Baseboard and Trim Installation in South Dakota

About this floor

Trim is what makes a new floor look finished. Baseboard hides the gap the floor needs at the walls, quarter round covers the edge along cabinets, and transitions meet the next floor at each doorway so nothing catches a toe or a vacuum.

We install trim with new floors and on its own, when you would like taller or simpler baseboards to go with the floor you already have. Joints are coped at inside corners and mitered at outside corners, nailed tight to the wall and filled, so the line along the wall reads as one clean edge.

How the installation goes

1. Choose the profile

   We bring short samples of baseboard heights and shapes. Taller boards suit rooms with higher ceilings; simple square edges suit newer homes.

2. Measure every wall

   Each run is measured and the corners noted, so long walls get a single piece where possible and joints land where they will be least seen.

3. Cut and cope

   Inside corners are coped so they stay tight as the house moves through the seasons. Outside corners are mitered and glued.

4. Fasten and fill

   Baseboard is nailed tight to the wall, nail holes are filled and joints are caulked where the trim meets the wall.

5. Transitions

   Thresholds, reducers and end caps are fitted at doorways where the new floor meets carpet, tile or an older floor.

Where it fits

• New floors of any kind, to cover the expansion gap at the walls.
• Older rooms where the original trim is worn or does not suit the new floor.
• Doorways between two different floors that need a low, safe transition.
• Kitchens where quarter round finishes the floor along the cabinet base.

Read about the rooms: Living room Kitchen Bedrooms Entry

Before install day

Tell us whether the trim will be painted on site or arrives prefinished, and pick the color if it is prefinished. Move small furniture back from the walls, and take pictures off the lower part of the walls if they hang close to the floor.

Living with it

Dust baseboards with a soft cloth or the brush tool of your vacuum. Painted trim can be wiped with a mild cleaner, and small dents touched up with a bit of the same paint.