This gap will help ensure your flooring has enough room to expand and contract throughout the seasons.
Replacing vinyl trim around floor with baseboard.
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Using your gloved hand and the putty knife pull the trim from the wall gently as the glue warms and releases the vinyl.
If you have decided you do not want to remove the baseboards molding you can follow these steps.
It is scratch and scuff resistant and best of all you don t have to be a carpenter to install it.
Cutting in narrow strips makes the task more manageable.
Use the utility knife to cut straight down the middle of your vinyl floor.
It is not absolutely necessary to remove baseboards to install new hardwoods but remember that wood floors require an expansion gap of 1 2 inch along the surrounding walls to accommodate expansion and contraction with changes in moisture and humidity.
Youll need a minimum expansion gap between the floor and whatever trim you have.
If the baseboard doesn t release easily don t force it from the wall.
In my experience i ve never had enough room between the bottom of the baseboard and the new floor for that expansion.
I ve always left the baseboard and installed 1 4 round after the floor install.
Next move about 12 inches to the right or left and cut a strip parallel to the first.
Is it necessary to remove baseboards when installing hardwood flooring.
Vinyl baseboard molding works well for commercial applications or high traffic areas in your home.