I am going to put down some shoe molding. It is not quarter-round, rather
it is rather flat-sided on one side. I have seen it installed both ways,
with the long side to the floor, and long side to the baseboard.
I am curious if there is a standard way of installing it, or is it up to me?
I don't want it to look funny to a trained eye. I have an obstruction, and
it would work better for me to install it long-side to the baseboard so it
will clear the obstruction.
Bridger wrote:
>I've seen it installed flat to cover a gap in the floorboards....
>just looks *wrong* to my eye....
My Dad put up some garden variety (available at any lumber
yard) chair rail. He put it upside down (phat part along
the bottom edge).
I stopped going to visit them at Christmas.
Now, in the case of a multi-piece molding (moulding David)
you can get away with some things but it's best to work it
out on paper first/do a short mock-up.
UA100
"Tom Plamann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I've seen it done both ways. However, the one case where I saw it
installed
> wide side down, they were unsure which way it went and guessed wrong.
>
> Tom Plamann
ROTHFLAO You gotta love an answer like that.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:29:01 GMT, "Buck Turgidson" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I am going to put down some shoe molding. It is not quarter-round, rather
>it is rather flat-sided on one side. I have seen it installed both ways,
>with the long side to the floor, and long side to the baseboard.
>
>I am curious if there is a standard way of installing it, or is it up to me?
>I don't want it to look funny to a trained eye. I have an obstruction, and
>it would work better for me to install it long-side to the baseboard so it
>will clear the obstruction.
>
>
long side to the baseboard
Base shoe is designed to have the tall dimension run up and down; put the
narrow flat against the floor.
--
Alan Bierbaum
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"Buck Turgidson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am going to put down some shoe molding. It is not quarter-round, rather
> it is rather flat-sided on one side. I have seen it installed both ways,
> with the long side to the floor, and long side to the baseboard.
>
> I am curious if there is a standard way of installing it, or is it up to
me?
> I don't want it to look funny to a trained eye. I have an obstruction,
and
> it would work better for me to install it long-side to the baseboard so it
> will clear the obstruction.
>
>
>
"Buck Turgidson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am going to put down some shoe molding. It is not quarter-round, rather
> it is rather flat-sided on one side. I have seen it installed both ways,
> with the long side to the floor, and long side to the baseboard.
>
> I am curious if there is a standard way of installing it, or is it up to
me?
> I don't want it to look funny to a trained eye. I have an obstruction,
and
> it would work better for me to install it long-side to the baseboard so it
> will clear the obstruction.
>
>
>
I've seen it done both ways. However, the one case where I saw it installed
wide side down, they were unsure which way it went and guessed wrong.
Tom Plamann
On 13 Feb 2004 15:40:14 EST, "Tom Plamann" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Buck Turgidson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I am going to put down some shoe molding. It is not quarter-round, rather
>> it is rather flat-sided on one side. I have seen it installed both ways,
>> with the long side to the floor, and long side to the baseboard.
>>
>> I am curious if there is a standard way of installing it, or is it up to
>me?
>> I don't want it to look funny to a trained eye. I have an obstruction,
>and
>> it would work better for me to install it long-side to the baseboard so it
>> will clear the obstruction.
>>
>>
>>
>
>I've seen it done both ways. However, the one case where I saw it installed
>wide side down, they were unsure which way it went and guessed wrong.
>
>Tom Plamann
>
I've seen it installed flat to cover a gap in the floorboards....
just looks *wrong* to my eye....