Install Vinyl Floor Molding

Vinyl baseboard molding works well for commercial applications or high traffic areas in your home.

Install vinyl floor molding.

It is scratch and scuff resistant and best of all you don t have to be a carpenter to install it. Vinyl plank flooring has all the visual appeal of solid hardwood flooring. Finish the molding to match the trim not the flooring. Learning how to install vinyl flooring is something you can do yourself.

A homeowner can easily learn how to install baseboards with this easy to follow project guide. Over lap moldings are designed to transition to other floors while still providing an expansion gap so the flooring can have freedom to expand and contact with indoor climate changes. Once your flooring is down install shoe molding to cover the expansion gap between the flooring and the base trim. Flooring trim and moldings are both functional and decorative whether you are installing a luxury vinyl or engineered tile floor.

Shoot 1 1 4 inch finish nails through the shoe and into the base trim. Baseboard moulding is a simple way to add instant character to a room. This video and desc. While the installation of the baseboard trim itself isn t hard the cutting and measuring of the angles can be a bit tricky.

Installing a floating floor to a flush transition molding can potentially lead to buckling end joint peaking and squeaks later on. These pieces complete the flooring project by covering unsightly edges and gaps hiding joints left for expansion and contraction and bridging areas where one floor covering ends and another one begins. Be careful not to pin the flooring down in the process.