I am going to put down some shoe molding. It is not quarter-round, rather it is rather flat-sided on one side. I have seen it installed both ways, with the long side to the floor, and long side to the baseboard.
I am curious if there is a standard way of installing it, or is it up to me? I don't want it to look funny to a trained eye. I have an obstruction, and it would work better for me to install it long-side to the baseboard so it will clear the obstruction.
Base shoe is designed to have the tall dimension run up and down; put the narrow flat against the floor.
long side to the baseboard
- Buck - standard way of installing it, or is it up to me?
- Rico dJour -
- TonyM -
- Nehmo - This pdf has some pics, the first three
I've seen it done both ways. However, the one case where I saw it installed wide side down, they were unsure which way it went and guessed wrong.
Tom Plamann
I've seen it installed flat to cover a gap in the floorboards....
just looks *wrong* to my eye....
My Dad put up some garden variety (available at any lumber yard) chair rail. He put it upside down (phat part along the bottom edge).
I stopped going to visit them at Christmas.
Now, in the case of a multi-piece molding (moulding David) you can get away with some things but it's best to work it out on paper first/do a short mock-up.
UA100
ROTHFLAO You gotta love an answer like that.
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