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In the one bedroom I missing 10 feet of baseboard. I just wondering if this type of baseboard can be bought. Could this trim be made by myself? If I make the baseboard how I would go about it? I made a cardboard template of the baseboard
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Do More of What Makes You HappyIn the one bedroom I missing 10 feet of baseboard. I just wondering if this type of baseboard can be bought. Could this trim be made by myself? If I make the baseboard how I would go about it? I made a cardboard template of the baseboard
It’s hard to see by the pictures , but it looks fairly easy to replicate in one of the pictures ,
Will you be keeping it painted 🤷♂️In the one bedroom I missing 10 feet of baseboard. I just wondering if this type of baseboard can be bought. Could this trim be made by myself? If I make the baseboard how I would go about it? I made a cardboard template of the baseboard
Kind of hard to tell by your picks. But I think this is close.
Alexandria MouldingWM 712 9/16 in. x 3-1/2 in. x 96 in. Pine Base Moulding
my local yard still sells it. but looks like HD and Lowes need to order around me.Ron
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In the one bedroom I missing 10 feet of baseboard. I just wondering if this type of baseboard can be bought. Could this trim be made by myself? If I make the baseboard how I would go about it? I made a cardboard template of the baseboard
Kind of hard to tell by your picks. But I think this is close.
Alexandria MouldingWM 712 9/16 in. x 3-1/2 in. x 96 in. Pine Base Moulding
my local yard still sells it. but looks like HD and Lowes need to order around me.
Yeah my pictures aren’t the greatest. I think your right it looks pretty close to me too.
Thanks Ron.Greg
Do More of What Makes You HappyIn the one bedroom I missing 10 feet of baseboard. I just wondering if this type of baseboard can be bought. Could this trim be made by myself? If I make the baseboard how I would go about it? I made a cardboard template of the baseboard
It’s hard to see by the pictures , but it looks fairly easy to replicate in one of the pictures ,
Will you be keeping it painted
The baseboard weren’t originally paint. We painted it.
Greg
Do More of What Makes You HappyIt is called a ranch profile and should be available at about any lumber yard or big box. That profile is fairly common. I don’t think I would mess with trying to make it as it is fairly inexpensive.
Looks like a fairly standard moulding.
How old is it? Some standard mouldings by manufacturers have gotten slimer over the years/decades from what they once were, but not so much that backing it with something like card stock or whatever to compensate and once installed, the DAP stuff can hide such minor discrepencies.
It is called a ranch profile and should be available at about any lumber yard or big box. That profile is fairly common. I don’t think I would mess with trying to make it as it is fairly inexpensive.
Thanks Kurt! I will look at the big box when I go there next. I won’t be trying to make it if I can buy it. I didn’t know it was fairly common. This is the first time for me see this type of baseboard.
Greg
Do More of What Makes You HappyHow old is it?
I have no idea how old it is.
but not so much that backing it with something like card stock or whatever to compensate and once installed, the DAP stuff can hide such minor discrepencies.
I will keep this tip mine if I have this issue. Thank you.
Greg
Do More of What Makes You HappySome standard mouldings by manufacturers have gotten slimer over the years/decades from what they once were, but not so much that backing it with something like card stock or whatever to compensate and once installed, the DAP stuff can hide such minor discrepencies.
I will keep this tip mine if I have this issue. Thank you.
I’d shy away from that in a wet/humidity environment like a bathroom, but in a bedroom you’d be just fine.
Some standard mouldings by manufacturers have gotten slimer over the years/decades from what they once were, but not so much that backing it with something like card stock or whatever to compensate and once installed, the DAP stuff can hide such minor discrepencies.
I will keep this tip mine if I have this issue. Thank you.
I’d shy away from that in a wet/humidity environment like a bathroom, but in a bedroom you’d be just fine.
I curious why you say this?
The bathroom has been updated and it has different baseboard.
I am not replacing all the baseboard in the house. I need to 2 pieces of this baseboard in one of the bedrooms. It had been removed when they build a build in along those walls.
Greg
Do More of What Makes You HappySome standard mouldings by manufacturers have gotten slimer over the years/decades from what they once were, but not so much that backing it with something like card stock or whatever to compensate and once installed, the DAP stuff can hide such minor discrepencies.
I will keep this tip mine if I have this issue. Thank you.
I’d shy away from that in a wet/humidity environment like a bathroom, but in a bedroom you’d be just fine.
I curious why you say this?
The bathroom has been updated and it has different baseboard.
I am not replacing all the baseboard in the house. I need to 2 pieces of this baseboard in one of the bedrooms. It had been removed when they build a build in along those walls.
Card stock could end up getting moldy if used as a space backer in a bathroom.
Some standard mouldings by manufacturers have gotten slimer over the years/decades from what they once were, but not so much that backing it with something like card stock or whatever to compensate and once installed, the DAP stuff can hide such minor discrepencies.
I will keep this tip mine if I have this issue. Thank you.
I’d shy away from that in a wet/humidity environment like a bathroom, but in a bedroom you’d be just fine.
I curious why you say this?
The bathroom has been updated and it has different baseboard.
I am not replacing all the baseboard in the house. I need to 2 pieces of this baseboard in one of the bedrooms. It had been removed when they build a build in along those walls.
Card stock could end up getting moldy if used as a space backer in a bathroom.
Ok I gotta you now.
Greg
Do More of What Makes You HappyWell looks like our 2 big box stores don’t have this type of baseboard. I just had wifey stop pick up some. I will have check some other places.
Greg
Do More of What Makes You HappyWell looks like our 2 big box stores don’t have this type of baseboard. I just had wifey stop pick up some. I will have check some other places.
Geeze that’s too bad , do you have any other sources for buying those , do you have a lumber yard close by , or can those big box stores have them ordered
Well looks like our 2 big box stores don’t have this type of baseboard. I just had wifey stop pick up some. I will have check some other places.
Do you have any lumber yards or millers out there?
Also, are there any neighbors that may have the same circa built house you may he able to knock on their doors and ask about their baseboards that may be the same in your new house and source forward from there?
There may be a known yard that old remnants from years ago have them in your area. The same actually goes for when searching for bricks for older houses. Some place local typically supplied them within a hundred or so miles away.
Getting it custom done can be super costly. Like super stupid costly. Especially if they have to make knives they don’t already have for it, changing all the baseboards may he the best option.
Do you feel you need to keep the same baseboard profile in the house to maintain it’s heritage? If not, change it!
I know it’s far from you, but Peacock’s in Oshawa makes a ‘sheet’-load of older profiles as they provide custom trim guys who work on heritage homes. There are tons of heritage homes in Oshawa as GM started there in Canada a century ago.
Here’s their ‘Baseboard’ page, but they do have some remnants of old stock custom stuff too that they don’t show on their website.
https://www.peacocklumber.ca/pricing-baseboard
I would maybe call them and inquire first.
How tall is your piece?
Measure that width again and make sure it’s not 7/16 ths. I know some of the old ones are that width and not quite a half inch as you previously showed.
Well looks like our 2 big box stores don’t have this type of baseboard. I just had wifey stop pick up some. I will have check some other places.
Geeze that’s too bad , do you have any other sources for buying those , do you have a lumber yard close by , or can those big box stores have them ordered
Yup it is too bad when really only need 2 or 3 pieces.
There really isn’t any lumber yards close by. Not sure if the big box can order it in. I may look in to this.
Greg
Do More of What Makes You HappyGTokley wrote:
Well looks like our 2 big box stores don’t have this type of baseboard. I just had wifey stop pick up some. I will have check some other places.Do you have any lumber yards or millers out there?
Oh there is a few lumber yards in the area.
Also, are there any neighbors that may have the same circa built house you may he able to knock on their doors and ask about their baseboards that may be the same in your new house and source forward from there?
There is quite a few house similar to our house. I never thought of this.
Do you feel you need to keep the same baseboard profile in the house to maintain it’s heritage? If not, change it!
No I don’t feel the need to keep the same baseboard. The original plan was to change it all. But keep cost down and the time to do we changed our mind.
Honestly I want run all over looking for 2 or 3 pieces of baseboard.Greg
Do More of What Makes You HappyMeasure that width again and make sure it’s not 7/16 ths. I know some of the old ones are that width and not quite a half inch as you previously showed.
I measure that piece again yesterday and measured 1/2″
Greg
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