Hello,
I have some questions about the right way to install the baseboards at a couple places in my remodeling work. My house has flat 1x10s for the baseboards.
First, I have several outside corners in the new work, and I'm wondering if I should butt joint them or miter them. There are no outside corners in the old work to match, but all the the inside corners are butt jointed. Obviously with a profiled baseboard you have to miter the outside corners, but I was thinking with the flat stock I should butt joint them to match the inside corners. Is that right?
Second, in an alcove I have to deal with a floor height transition of about 1/8" and a metal transition strip. I was thinking that I should install the baseboard first and just run the transition strip between the baseboards. For the baseboard itself, I'm planning on just notching the part over the higher floor. Does this sound right?
Thanks, Wayne