Hardwood Floors With White Quarter Round

Quarter round should match the floor.

Hardwood floors with white quarter round.

Quarter round shown in two sizes in the picture on the left and the right is exactly as its name implies one quarter of a round dowel. 11 16 x 11 16 x 8 species. You will find many flooring dealers will try to steer you into matching moldings specifically quarter round because it puts more money into their pockets. The quarter round comes in a.

I have one wood floor installer who insists on using quarter round plus the baseboard for my floor installation whereas my contractor and another floor installer say it s not necessary. In my humble opinion standard sized matching quarter round looks too bulky against any baseboard especially common colonial or clam shell type base that only sits 3 inches off the floor. Thick x 3 4 in. Zamma strand woven bamboo brown 3 4 in.

Pine quarter rounds create a subtle blend between the wall base and wood flooring. We are having hardwoods installed in a few weeks and they plan to use quarter rounds between the baseboards and floors. Do you always need quarter round when you are having a wood floor installed if a baseboard is being installed. Get free shipping on qualified quarter round hardwood flooring or buy online pick up in store today in the flooring department.

Meg the best floor layers take the baseboard off and put the wood or laminate closer to the wall not all the way though as there has to be space for it to expand and contract and then they put the baseboard back on thus the baseboard itself covers the raw edge of the flooring and there s no need for quarter round. White primed finger joint pfj quarter round 8 lft per piece dimensions. It has a 90 angle on the backside with a perfect quarter radius on the side that shows. Christophern the hardwood floors sites i looked it indicated that it is truly a personal preference not a rule and that a painted quarter round to match the painted baseboard is a more traditional look than matching the floor.

Since we have 4 inch white baseboards i requested white quarter round mouldings. Heritage mill red oak natural 3 4 in. We ve written a fair amount about installing baseboard and quarter round for hardwood floors and the right finish nailer for doing this job. Length hardwood quarter round molding 29 93.

Thick x 3 4 in. When we refinish or install a hardwood floor we replace the baseboard molding. Matching quarter round to white baseboards. One recurring question from fellow diyers tackling this project is whether you should lay quarter round that matches the wood floor or just paint the quarter round white to match the baseboard.

Wide x 78 in. Wide x 94 in. However they acted like this was a rather strange request and had assumed that i would. This article was first published in november.

Imo matching the quarter round to the floor instead of the baseboard makes the baseboard look skimpier.