baseboard is sitting in the same orientation as installation. Sometimes you have to make a mark and transfer the mark to the other side, so be sure to have an accurate small square that you can use to do that. Use a SHARP pencil. I use a mechanical pencil with a fine tip so I don't need a pencil sharpener. DON'T use construction pencils which are pretty as wide as a sharpie, that's far too wide. "Sneak up" on the cut with the miter saw. Cut it slightly long then bump the piece towards the blade (when the saw is off!). Another trick is to put the saw down, then put the piece up against the body of the blade (not the teeth). Raise the saw, turn it on then make a cut. If you take a look at your saw blade, you'll notice the teeth of the blade protrude out of the main body. This is called the "kerf". So when you put the wood against the body of the blade, you're cutting off the difference of how much the teeth protrude from the main body.
@@larrybud Well stated! I do that as well. Big thumbs up on a mechanical pencil! Need to find a good one. I keep going through the plastic ones and they keep breaking!
I don't get the 44.5º trick. You showed by putting your square into the inside wall that there was extra space for the square to bump back and forth. So the angle of that corner is greater than 90º. But then you said to cut the boards at 44.5º for an inside corner, which would give you an 89º angle. So you'll get an even bigger gap...?
You're overthinking your angles. If you want evidence that this is the correct thing to do, then just make it obnoxious angle like 35 degrees and see what happens. Notice that the gap is not there anymore, but exposed at the back end.
If the walls and flooring have been painted and installed recently, is the best strategy after installing the baseboards to tape the wall and baseboard to paint the caulk? Thanks for the info!
You'll never get a good finish that way because the caulking isn't a perfect line. The best thing to do is the follow the process I outline in this video: th-cam.com/video/VwGjXfGEMSM/w-d-xo.html
Very good video, Dan! It's videos like these that make glad that I'm a subscriber to your channel. I have never installed baseboards before. I have a small job (replacing about a 3 foot piece), so I don't want to buy a nail gun and a power saw. I have a hand miter saw, so I can use that to make the cuts. Would you recommend using a hammer or something else to drive the nails rather than the nail gun? Thank you!! 👍👍👍
Thanks! Yes you can use a hammer and nails. You'll probably want a nail set as well so you can countersink the nails. The nail holes will be larger without a brad nailer, so you'll want to fill them before painting.
That's all fine when you work with solid color boarding. what about natural wood or veneered MDF? No caulking, no nails, no painting. Do you have tips for such occasions?
What if you are or king with a furring strip wall? Our furring strips are one inch think with drywall over them. I have a room with all cement walls with furring stripe and no studs.
I had an 18 gauge nailer already but I just bought a 16 gauge because everywhere I looked said at least 16, if not 15 for baseboards/trim. At least it was on sale for $99 for a decent one (Metabo). I'll use it just to be sure everything is extra secure. Thoughts?
I have to be honest. I've watched countless videos on installing baseboards. This information was absolutely excellent, seamless.
So happy to hear it!
😊and
I watched this several times and thanks to you, I have successfully installed several 1000 feet of baseboard trim. Thank you
Hey Dan, thanks for showing us another way to install baseboards without having to learn how to cope. I always appreciate your time saving tips!
this video is great. I used to be a finish carpenter and basically mastered base during my first year. one thing I'm not sure you mentioned but I would suggest is for angles on inside/outside corners. Usually the drywall isn't even on both sides... so I would just take 2 scrap pieces and take them to the saw and change the angle by like half a degree at a time. once you get good it only takes like one close guess to zero in but if you are just doing a one-off job like remodeling your house definitely make use of the scrap wood you might have lying around.
💯👍 always a good idea to utilize those scraps instead of creating new scraps by trial and error on the finished pieces. Kinda like the “measure twice, cut once”.
This is by far the next video I've seen. I am struggling with coping baseboards and your method to join the right angles makes life so much easier. Thank you!
Absolutely AMAZING video. Thank you so much. I’m absolutely stressing my self out to the point where I’m sick to my stomach thinking about attacking all my baseboards of my home by my self here this weekend, with 0 experience on anything. I can honestly say now that I have a little bit of confidence now going into it, after watching this video. Thank you!!
I watched your popsicle video first because I was determined NOT to cope - too complicated for a beginner! Then found this video and THANK GOD! This is my first time, getting ready to do my son's entire house tomorrow by myself. I was so worried! Not anymore. Super confident I got this thanks to your videos! I'll probably watch them 10 more times today and take notes! Lol. Thank you so much for this clear, concise tutorial! Fingers crossed!
Let us know how it goes!
So glad it was helpful.
The best video I've watched on the topic by far, and I've watched a lot. You wouldn't think that, by looking at trim, that is a hard project for non-pros...but it actually is. I find this true even for a relatively handy guy like myself. Good carpentry is a skill!
Glad it was helpful!
I made my very first miter cuts and trimmed my mom’s room today. This video was extremely helpful, thanks especially for all the time saving tips.
This is my first video, to watch, for installing baseboards and I'm pleased with how easy this looks and sounds. I did not think about caulking the seams along the top. I'm installing my first set BBs after remodeling my mother's room. If I mess up I can always get more baseboard. Thank you for the clear instructions.
So cool how in under 15 minutes completely refresh of my memory on the easiest way to do Trim in a house :-) thanks dude
The stick thing totally works. I use those cardboard drywall shims because they’re easy to find at the big box stores and I always have them for doing drywall work too.
Great vid man.
Glad you like it!
Hey Excellent advice
Been doing finish work for some time. I use a knife and that same paint scraper use have and clean the corners up prior to measuring for trim. It’s been working great for me.
The best baseboards installation ever on TH-cam.
Thanks! So glad it was helpful.
This is the BEST video I've seen for installing baseboards. Thank you!!! (novice DIYer)
Awesome! Glad it was helpful!
Been trying to find the best video to teach myself. I have chosen this video to move forward! Great instructions!
I'm constantly looking at videos and trying to improve my craft and your video was probably one of the best videos I've seen on this subject good job and I agree with the previous comment about the video being seamless and easy-to-follow. Nice job my friend
Great job, the tape is a must if you want to have very clean line even professional painter will not be able to get that clean line without tape i recommend it for sure
Hi there, I have to install my baseboard and I have all the materials tools I need although it is my first time I keep calling my brother overseas with questions about everything
So me watching your video and you don’t use the statsfinder it is a smart way to. I definitely follow your instructions. Thanks Happy Reno
Some great tips. I love the popsicle trick and it seems to me that that's probably easier in most cases than screwing and screws although that would work too
Good video for the most part, I wouldn’t skip the nail putty or tape the baseboards but he did say diyers
First and only video needed on installing baseboard really nailed it.
Great way to get the work done.. Loved it on my 1st time!
Awesome!
Thanks for making the video. This was very well narrated and will make my project much easier.
Thank you. Incredibly well made video with tons of valuable advice that we all appreciate.
My pleasure!
Starting my new journey in April 👌🏿I’ll be back to watch this over and over again
Absolute BEST video on installing trim. Well done sir! Subscribed.
Thank you for these recommendations!! One question if I may: Is there any particular reason why you don't paint the wall before installing the baseboard? Is a clean caulk-line so hard to achieve? Also, any recommendations on how to prevent you from messing up the paint on the baseboard while cutting it and dragging it around on the saw... beyond "just be careful"?
Thank you!! I’m a planning to paint my wall and also replace the baseboards. In your opinion what order should I go in?
Great, clear video and instructions! If I just want to fix a small segment of baseboard, can I just use a hammer and nails? What types of nails should I use? I don't want to buy a whole lot of stuff I won't be using in the future. Thanks.
Yes you can, but you'll likely need to fill the nail holes, and it probably won't look very good.
This is a great video. I'm curious how much would it cost to hire a person to do it versus doing it yourself? Let's say for an average size bedroom
Bro thanks for presentation of instilling of the base board ❤❤ Iam watching it all the way fro Papua New Guinea
I agree with everyone that you answered all the questions. I was wondering about a brad nail gun and the type and size of nails but you answered that Thank you. I did have a question about if I use a pneumatic brad nail gun how much air pressure do you need for pvc vs mdf baseboard. Then I could figure a new air compressor
This was FANTASTIC and answered some questions I had after watching other videos on this topic
Glad it was helpful!
This was so helpful, especially because it's obvious that you are not just skilled but take care of all the small details that most contractors skip to save time. Thanks for making and sharing!
Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 3:56 3:56 🎉🎉😊
Great video! Any tips on how to cut and accurately measure cuts when I can't stand the baseboard up on my miter saw? 5.5" baseboards here...
wow this has been the best video ive seen. thank you my good sir.
Could I tape the wall before painting the caulk? We don't have paint that matches the wall, so can't touch it up the way you describe -- and it seems like this would also save some time . . . Thanks, and thanks for this great video!
Very helpful and give me the confidence to do it myself, thank you.
Go for it!
I am installing my water closet baseboards this weekend, thanks to your video!
Glad I could help!
Brilliant video. No messing and informative.
God bless you and thank you for keeping it real
This is the best baseboard video I have seen.
Hey Handyman Startup! I love this video but do you have suggestions for bathrooms? I don't want water going under the baseboard can cause issues later. Just looking for a good solution!
You can use the vinyl baseboards, or tile the floors and install a band of tile as basseboard.
Great information for anyone doing trim work .
Very good instructions just in the right pace and very methodical thank you
You were wayyyyyy better so much easier explained than all the other videos I've been watching as a beginner
Thank you so much
You're very welcome!
Great tips. Here's one I have. MDF swells when exposed to water. And anything that swells will cause problems. In my opinion, anything that may come into contact with water should never be made out of MDF, including baseboards, LVP transition strips, even furniture. Sadly, because it's cheaper than real wood, many manufactures love to use this stuff (which is just glued and compressed sawdust), so its hard to avoid sometimes without paying the price. And don't even get me started on laminate flooring with MDF backing! But seriously, kick over a mop bucket of water and it could be a catastrophe. Pressed particle board should never anywhere near where liquids could come into contact.
Good tip. I think the threat is less extreme then that because as long as you clean it up immediately the wood doesn’t have a chance to swell. And even if you have real wood, if water is left on that it will get moldy and cause other issues. But I do see your point.
Very good vid instructions on baseboard install.Getting ready to do my landlords apartment.Hope he'll give me a break on my rent as well.Thanks for great vid.
Loved this video brother.
Best baseboard install vid by FAR
Thanks!
Getting ready to do baseboards soon in my house. I’ve been guided to get a nail gun for 16 gauge nails. You recommend 18 instead?
thats a very informative video, thank you and you explained it very well, even if the video is 2 yrs old, thank you
Very useful, thank you! I wonder, could I use "no nail glue" to glue the baseboards onto concrete walls? Thanks in advance!
Thank you for this! Question how can I cut 45 angles without a miter saw? Was thinking of using a circular saw and tilting the shoe.
Use a hand saw and a miter box. A circular saw will be very difficult to get a good cut with.
@@StayHandy Thank you! I think I'm just going to invest into a miter saw ($249) as I have to do the whole house. I like your suggestion of MDF baseboard. Wish me luck! 😁
I was interested to watch your video and see that everything you recommended I also do and have been doing for years!
I recommend having a piece of cardboard that can be cut or torn to use as shim material behind the baseboard. It can be folded to double or triple thickness or more as needed and is freely available and easy to use. But your take on nail or Brad holes is unprofessional and not right for a quality outcome. Shrink free spackling compound...I like the light weight one. With a good spackling blade and proper application you don't even have to sand so the time can be saved there. Or a quick once over with a sanding sponge and you are ready for paint! And you have a quality end result!
Old houses does always have a bottom plate that is high enough to hit each time because the subflloor and flooring is higher, so finding each stud is necessary sometimes.
What a super helpful video! Thank you for taking the time to teach us ‘how to fish’!
You’re welcome!
Use spackling for nail holes instead of wood filler. Doesnt shrink.
I like to paint the caulking white, then tape, then paint walls .I find the caulking turns yellow over time .
min7 special thanks for the tip! really helped me, i broke my head thinking how to fix that gap :)
Thank u so much sir very informative and helpful. The best video I seen on YT.
Thanks for the kind words.
Wow. Loved this and learned a lot.
Awesome video!
Thank you for the very informative video
Spectacular instruction.
Excellent post Dan, thank you for sharing.
Question: How would you caulk base boards in a bathroom? Do your raise them off of the floor? Do you caulk where the base meets the floor? Thanks for the great video! I found you as I started my own handyman business and now 8 months later I am in full swing and loving it! I appreciate your content.
Hey Johnny! Congrats on your success. To answer your question, it depends on the situation. If you anticipate them seeing a lot of moisture, then you’ll want to do tile baseboards or another material that won’t be damaged. Otherwise do them just like anywhere else.
I would caulk them just like I would in the hallway
Why don’t you caulk around the floor? What if it’s in a bathroom and you want to protect the trim from soaking up water?
Pretty sure I’m installing new baseboards in my house because of this video.
White wood filler is available to fill nail holes if you don't plan to paint the boards.
This was extremely helpful. Thank you so much!
You’re welcome!
Amazing video sir!
Regarding the final step, you can place painters tape on the baseboard staple, then fill and then immediately pull up the tape and it looks seamless. Learned that on TikTok.
I am watching 👀 from Rsa thank you dude
thank you. great video!
My baseboard profile is 1/2"x3" rectangle and was thinking of butting the baseboard pieces together without making any 45 degree cuts. I feel like this would look fine as long as the joints are fairly tight. Does anyone disagree?
This video just got me to subscribe to your channel, great job
I am installing wood baseboard moulding. I'll stain before cutting and installing. How do I fill in any gaps in the corners and at the top with a wood trim (all the areas you did with caulk)? Do they make a squeezable wood filler?
You need to cope your inside corners and be more accurate with your cuts. Don’t use any caulking or filler.
Great information. Thank you!
This is a brilliant video. Why do I say this? Well, I'm an engineer, I don't do trim willingly. But I need to do it, so here I am. I would be going back and forth to the miter saw cutting each piece.
1) cutting them all ahead of time after measuring will save sooooooooooooo much work. HS, name your beer and I'll ship a case to you.
2) Painting it ahead of time I knew, but I've only done that with quarter round.
3) At 5:06 I'm slapping my forehead. I need to get out of my cube.
4) 7:00 : brilliant. If you have AR issues you'll cope, and you'll never finish the project.
5) 9:36 - why did you tape the baseboard? Cube engineers wish to know.
6) 9:53 - why would you not get out one piece to cut to length? we all know how to do a 45, but it's so trashy (I'm looking at my crown molding from the builder.... )
7) 10:50 - see those rubber gloves? Embrace them.
8) 11:35 - caulking. This is a brilliant comment.
9) 12:00 - HS did not put enough emphasis on this. HIGH QUALITY PAINT BRUSHES. Just eat the investment. Lock them up from family members :)
So you actually can put baseboard to the floor with vinyl plank? I'm assuming the 1" rule is for carpet install.
Well now i understand why installing baseboards in my 120yr old house last weekend was a nightmare. There is no baseplate stud. Pretty sure the closest equivalent is the old heart pine floor. Ended up having to screw it into the door frame on one end. I think i did hit one stud, but this run was only going a few feet from a door frame to just behind a radiator. So there was probably only 1 stud since mine 18in apart at best.
Instant subscribe. this was excellent
Great video. Installed trim for the first time today. Thanks to your video the finished product looks good although I'm pretty slow at it. This might be a stupid questions but do you have any tips for how to mark the length on the trim and how to cut? I end up having to make 3 or 4 cuts to get it the right size. Measuring and cutting a flat piece of wood on a straight line is easy of course but with the angles i'm struggling a bit. Thank you
Yes, but it would be best shown in a video
@@StayHandy Make the video yet?
Mark the top of the baseboard and make the cuts so the baseboard is sitting in the same orientation as installation. Sometimes you have to make a mark and transfer the mark to the other side, so be sure to have an accurate small square that you can use to do that.
Use a SHARP pencil. I use a mechanical pencil with a fine tip so I don't need a pencil sharpener. DON'T use construction pencils which are pretty as wide as a sharpie, that's far too wide. "Sneak up" on the cut with the miter saw. Cut it slightly long then bump the piece towards the blade (when the saw is off!). Another trick is to put the saw down, then put the piece up against the body of the blade (not the teeth). Raise the saw, turn it on then make a cut. If you take a look at your saw blade, you'll notice the teeth of the blade protrude out of the main body. This is called the "kerf". So when you put the wood against the body of the blade, you're cutting off the difference of how much the teeth protrude from the main body.
@@larrybud Well stated! I do that as well. Big thumbs up on a mechanical pencil! Need to find a good one. I keep going through the plastic ones and they keep breaking!
I don't get the 44.5º trick. You showed by putting your square into the inside wall that there was extra space for the square to bump back and forth. So the angle of that corner is greater than 90º. But then you said to cut the boards at 44.5º for an inside corner, which would give you an 89º angle. So you'll get an even bigger gap...?
You're overthinking your angles. If you want evidence that this is the correct thing to do, then just make it obnoxious angle like 35 degrees and see what happens. Notice that the gap is not there anymore, but exposed at the back end.
If the walls and flooring have been painted and installed recently, is the best strategy after installing the baseboards to tape the wall and baseboard to paint the caulk?
Thanks for the info!
You'll never get a good finish that way because the caulking isn't a perfect line. The best thing to do is the follow the process I outline in this video: th-cam.com/video/VwGjXfGEMSM/w-d-xo.html
Very good video, Dan! It's videos like these that make glad that I'm a subscriber to your channel. I have never installed baseboards before. I have a small job (replacing about a 3 foot piece), so I don't want to buy a nail gun and a power saw. I have a hand miter saw, so I can use that to make the cuts. Would you recommend using a hammer or something else to drive the nails rather than the nail gun? Thank you!! 👍👍👍
Thanks! Yes you can use a hammer and nails. You'll probably want a nail set as well so you can countersink the nails. The nail holes will be larger without a brad nailer, so you'll want to fill them before painting.
@@StayHandy Thank you for your reply, and I have a nail set.
I learned some tip today thanks brother
Happy to help
Great info and nicely presented.
Thanks!
That's all fine when you work with solid color boarding. what about natural wood or veneered MDF? No caulking, no nails, no painting. Do you have tips for such occasions?
No I just choose not to work with that material.
@@StayHandy thanks for honesty 😉
Excellent video, thanks
Glad you liked it!
I did a terrible job on my condo but it would've been 10x worse without this video so thank you 😂
Can you do this with anything other than a miter saw?
What if you are or king with a furring strip wall? Our furring strips are one inch think with drywall over them. I have a room with all cement walls with furring stripe and no studs.
Great info, thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
Any recommendations on how to fit two pieces on a long wall? Two 45s at joint or?
Thanks for this video!
Ah, 9:58 in the video… jumped the gun there!
No worries, glad you figured it out! I also appreciate any comments or questions.
I had an 18 gauge nailer already but I just bought a 16 gauge because everywhere I looked said at least 16, if not 15 for baseboards/trim. At least it was on sale for $99 for a decent one (Metabo). I'll use it just to be sure everything is extra secure. Thoughts?
Totally unnecessary. 18g is more than enough.
Nice tricks!
Well done.