Trim removal

[RiverFish]

We are going to be getting new vinyl flooring in our kitchen and bathroom soon. To save some money I have elected to remove the trim. They were going to chare $1.oo a foot to to this. Anyway, do I need to remove the door trim as well?

Thanks

[reddog]

Shouldnt have to.

Every flooring installation company should have a jamb saw for cutting off casing to the desired height.

[RiverFish]

Thanks reddog,

I was hoping that was the case.

Thanks for your time.

[reddog]

BE sure and pull the nails thru from the backside on the baseboards. Less damage to the finished side that way.

[RiverFish]

Thanks.

[pureinsanity]

We are going to be getting new vinyl flooring in our kitchen and bathroom soon. To save some money I have elected to remove the trim. They were going to chare $1.oo a foot to to this. Anyway, do I need to remove the door trim as well?

Thanks

Are you talking baseboard trim or you talking everything?

As someone stated above you can get a door jamb saw, or the company/contractor doing it will have one. You will not need to remove the door jambs. Figure out the height and have them cut it, or for about 10$ you can get a pull saw that will be just fine to cut the door jambs off.

Figure out what height everything is going to be. Just as example here is a scenario. When I install wood floors or tile I bring a piece to my door jamb. I flip it over so the unfinished side is facing up. Lay my saw flat on it and start cutting the door jamb.

As far as the baseboard trim. you do not need to take it out if you plan on putting down quarter round trim. which is a cheap option to do so you can avoid taking off the baseboard trim.

However, if you decided to take the trim off and put it back in when they are done. Do not try to remove the trim from the top. Take a small pry bar and pound it into the floor just at the edge of the bottom of the trim and gently push down on the pry bar to pry up on the trim.

as someone else stated, when you pull the nails, do not back them out. They should be finishing nails with small heads so you can just pull them through the back of the trim and you should have no splinters of splits on the front of the trim.

Hope this helps.

[RiverFish]

Pureinsanity,

You just saved me a ton of time. THANK YOU!

I pretend to be a Mr. Fix it. We bought our house 4 years ago and wood floor was put in through out half of it, just before we bought it. They used quarter round trim for that. Guess I never knew that was an option or that they did that with the wood floor.

Now the trim in the kitchen/bathroom will match the rest of the house.

Any tips for matching cabinet bases to floor trim, the previous owners had the cheap rubber molding going around under the cabinets? Is that the best option or are there other options?

Thanks again for your help, best news I heard all month with the quarter trim!

[pureinsanity]

Pureinsanity,

You just saved me a ton of time. THANK YOU!

I pretend to be a Mr. Fix it. We bought our house 4 years ago and wood floor was put in through out half of it, just before we bought it. They used quarter round trim for that. Guess I never knew that was an option or that they did that with the wood floor.

Now the trim in the kitchen/bathroom will match the rest of the house.

Any tips for matching cabinet bases to floor trim, the previous owners had the cheap rubber molding going around under the cabinets? Is that the best option or are there other options?

Thanks again for your help, best news I heard all month with the quarter trim!

A nice piece of oak or whatever kind of wood your cabinet is as a toe kick, and add quarter round to the floor )

To be honest, id need to see a picture of the vanity and what it looks like at the wall to best advise you.

Glad I could help. I use to install wood flooring. So quarter round was my friend when the home owners would have a fit with me taking their trim out.

[RiverFish]

Pureinsanity,

Thanks for you help, again you have saved me time and effort.

Thanks a ton!

[pureinsanity]

No problem take some before and after pics! I love seeing remodels in process!

[soldoncass]

Quarter round trim is 3/4 by 3/4 inches and works by baseboard, but looks a little too bulky for my taste. We always used base shoe which is 1/2 inch wide by 3/4 inch high. Looks a little less bulky and the 1/2 inch it covers of the flooring, is plenty of room for cutting vinyl flooring. Look into getting a cheap oscillating tool ($30) to cut your casing and jambs off.....they are SLICK. As was already mentioned for the toekick area....use 1/4 inch plywood stained and varnished to match woodwork in place of the vinyl base. If the installer is careful cutting the flooring under there you won't need shoe or quarter round also. It is a lot harder to nail under the vanity than the 1/4 inch plywood is.

Leaving the baseboard on also eliminates the normal problem of chipped paint, on the wall above the trim.

[PurpleFloyd]

Quarter round trim is 3/4 by 3/4 inches and works by baseboard, but looks a little too bulky for my taste. We always used base shoe which is 1/2 inch wide by 3/4 inch high. Looks a little less bulky and the 1/2 inch it covers of the flooring, is plenty of room for cutting vinyl flooring.

[RiverFish]

Thanks guys for the response. I think you have talked me into using the base shoe. Seems like the easiest job for a classic Mr. Fix-it.

I am not laying the vinyl, does $415 sound like reasonable labor for a 375 foot area?

Less time working on moulding, more time fishing is the way I see it!

[Sifty]

As PI said get yourself a jam saw and go to it.

If you can get a sample of the flooring going into the area just set the jam saw on top of it and cut out that hieght of the door frame.

Sifty