Hello all. I am new to this forum and I need some help or ideas. I have checked out almost all of the information that FineHomebuilding has on wainscot installation. All the pictures and articles are great, with one exception. It seems that all the articles about how to install Wainscoting were done in homes with forced hot air heat. I have forced hot water heat with baseboard heat registers. How does one go about doing the bottom (base board portion) of the wainscot around these registers. I have bought the wainscot materials from the Home Depot and even their instructions on how to install the product doesn’t cover these type of base board.
I’m not sure whether to take the covers off the registers and place the boards behind the heat radiators and then reapply the covers or should I place the base portion of the wainscoting up and around the covers. Doing it the latter way, to me wouldn’t make it look all that great. Could someone tell me how the “Pro’s” would do it??????
Charles Tower
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Charles, you have a picture of this basebd heat/bath?
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use tall base and box around it.
1x4 or so as the top ...
cut a coupla slots for the air to circulate ... then just run the base around ...
down the wall ... inside corner ... 3.5" ... outside corner ... long as the heater ...
outside corner ... 3.5" ... inside corner ... then down the wall some more.
use a soup can for a nice radius and add some "furniture style" legs ....
that'll give for the air intake along the bottom.
did that make any sense?
I can picture it ... even have a pic of similar somewhere ...
but can't type it out!
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
Here's chucks picture. Anyone have any ideas on making it look good with wainscot?
Chuck, it would help if you showed the cover.
And, not a good idea to let all the fins get bashed about-that's what disperses the heat. They need to be in pristine condition to work properly. You might lose alot of surface area (what gives off the heat) by having them smooshed together.
I'm thinking there was a thread quite a while back that showed a wood cover-From Andy C if I'm not mistaken. Anybody have that one bookmarked?
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Chuck.
Check out this thread over at Quittintime by Armin. Curved basebd covers, but might give you some ideas.
Curved Basebd Heater covers
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Hey Chuck....that picture helps alot.
Unfortunately it doesn't appear that you ahve enough room behind the element to install a full base moulding, which is always my first choice.
Fortunately however, it appears that the baseboard moulding has been removed around the room.
I'm not sure what exactly is the "base portion" of the wainscotte you're talking about might be....but I'd be inclined to toss it and run new base moulding throughout the room.
If the covers for he radiators are tight to the walls once replaced, I would put them back on first. This will help determine the height of your baseboard mouldings. I would make them higher than the radiators. High enough so that you could continue a portion of the top, right above the radiators and around the room, giving you something to die the wainscotte into.
calvins pic of the integrated radiant baseboard/moulding would be great. Not sure you're ready for a challenge like that however.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
Your solution depends on what you are using for base. In the attached pic, the heaters were a couple of inches higher than the 1x6 base, so we ran 1x up and across the top. Looks ok. If you don't like the "up and over" look, you can use a higher base for that wall, but that might look even funkier.