Why is baseboard installation so common?
Baseboards are a protective, and sometimes decorative, board fastened over the edge of a floor where it meets the wall. When baseboard installation is attempted by an amateur or do-it-yourselfer there is inevitably an uneven joining, since wall and floor materials usually differ. At the simplest, baseboard can be a plain board, but it may be something much more elaborate. Baseboards are also called base mouldings, mopboards, kickboards, or skirting. They not only cover the joint, but protect the wall from being damaged by accidental kicks, scuffing by furniture, or as the name “mopboard” suggests, by cleaning tools. Traditionally made of wood, baseboards now come in a wide variety of materials such as molded plastics, flexible vinyl stripping, veneered pressboard, or even metal. MDF, medium density fiberboard, is a popular choice of material. MDF is made of wood fibers which are glued together under pressure and heat. The finished product is flat and stiff, uniformly dense and has no k
Baseboards are a protective, and sometimes decorative, board fastened over the edge of a floor where it meets the wall. When baseboard installation is attempted by an amateur or do-it-yourselfer there is inevitably an uneven joining, since wall and floor materials usually differ. At the simplest, baseboard can be a plain board, but it may be something much more elaborate. Baseboards are also called base mouldings, mopboards, kickboards, or skirting. They not only cover the joint, but protect the wall from being damaged by accidental kicks, scuffing by furniture, or as the name “mopboard” suggests, by cleaning tools. Traditionally made of wood, baseboards now come in a wide variety of materials such as molded plastics, flexible vinyl stripping, veneered pressboard, or even metal. MDF, medium density fiberboard, is a popular choice of material. MDF is made of wood fibers which are glued together under pressure and heat. The finished product is flat and stiff, uniformly dense and has no k
