Ideas for Baseboard...?

[PatrickW]

The sheetrock in my garage goes down to about 1/4" above the cement floor in most areas.

In other areas I have exposed cinder block. On one wall it sticks out about 3", with the "holes" in the cinderblock exposed; and on another wall the cinderblock is fairly flush with the sheetrock.

I'd like to put in a fairly neat and uniform baseboard throughout my garage. Something that will hopefully keep the bottom of the sheetrock from getting wet.

Can anyone give me any ideas...?

Thanks,

- Patrick

 

[Wolverine]

I used 4" grey Base cove moulding. Home Depot. Slap some base cove moulding glue on it with a trowe (sp) and your all done. Simple. Works great and looks great!

Here is a poor pic of it.

 

[Double Venom]

Pat,
I wash my shop almost daily. Trying to keep the drywall dry has always been a problem until I came up with a very simple solution. I simply get a 4'x8' sheet of marine/walmanized plywood, cut 6" wide strips and put them up then paint. You can use a different color for a border effect or paint the same as the walls and it almost disappears. Havwn't had to replace a piece of drwall in over eight years.
DV
PS. Match your drywll thickness and it is almost a flush joint. If you have to - get the next thicness smaller than your drywall and caulk the seam. That way when you wash the walls the water wont sit in the joint.

 

[byrdman]

Just an additional comment for readers who might be still in the planning stages of building a new garage:

If it's a priority for you, building a stud wall on top of a course or two of block gets your sheetrock up off the floor.

 

[Major Ramifications]

You could use some of the foamed urethane molding that is available from home centers. It is priced between wood molding and MDF molding and is pre-finished and completely waterproof.