Posted: 2/26/2015 11:06:26 PM EDT
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Need some help... I am remodeling my basement to be a man cave to hang all my trophies and mounts. I tiled the floor with a rustic brown tile and painted the wall green. Now I am doing the baseboards and trim work with knotty pine. I want to keep the 'rustic' look and I am using some kind of rough knotty pine 1x4's for the Basebaords. To keep the rustic, unfinished, barn type look I wa going to do the baseboards without miter cuts and just but them up. I got a tongue lashing from the people I told about this. Is it an ultimate sin to not miter basebaord corners? Especially in this type of application? Seeing as these 1x4's are kind of rough and not perfectly straight, I don't think I could even get perfect miter cuts. And they will not be painted either.
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Just a word of advice....if you butt them up, as the season, temperature and humidity change, you will end up with gaps at the corner. If it was me, and you wanted that look, I would do a few things:
If Finishing every side (aka - poly or laq finish): 1) Finish the wood. 2) Use corner blocks in each corner (square of wood) in each corner, a little taller and little wider than the boards. Make your own without a top decoration to keep it in line with the design. 3) Install boards butt ended to corner posts. If Not Finishing Every Side: 1) Let the baseboards sit in the basement for 2 weeks if you are not finishing every side. 2) Install it ASAP (cold and low humidity) or wait until summer when its hot with high humidity. 2) Use corner posts in each corner 4) If in the winter, make the fit tight between posts. When summer hits it will swell slightly and stay tight. Installing in the summer, make it even tighter, so there is a VERY slight flex, as when the humidity and temps drop it will shrink. |
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Just a word of advice....if you butt them up, as the season, temperature and humidity change, you will end up with gaps at the corner. If it was me, and you wanted that look, I would do a few things: If Finishing every side (aka - poly or laq finish): 1) Finish the wood. 2) Use corner blocks in each corner (square of wood) in each corner, a little taller and little wider than the boards. Make your own without a top decoration to keep it in line with the design. 3) Install boards butt ended to corner posts. If Not Finishing Every Side: 1) Let the baseboards sit in the basement for 2 weeks if you are not finishing every side. 2) Install it ASAP (cold and low humidity) or wait until summer when its hot with high humidity. 2) Use corner posts in each corner 4) If in the winter, make the fit tight between posts. When summer hits it will swell slightly and stay tight. Installing in the summer, make it even tighter, so there is a VERY slight flex, as when the humidity and temps drop it will shrink. Thanks for the response. I'm doing the block method thanks! And ie had the wood in the basement for weeks. |