How To Install Wood Floor Under Existing Baseboard

Set the quarter round shoe moulding on a piece of paper to keep it just a hair above the floor.

How to install wood floor under existing baseboard.

Keep the lower edge of the baseboard even with the top of the floor and nail the baseboard into the wall. Nail threshold or transition strips in place where the edge of the floor is exposed. Fill any nail holes and apply any touch up as needed. Start by putting the baseboard end of the flooring under the first baseboard at an angle.

This gap is needed to give the hardwood room to move with changing humidity. Use 11 4 to 11 2 in long enough to penetrate the molding the drywall and drive at least 1 2 inch into the wall s base plate. Then slide the long edge of the flooring under the other baseboard straightening the flooring piece into place. I m kind of astounded that your hardwood installer would put the new hardwood right up against the existing baseboards that is a total no no for hardwood installation.

Once you have gathered all the tools here are the steps to installing your new baseboard molding. Install the base shoe quarter round molding over the expansion gap created by your new hardwood flooring. In this video i share tips and tricks that i have learned over the years to create. Leave a 1 4 inch or larger gap between the existing baseboard and the new hardwood flooring you are installing.

When attaching the base shoe quarter round nail the molding into the bottom of the existing baseboard and not into the flooring itself. Use baseboard nails or brads no longer than 18 inches apart for 3 4 inch thick molding.