Laminate Flooring Without Baseboard

How to install hardwood floor without removing the baseboard.

Laminate flooring without baseboard.

How to install click laminate flooring without removing baseboards. I have a laminate floor is like to remove without removing the baseboard. For convenience proper floor installation and to save money remove the baseboard during the installation process and reuse it with the new flooring. Laminate flooring baseboard with windows that end at floor level baseboards should be mitered and ended where it meets windows.

I d hate to replace the baseboard bc it looks perfect. Reinstalling the old baseboard. It is a lot easier to use a nail gun then to hand nail it. Being paranoid about doing an excellent job i m debating whether to remove and re install the existing baseboard molding or leave the baseboard in place and install quarter round or shoe depending on what looks better molding after the laminate is laid.

Since most types of laminate are not secured. If removing the molding is not an option the base molding can be undercut with an oscillating saw to allow the flooring to slide under it. The main purpose of baseboards is to hide the gap between the floor covering and the wall but over the years they can become so much. The following is a guest post from an esteemed diy er at this point professional diy er on a tough subject.

This is bc the were replaced as painted along with the walls when a wall between the kitchen and dining room was removed. Then you can use an oscillating saw to carefully cut out the piece of baseboard. Reinstalling the old baseboard is basically nailing each piece where it was previously installed. Using a scrap piece of flooring go around the perimeter of the room and mark the height of the flooring with a pencil.

Expansion gap of flooring if covered by windows will not require molding. This will cause the base board to not set flat on the laminate or hardwood flooring. In order to cut costs and save us a ton of time by not having to cut new baseboard pieces we decided to re use all the existing baseboards. As a current resident of these recently completed accommodations i have to say they are absolutely stunning a vast improvement from when the house was originally purchased eleven years ago.