Install baseboard

New baseboard finishes a room. Coped inside corners are the whole trick.

How many feet of wall?

feet

This fits in a car

About 52 lb of materials. Comfortably inside what a car carries (200 lb), so any shopper can take it.

Before you start

Wear eye protection on the miter saw and the nailer, keep your hands well clear of the blade, and never point a nailer at anybody.

What to buy — untick anything you have

Lumber

9 Primed MDF baseboard, 3-1/4 in × 8 ftAll the same profile from one bundle. Check the ends are not crushed; 8 ft pieces fit in an SUV with the seats down.

Hardware

Paint

Tools — already ticked off, since most people have them

Tools

It lands in the shopping form, where you can edit anything and say what you think each thing costs. Nothing is ordered until you send it.

How it goes · about a day · some experience

Measure every wall and mark the studs just above where the baseboard will sit.
Run the longest walls first with square cuts into the corners.
Cope the inside corners to fit over the piece already there, and miter the outside corners.
Nail into the studs near the top and into the bottom plate near the floor.
Fill the nail holes, caulk the top edge, and paint.

Something else

Feeding people instead? The recipe book works the same way — pick a meal, say how many, every ingredient lands on the list.

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