Shoe Molding Tile Floor

Tool to cut baseboard and shoe molding.

Shoe molding tile floor. Prefinished iron hill maple hardwood 1 2 in thick x. Baseboard molding installations are very often finished off with an additional thin piece of molding called quarter round or shoe molding that covers the gap between the bottom of the baseboards and the floor. As long as the shoe mold matches the baseboards not the flooring it looks more finished. You should fasten shoe molding using an 18 gauge finish nailer with 1 inch nails.

Using shoe mold allows you to caulk between the tile and the baseboard without the caulking showing and covers up any slight imperfections and unevenness between the flooring and the boaseboards. All porcelain tile flooring. Quick click tile flooring. 16 gauge nails are likely to split shoe molding and will be more easily visible on the small surface.

Wood look tile flooring. Paired with baseboard and stained or painted to match your trim shoe molding also known as base shoe is a small thin strip of molding that gives your room a finished look. Distressed wood look tile flooring. Prefinished carriage house white ash hardwood 1 2 in thick x 75 in wide x 78 in length shoe molding.

Since the shoe molding is such a small and flexible piece of trim it can meander up and down with the floor hiding the unevenness with much less work than with just a baseboard. It s an easy installation that costs little and gives your floors a precise polished look. Using shoe molding gives the floor installer more latitude in their end cuts and also allows the trim carpenter to hide un level floors.