Installing Vinyl Plank Flooring? Save Time and Money on Baseboard!

Installing Vinyl Plank Flooring? Save Time and Money on Baseboard!

This is a quick option to save time and money when replacing carpet with vinyl plank flooring. The process is basically making a shoe moulding that looks like part of the existing baseboard.

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50 Comments

  1. Rick Carson on April 12, 2023 at 11:29 am

    Love it! One of the better solutions I’ve seen.

  2. MoparJerry310 on April 12, 2023 at 11:29 am

    How can I cover the gap but with a brick wall

  3. Michael on April 12, 2023 at 11:30 am

    Genius! I hate the look of shoe moulding. This would be so much better!

  4. JosefWitDaCoatOn on April 12, 2023 at 11:30 am

    Dude! I was going to replace ALL my baseboards.. you just put a hitch in my get-a-long… in a good way lol

  5. Alex Martinez Construction on April 12, 2023 at 11:34 am

    This is exactly what i was looking for!! I’m trying to save my customer some money…. small crisis between she and her husband on costs. This should help…now to hunt this material down in austin texas!!

  6. Chantal Rochon on April 12, 2023 at 11:36 am

    Helpfull! Thank you!

  7. Perry Sandlewick on April 12, 2023 at 11:36 am

    If I replace my current wood laminate floor I’m going to have large gaps under the baseboard and door trim casing. This ‘trick’ will not work.

  8. Sliviz on April 12, 2023 at 11:36 am

    Only really works if your floor can go under your existing skirting boards

  9. The Lone Carpenter on April 12, 2023 at 11:40 am

    Never thought of this, great idea!

  10. Michael Ritchey on April 12, 2023 at 11:41 am

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  12. Jacob Danielson on April 12, 2023 at 11:42 am

    THANK YOU! I did not want to go through the trouble of replacing all of our baseboards but, like you, I can’t stand the look of quarter round. Will definitely be using this tip.

  13. John Themelis on April 12, 2023 at 11:42 am

    What material did you use to cover up molding gap? I see it’s mdf but what product? Thx!

  14. BigZombie88 on April 12, 2023 at 11:43 am

    Quarter round looks alot better

  15. LL77 on April 12, 2023 at 11:43 am

    What flooring is that? ❤

  16. Modern Archive on April 12, 2023 at 11:43 am

    That is a good tip. It looks great. I’m trying to decide what to do after installing carpet tiles. My baseboards are a very simple 1"x4" (nominal) Quarter-round won’t fly. I might just do this, but going all the way up the height of my baseboards.

  17. Keen Observations on April 12, 2023 at 11:44 am

    Lowe’s carries short shoe molding

  18. SWeet Pie on April 12, 2023 at 11:45 am

    Looks good but don’t have the money or patience to do that

  19. Tha Banned on April 12, 2023 at 11:46 am

    Genius! Any ideas on a removable solution to the same problem? I need to cover the gaps, but my basement is finished with Owens Corning panels, so I don’t want to have to nail anything to it.

  20. Shakeel Ahmad on April 12, 2023 at 11:48 am

    Thanks, solved my issue.

  21. Jason Bertels on April 12, 2023 at 11:49 am

    I’ve been thinking about using a doorstop moulding in replace of a normal shoe moulding/quarter round. What do you think of that?

  22. Ric Liang on April 12, 2023 at 11:50 am

    Perfect. Now all I need is table saw 😁

  23. innerjon on April 12, 2023 at 11:52 am

    Genius!

  24. Kevin Neal on April 12, 2023 at 11:58 am

    I’m still confused as to how much gap to leave between the floor and the trim. I thought there had to be a gap for expansion. It is that just around the edges of the floor?

  25. Metti on April 12, 2023 at 11:58 am

    awesome. thank you

  26. Alan Bickford on April 12, 2023 at 12:00 pm

    Too bad I have stained pine that has already mellowed over 15 years 🙁

  27. Atilla Usta on April 12, 2023 at 12:00 pm
  28. Jason Berkers on April 12, 2023 at 12:00 pm

    I wish I would’ve seen this video 3 hours ago before I ripped off all my baseboards 😕

  29. Truth&Dogs Chell on April 12, 2023 at 12:00 pm

    That’s an AWSOME idea! Thanks for sharing!

  30. Simply Me on April 12, 2023 at 12:01 pm

    Is it possible to fill the minuscule gaps between the shoe board and the floor? At the end I saw it wasn’t completely flush the to floor and that bothers the perfectionist in me 😅

  31. Chris J on April 12, 2023 at 12:01 pm

    How do you finish off the floor under kitchen cabinets? Do you caulk or use shoe moulding?

  32. BEN DIESEL on April 12, 2023 at 12:02 pm

    Looks fantastic

  33. D Kat on April 12, 2023 at 12:06 pm

    Great idea just what I needed thanks!

  34. Mike Mike on April 12, 2023 at 12:10 pm

    You are my hero! Hate removing and reinstalling baseboards

  35. scooter12368 on April 12, 2023 at 12:10 pm

    ok thanks for video. question: how can the planks still expand if you have the newly cut pieces to be pressed down on the vinyl planks
    question: if done in the bathroom will i need to caulk the newly cut pieces to prevent moisture. is it necessary.

  36. Jerod Mayer on April 12, 2023 at 12:11 pm

    Great video and love this so much more than 1/4 rounds. I’ve seen recently people caulking between the floor and baseboard but what a mess IMO. We have a lot of variation in our flooring. What could be done to you to cut down the MDF strips of you don’t have a table saw? I’m just getting started in the tool game and watched your 3 must have tools. Great video there too. Earned a subscribe and like here.

  37. Bob Takealook on April 12, 2023 at 12:11 pm

    Should have gone with a thicker laminate flooring. In my case I am going to you oscillating tool to take out what I need on my flooring to fit in laminate under but if i do a bad job then I would caulk it.

  38. Paul McDuell on April 12, 2023 at 12:11 pm

    Love your solution but I have rounded outside corners with the pre-formed rounded corner pieces that match the molding. Any ideas on how to handle that? Maybe I can cut slots in the back of the pieces to make them able to wrap around the corner but I don’t really like that idea. I thought this was going to be my solution for replacing my laminate with plank vinyl. Not giving up one idea, just need that corner solution- help… 😉

  39. MoparJerry310 on April 12, 2023 at 12:13 pm

    How can I cover the gap but it’s between a brick wall

  40. Marc Brown on April 12, 2023 at 12:13 pm

    How did you installed floor with wood base since floating floor?

  41. Deana Bossio on April 12, 2023 at 12:14 pm

    Absolutely brilliant "idear"! I am having LVT installed in my office which currently has carpeting. I do not want the base trim ripped out and deal with the repair and/or touch ups afterwards. The only problem I have is that my trim is only 3 inches and tiered so I would have to get a very thin piece of replacement MDF. I might do something like this. Or try to get my installers to do it. I really like the flatness and will not do shoe or 1/4in molding. Thank you!

  42. AK on April 12, 2023 at 12:15 pm

    You can also use 1/2 inch corner cove molding, it looks much better than the typical quarter round, and is less visible.

  43. Carla Dee on April 12, 2023 at 12:16 pm

    gosh, Ive been scouring the web for this I hate shoe moulding. But my gap is so big on one side and I dont understand how to scribe, the house slopes down in the middle, so one end is fine and drops down 2", but the stove is there so I want to put it at least cover up to a bit behind it "for now". "1900 house it is what it is". ty!!

  44. AJ on April 12, 2023 at 12:17 pm

    Wow.. You’re genius! Thanks you!

  45. Bewbathis _ on April 12, 2023 at 12:22 pm

    How do you know what size shom to use?

  46. Avery Rivera on April 12, 2023 at 12:25 pm

    Is it okay to use mdf? I was told not to because of the possibility of swelling when it gets wet?

  47. Richard Raymond on April 12, 2023 at 12:25 pm

    Man that’s a clean look! Smart

  48. Tom Cat on April 12, 2023 at 12:26 pm

    I like that floor. Smooth. What brand and color.

  49. Stacy S on April 12, 2023 at 12:27 pm

    I’m having LVP installed and don’t want quarter round. The gap between existing baseboards and floor are wide due to previous carpet installations. We were going to remove baseboard and move lower to close the gap, but that would leave the cut line and paint/wall damage issue showing. The baseboards are pretty wide already so don’t think we can buy wider ones to cover up. Would dealing with wall fix be that big of a hassle. I understand this is a fix to avoid that.

  50. Michael Harris on April 12, 2023 at 12:28 pm

    Very good, thanks. ….from Ireland.

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