{"id":705,"date":"2012-11-08T17:42:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T17:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/?p=705"},"modified":"2017-10-20T18:54:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T18:54:26","slug":"to-base-or-not-to-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/to-base-or-not-to-base","title":{"rendered":"To Base or Not to Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>To Base or Not to Base<br \/>\n<\/strong>by<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/ask-ron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Ron Call<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Often when people are looking to upgrade their homes with new hardwood or laminate flooring they often overlook the details like base boards and trims.\u00a0 They will spend many hours shopping and comparing prices on the net or drive from store to store.\u00a0 But they seldom give much consideration to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/wood_molding.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moldings<\/a>.\u00a0 You can purchase an inexpensive floor and install new base boards and the job will look awesome.\u00a0 You can also install a high-end beautiful floor and remove and replace your existing base boards and if they don\u2019t look good or they&#8217;re not wide enough to cover the required expansion gap you will be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>If your existing base board is in good shape and you want to keep it you have two choices:\u00a0 1) You can remove it and replace it after the flooring is installed, or 2) You can leave it on the wall then leave the proper expansion gap between the floor and the base and cover it with quarter round or base shoe molding.\u00a0 Either method works fine.\u00a0 It\u2019s all a matter of the final look you want.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple photos of an install with just base and one with base board and quarter round.\u00a0 It\u2019s really up to you as to which method you choose.\u00a0 Just be sure to figure the extra cost into your budget.\u00a0 If you try and remove and replace the existing base board and a piece or two should break be sure that style is still available so you can purchase replacements.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_706\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Baseonly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-706\" class=\"wp-image-706 \" title=\"Baseonly\" src=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Baseonly-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Base Board Only<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_711\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Baseqtrnd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-711\" class=\"wp-image-711 \" title=\"Baseqtrnd\" src=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Baseqtrnd-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Base Board with Base Shoe Molding<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Base or Not to Base by Ron Call Often when people are looking to upgrade their homes with new hardwood or laminate flooring they often overlook the details like base boards and trims.\u00a0 They will spend many hours shopping 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