We were happy to see hardwood floor under carpet that we would like to remove in three bedrooms. Unfortunately, the baseboard was installed over the carpet. With the carpet gone, there is a gap between the floor and the bottom of the baseboard. Should we try to remove and lower the baseboard or is there some way of filling the gap? The baseboards are solidly on the stucco walls in all three bedrooms.
paulaenglish
I would add a shoe moulding or quarter-round. Removing and lowering the baseboard is a ton of work.
Usually... when hardwood floors get sanded and refinished the contractor will include installing matching shoe moulding (for a fee of course) to hide this gap.
You can do that job DIY if this sort of thing appeals.
It's not hard... but with my knees I'd hire it done.
How to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0AhiksVV7w
your correct.a while back i had a job where carpet and pad was removed and the home owner went with a vinyl and there was almost an inch. the flooring guys tried nailing on quarter round but but nothing to nail to so they called me to figure out a fix. i looked around and came up with using a dor stop that was 1 1/4" and matched the profile and saved the day haha! i really like the look of the stop and have been doing it on just about every job that needs a quarter round.
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