How to seal gaps between baseboard and uneven wall?

[Kopros]

We have installed a high three-part baseboard in our living room. Due to crooked walls in the old house (built in 1930), there is now a gap between the baseboard and the wall in some places.

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How do we make this look nice? My husband was thinking about filling it with some type of compound, but I'm worried about the wallpaper, how do we do it? Help!

 

[Carro_D]

We have installed a high three-part baseboard in our living room. Due to crooked walls in the old house (built in 1930), there is now a gap between the baseboard and the wall in some places.

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How can we make this look good? My husband was considering filling it with some type of compound, but I'm worried about the wallpaper, how do you do it? Help!

We also have the same issue at home, a 3-part baseboard with gaps in certain places. We chose to leave them as they are, they probably aren't as big as yours. But if you want to cover it, I'm thinking masking tape on the wallpaper, fill with latex caulk, and paint the baseboard and the caulk one round. I think latex caulks tend to yellow if you don't paint them.

 

[sinuslinus]

Is it wallpaper or painted wall?
If it's a painted wall, I would caulk and paint with the wall color.
If it's wallpaper, it's better to wallpaper after the trim so that the wallpaper covers the gap.

 

[Kopros]

It's wallpaper that we unfortunately put up before the listing

QUOTE="sinuslinus, post: 3140505, member: 131017"]Is it wallpaper or a painted wall?
If it's a painted wall, I would fill and paint with wall paint.
If it's wallpaper, it's better to wallpaper after listing so that the wallpaper hides the gap.[/QUOTE]

 

[sinuslinus]

Is it just that wall maybe it's worth getting a couple of new strips?

 

[Peter2400]

I had used a backing rod with bottningslist, https://www.hornbach.se/shop/SIKA-SikaPE-bottningslist-20-mm/5239728/artikel-detaljer.html Then masked the wall above the rod with https://www.hornbach.se/shop/TESA-M...tive-25m-x-25mm/8263817/artikel-detaljer.html And then filled the gap with, https://www.bauhaus.se/reparationsm...RmOJSNQAmkpKmMwrZcH79ETVR-G-ptaxoCpV4QAvD_BwE One strike is white and very easy to work with, if it is a little dry in the can, it's perfectly fine to add a little water and stir. Should be like stiffly whipped cream. Once the filler has dried, you can paint over it if necessary.

 

[Jörgen Ö]

I would not use onestrike at all in this case! This is because onestrike is not particularly flexible, it will likely crack sooner or later. An overpaintable soft sealant is better in this case! And then it works with baknitts before....if needed!?

 

[Bernieberg]

Have also installed three-part molding on slightly curved walls (maybe not quite as bad as in the picture though). We simply pulled the molding against the wall with mold screws that were filled and painted. Can't that solve your gap too?

 

[hscn]

I agree with the previous, it just looks strange if the wall is concave and the trim is straight. If it's not possible to pull the trim against the wall, the best option is to customize a salningslist of planed pine and mount it on the back of the top part against the wall.

 

[Pappa1986]

We have installed a high three-part baseboard in our living room. Due to crooked walls in the old house (built in 1930), there is now a gap between the baseboard and the wall in some places.

See pictures
[image] [image]

How do we make this look nice? My husband suggested filling it with some type of compound, but I'm worried about the wallpaper, how do you do it? Help!

drive a screw so the trim/panel tightens against the wall