In the course of remodeling and enlarging my home, I’ve put down a variety of floor coverings: ceramic tile, engineered hardwood, and, in some spaces, carpeting.
The tile is less than 1/2 inch thick, the hardwood is 9/16, and the carpet lies on padding directly on the concrete. Wherever one of these surfaces meets another at an outside corner, I have a height problem. My question is:
Do I use the base at full height on the tile (the middle one), rip it for the hardwood to match the tile level, and install it raised above the concrete to match the tile also? Aesthetically it seems desirable to have it be at the same level as it runs around the house, no matter what it’s sitting on or next to (carpet).
What do others do? Are there other solutions?
Richard
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Align the top of the baseboard throughout. Then use shoe moulding.
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Is it OK for the base shoe not to line up? Since if it follows the floor it will be at the flooring heights.
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So, I should set my height by the hardwood and adjust everywhere else? Don't need shoe next to the carpet since the carpet and pad will hide the gap at the slab, correct?Richard
If you take a piece of base and push it down into the carpet does it align in height with the base set on the tile? Often there is enough "give" to the carpet for this to work.
If it does then use the tile as the height, push the base on the carpet down just enough to make it even with the base over the tile and then use a small 1/4 round base shoe combined with the base on the wood floor .
I always try to maintain the same height and trim line so ripping the base to go over the thicker flooring is the way to go. When we run base in a room to be carpeted, we often hold it up 1/4" - 3/8" to allow the carpet to be tucked under.
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