How To Install Baseboard Molding, Even On Crooked Walls

Perfect-fitting baseboard trim and moldings.

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Every good trim carpenter has a tool apron full of special tricks for cutting and installing baseboards gap free and with tight joints. They need them, and so will you when you trim out that new family room. That’s because walls are rarely the perfectly flat surfaces that first meet the eye. On closer inspection, you’ll find lumpy mounds of taping compound, corners that are out of square and wavy walls—no matter how well your house was built.

In this article, we’ll show you the five most common problems that conspire against you when you’re installing base trim and the solutions for each. You’ll get first-class results without hours of frustrating effort. While you sometimes only need one of these tips to solve a problem, often a combination of two or more will be required for polished results. But don’t worry— they’re all easy, fast and free.