How Do You Install Baseboard Molding & Leave Room For Carpet?
There is a simple and inexpensive method to installing a baseboard evenly around a room, while still leaving enough room for your carpeting. One person can install a in an entire room in 2 to 3 hours or less. The speed with which you can install the baseboard is directly dependent upon the tools you have. Set your miter saw on a flat platform. A miter saw is easier to use if you can set it on a table. Plug it in. Plug in the air compressor and attach the finish nail gun to the connection on the end of the compressor air hose. Insert finish nails into the nail gun. Use your tape measure and pencil to mark 24 1/4-inch sections on the 6-foot-long 1-inch by 2-inch board. These sections will be used as spacers. Set the miter saw to a zero-degree angle. Use the miter saw to cut the 1/4-inch sections that you marked. On the front of the miter saw is a set of numbers. The center number is zero. The numbers start in the center at a zero-degree angle. From the zero-degree mark, the angle numbers
