Questions tagged [baseboard]
Questions regarding installation, removal, painting of baseboard (otherwise known as skirting board, skirting, mopboard, floor molding, or base molding).
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New Wall Old Home - Baseboard Question
I have somewhat a design/DIY question to pose. I live in a Victorian that's gone through a lot - The current master bedroom was originally 2 rooms, in the 70s they knocked down the closets in between ...
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Where/how to get the right baseboard replacement?
I have to replace a small section of my baseboard. The whole house is the same so I am really hoping to get the same as a replacement. Even the one room is big so I really do not want to replace the ...
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Baseboard thermostat and thermal cutoff question
I have five 750 Watt 25-year-old baseboard heaters on a 240 volt circuit controlled by an Ouellet OTL221 single pole mechanical thermostat that recently could not be turned down, and the room (and ...
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Is it safe to move a box with a bundle of thin, multi-coloured wires coming out of it?
Not quite sure what this is, but I need to move it up slightly to fit my baseboards. Is this an electrician job?
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Unscrewed and uncovered this, is it safe to assume it’s non functional? (This ...
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How can I put baseboards/skirting over wall expansion joints?
I’m assuming these are expansion joints, I’m about to put down my floors. They protrude about 1/4 inch out the wall. How can I run my baseboards evenly along these?
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Help fixing loose baseboard
Our baseboard became loose. I've done some research, but I could not find posts discussing how to fix a loose baseboard when there is a gap between it and the concrete. Also, as seen in the pictures, ...
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Filling small gaps behind skirting board / baseboard
We've had some ants in our downstairs lately and noticed they were crawling under the skirting board/base board. I pulled the skirting off and noticed there are some small gaps behind it, where the ...
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How high can baseboard heaters be installed?
I'm trying to do a basement loop to heat up my basement. Can I install a hot water baseboard at approx. 12" from the floor?
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Found inside a baseboard heater. Is this mold? [closed]
is a picture of something i spotted on the aluminum/steel/metal protector inside a baseboard heater. No smell.
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Reinstalling baseboards in front of utility flue or gas chimney
I'm replacing the baseboards in one of rooms of the 2nd floor of my 1907 duplex and found the gas chimney running up through the 3 story building. The old plaster was crumbling across the base of the ...
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What are these fibers coming out from the baseboard?
house built in the 50s. I notice these broken off from the baseboard(?). Any idea what they are? They don't look like wood and I don't know if the white structure is part of the baseboard or something ...
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Found mold on the baseboard behind the bed [duplicate]
Just found mold behind the bedframe on the baseboard. I am honestly scared right now as my toddler has been sleeping in the room for the past 3 months.
The room was insulated from exterior with ...
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What can I use to fill in space around new registers that are smaller than the old ones?
We've been replacing our baseboard registers with newer ones since the old ones are discolored and beat up. I didn't know that they weren't a standard size, so I bought registers that are the same ...
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How to mud painted wall to accommodate new lower baseboards
First time posting here.
I'm working on an old house, discarded old baseboards and repainted a few walls.
When about to put on new baseboards, I'm finding that my old baseboards were higher than the ...
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Would an automatic bleeder resolve condo heat problems?
Please bear with me as I am trying to help a senior citizen with no heat for over a week in NJ. She lives in an old (built 1966) multiple unit apartment condo where each unit is individually owned.
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