Base board installation

[NitroShark]

Can I get some recommendations on installing base board molding? My shop is stud built and fully dry walled. Was thinking about something that is finished and rot resistant. I would like to nail it also if that’s the best way.

Any recommendations on material selection or installation would be appreciated from your experiences.

Shawn

 

[ontcanuck]

I installed a 4" X 12" tile with tile adhesive about 10 yrs. ago and worked like a charm

 

[brone1]

Did you **** the tile up against each other or did you put grout in between them? Are the tile on the floor or did you keep them up a little? Thanks

 

[ontcanuck]

I put them right on the concrete, I could have butted them together but I decided to have the grouted look. I also put a tiny bead of clear silicone along the floor.

 

[dmeadow]

I used this:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/ROPPE-Vi...-x-080-in-Coil-Wallbase-HC40LA5P150/202526652

There's a specific adhesive you can (should) buy for it that goes in a caulk gun. There's also a fan-shaped applicator that you put on the tube. Easy to install, not affected by water, and looks good. Of course, there are other colors available.

 

[Zeke]

The vinyl cove or PVC moldings are a good bet for a garage. However, if you paint the front back and bottom of wood and hold it up a bit (which is what you do anyway due to unevenness of floors) and then caulk it at the joint to the floor, it should be good for long time unless you have a water problem. And that includes using a hose.

 

[James-W]

You can use cedar for the moldings, it won't rot very quickly even if it gets wet from time to time. Cedar is easy to work with and can be made into a molding fairly easily. I have a power feed planer with molding knives and can make different moldings with it, but you can do the same thing with a router and the right router bits. You will need a router table to make it easier, but even without one you can still make moldings.

 

[NitroShark]

All good info, I’m not much of a woodworking guy as I have zero tools and experience with it. Metal on the other hand, I can make anything.

I like the glue on molding but I’m not sure how secure it will be in my application. The drywall is about 1inch off the ground and it may not seal well?? Not sure, but worth looking into further.

Anybody else got some other experiences?

Shawn

 

[Zippercat]

The EverTrue PVC trim line at Lowes cuts, nails, glues and paints like wood.

http://www.lowes.com/Search=evertru...Id=10051&N=0&newSearch=true&Ntt=evertrue+pvc#!

I used the pvc base cap to fill the gap between the pine baseboard my builder installed and the top of the concrete block stem wall. The builder installs the baseboard and drywall about an inch above the block because of moisture concerns. I cut the pvc with a miter saw and installed it with a trim nailer, then painted it. Was very pleased with the results; looks just like regular interior molding.

The pvc base cap was actually about 10 cents a foot cheaper than primed pine. I did not price compare the other profiles so your mileage may vary.

 

[adawil2002]

I did tile too. 4"x 8" quarry tile, grouted.

 

[ontcanuck]

Why would anybody do anything but tile for the base in a garage nothing beats it. I think I had a total of $ 50 invested including the glue. There are so many tile places around that will have exactly what you want. Just glue on the tile and if you have to make any cuts most tile places will cut the tile for you. In my case I found tiles that were 4" X 12" in stock cheap.

 

[Hencini]

Hmm. Nice looking baseboards in here. I would expect nothing less from GJ.

I was thinking of doing the rubber coil stuff in mine, then caulking it at the floor. I want to be able to hose the garage out eventually without having water flow underneath the baseboard.

 

[Scott65]

1x6 plastic deck boards with the bullnose cut off of the bottom so it fits better on the floor side:

 

[Brichter14]

Scott what did you use for your floor?

 

[NitroShark]

Follow up here....

I ended up using the composite molding in my original post. It cut just like wood and nailed fine with 2" brads to the studs.

Thanks for everybody's advice as I have 700 more sq/ft of epoxy floor to finish.


Shawn

 

[JimVonBaden]

I used the black rubber since it fit with my project.

Glued it with the same adhesive I used on my VCT.

Jim

 

[NitroShark]

Finished the last 700sqft of shop with the composite baseboard tonight. Install was easy with a Dewalt compound miter saw.


Shawn

 

[OJ Bartley]

Looks great Shawn, nice work. Does that big beast go in there??

 

[soapii]

I had to use trim board prior to installing my 7" Roppe base. Reason being is that some of the block were outside of the drywall face.........so to level it all out I used the trim board. The trim boards are 5/4" thick MiraTEC and were nailed directly to the studs then I glued the Roppe base to the MiraTEC.

--Joe

 

[NitroShark]

Looks great Shawn, nice work. Does that big beast go in there??

Yes, that section is 16 X 46 and for the coach.

Shawn