The floor molding is too short. What to do?

[Johan41]

Hi! I'm installing some baseboards and discovered that one of the walls is 5.10m long. The longest baseboard I found was 4.8m. How do you make it look nice without having to start with another one next to it? Or is that the only way? So you take another board, cut it to fit the remaining stretch and place them tightly together? Or are there other ways to do it?

 

[davveno1]

Create the lists where they meet and it will look nicer.

 

[falkn]

It is common to mitre both lists at the joint. Ideally, you would join where it is most visible. However, not 30 cm as in your case. If it is visible, you try to joint in the middle.

 

[Hammarfall]

I have older baseboards that I usually splice underneath when needed, then they are not visible. Otherwise, I would choose to splice at a window or behind some furniture. Miter saw, a little latex sealant and after a couple of weeks, it's forgotten.

 

[Christoffer85]

Forget the latex and use glue instead

 

[verktygsgurun]

Mitre sawing is not done for aesthetic purposes, but to create a larger area for gluing, ensuring better cohesion.
So the answer is to mitre saw and glue, then touch up the joint with paint if the moldings are pre-painted.

 

[Johan41]

I might have been a bit unclear in my description. So it's a straight wall of 5.10m and the molding is 4.8. I don't see why I should miter the molding when they're supposed to sit against a straight stretch? Or have I missed something..

 

[verktygsgurun]

I might have been a bit unclear in my description. It's a straight wall of 5.10m and the molding is 4.8. I don't see why I should miter saw the molding when it's supposed to be on a straight section? Or have I missed something..

I understand.. You shouldn't miter around a corner but should extend the molding. This is best done by miter/bevel cutting the molding and then gluing the joint.

 

[Johan41]

Thank you all! Now I understand how to make it look respectable

 

[Beemaster]

Thanks everyone! Now I understand how to make it look respectable

I hope you understood that you should miter on the flat, and not on the length.

 

[Sjöhästen]

I hope you understood that you should miter on the flat, and not along the length.

I can't remember a single occasion when I've mitered along the length...

 

[tergo]

for a regular standard floor molding, you only miter outward corners

 

[raveper]

And skarvar.