Finishing up a kitchen. The DR is 50’s streamline base and the kitchen will be something else,and, probably taller. The bases will meet at a 90. What is the proper technique for this. I thought of putting a coped return on each, but that would leave an odd ‘V’ at the corner. I’m stumped.
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Sell them a new trim job in the Dining room.
I take it this is an outside corner, with no jam nor casing?
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Some type of plinth block.
I'm sorry, I thought you wanted it done the right way.
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How about using square edged stock that just wraps around both sides of the opening maybe a half inch. Sort of a big wrap around plynth block. I take it the old style base wrapped around that opening? You have the same floor level in that opening?Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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What I (a DIYer) would be tempted to do (without seeing the profiles involved) is bring the shorter piece flush with the corner (this is an outside corner, right?) and then cope the end of the taller piece to match the shorter piece's profile and cover its end.
Failing that, use a plinth block.
Ever seen an inside corner block? Try an outside corner block. Something simple....A peice of 2 x 2 stock...a tad taller than the taller baseboard moulding....notch out the back corner...not too much, you need to leave enough to have the block remain proud of the mouldings.....cap it with something simple...a cove moulding perhaps....run your baseboards into that.
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Jay thanks for the idea, will cut one, and see if it will fly...I thought of that concept, but was thinking something bigger, but yours will fit in bettter....tnx agn...
Yep, it's a stumper. What is likely needed is to case the opening between--that gives a place to "stop" either base.
The other thing I can think of has already been alluded to--return the taller base, then cope the smaller to that.
The other option that comes to mind is artwork. If you had a carved item (vine, filligree, what have you), that could create the "stop" for the two bases.