Shoe Molding Quarter Round Laminate Floor

Baseboard molding installations are finished off with a small piece of molding that covers the gap between the bottom of the baseboards and the floor.

Shoe molding quarter round laminate floor. Quarter round should match the floor. Shoe molding offers a fine finish to baseboards and covers the seam where it meets the floor. I removed the carpet from my stairs and wanted to go with the natural wood underneath. Quarter round molding typically offers some flexibility allowing the molding to sit on the floor even if the floor is not level.

Shoe molding is much the same as quarter round having the same 90 angle on the backside but instead of being a perfect quarter radius its profile is a bit more squat. Smartcore 0 71 in x 94 49 in blue ridge pine plastic floor quarter round. The main use for shoe molding is to run along the intersection of the baseboard and floor. Or so i m told by my designer and sev.

Vinyl quarter round moulding is designed for use as an inside corner or on top of trim planks to create column bases make small transitions or to fill small gaps. Baseboard molding installations are very often finished off with an additional thin piece of molding called quarter round or shoe molding that covers the gap between the bottom of the baseboards and the floor. I bought this flexible quarter round moulding plus a flexible base moulding. Quarter round can be adding to other moulding profiles to give a more ornate look.

Base shoe and quarter round are almost identical. It s an easy installation that costs little and gives your floors a precise polished look. X 3 4 this 12 ft. Both types of molding are very similar.

Homeowners install quarter round molding at the base of a wall to hide gaps and imperfections between the wall and a laminate floor or between the baseboard molding and a laminate floor. Item 1524924 model lmqsu00603. Tall baseboards were popular during the greek revival period in the early to mid 1800s but the idea. After the carpet removal i had a wide 1 gap between the bottom curved stair and the marble floor.

Meg the best floor layers take the baseboard off and put the wood or laminate closer to the wall not all the way though as there has to be space for it to expand and contract and then they put the baseboard back on thus the baseboard itself covers the raw edge of the flooring and there s no need for quarter round.