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You got all the tricks covered! The thing I didn't hear you mention is that when installing new flooring, the baseboard should always be adjusted up/down to get the desired gap between the flooring on bottom of the baseboard. Typically, we use a sheet of cardstock about 1/16" thick placed onto the new flooring the set the baseboard onto the cardstock it provides a proper standoff. Makes for a nice tight gap that can be caulked in one or two passes. Also caulk the top between baseboard and wall to take up any gaps. (Lots of experience rehabbing rentals replacing baseboards.) Bathrooms & Laundy-rooms always get caulking. You're providing good information here, good job!

Literally did caulking in my bathroom yesterday! Wish this video came out the day before lol. I forgot to use tape so made a bit of a mess. Appreciate your home vids! Respect 🙏 🇵🇭🇨🇦

I'm glad I watched this today because I have to do a lot of caulking, and you really helped me out with my upcoming projects. Thanks. Keep up the great work 👍

Nice idea to use stretch caulk. I caulked the baseboard to LVP transition in my basement and a bonus room and not had any problem with regular caulk, but next time I'll use stretch.

Thank you, SOMEONE GETS IT! Pesticide treatments alone won't keep bugs out!

I had to use a shoe mold because of the large gap but I still caulked the shoe. My walls in some areas are wavy so the caulk really helps blend those areas. My home is older as well and stuff settles and what not. Thanks for your videos.

Use a damp rag or sponge and go over the caulking - it will make it look and clean up any of those little trails. Doing it this way means no need for tape. I use to be a finish installer and this how we did all our finish caulking.

A big thank you for these videos. I've learned quite a bit of super helpful stuff in a short, easy to digest format. Appreciate it :)

Just got my caulk caps today. No more wasted caulk. Thanks for the tip.

My daughters room had earwigs coming in by the dozens almost daily through the gaps. I watched a video and bought the caulk you are using and sealed her entire room. Its been months since she has seen an earwig or spider. Also months since I have been awakened in the middle of the night to kill something. I have began doing every outside facing wall. Her room is also much warmer in the winter.

Helps with ants, spiders, and cockroach problems 😂❤

That's a neat way to detail caulk, you're running those lines like welding beads. Good job, subscribed.

You can never say running caulk on a floor is a code violation because codes depend on the country. I use builder's clear glue for wood baseboard and builder's white glue for painted baseboard. You run a thin line and then use a damp sponge so the caulk like is between the baseboard and the floor. Then, I take a wooden skewer - the kind you use for grilling meat on a stick - and I use the pointed end to run along the bottom of the baseboard, which pushes the glue back about 1 milimeter. Using a clean damp sponge, wipe any excess glue that you see on the floor and baseboard. Why insert glue??? Here's the reasons: 1. Eliminate dust build up. People dust furniture and think it's clean. They're correct. But on your floor, if you ever decide to wash it, moisture will get between the baseboard and the floor if there is no glue between them. That moisture will get absorbed by the glue. Over time, it will create a sticky hard layer and now you have a petri dish for growing bacteria. 2. Protect the edges of laminate plank floor. It doesn't matter if you have hardwood plank, a floating hardwood floor, laminate. There should always be a space of 1 cm (1/2 inch) between the edge of the floor and the wall to allow expansion. The only exception is if you glue your flooring when you install it. If you put a glue layer as I described above, it will not stop a floating floor from expanding normally during spring and fall, and the same is true for all other plank flooring. What this glue line does is keep moisture from accumulating on the floor under the baseboard. Moisture can come from cleaning your floor, accidently dropping a glass or cup filled with your favorite beverage, or a pet from accidentally peeing on the floor. That said, I'm a master carpenter with 25+ years experience. I have a Finnish birch plank floating floor in my home made by Karelia Finland. It's been there for 15 years and it still looks like new. I ran the floor flat between the doorways because I don't like stepping over a wooden threshold inside my home. No problems with the floor. All my vinyl floors in other rooms have baseboard or I put the same glue line. No problems. in closing, there should be ZERO CONTROVERSY about a glue line under the baseboard and the floor. It not only protects both the baseboard and the floor from moisture accumulation, it prevents build-up dust that eventually absorbs moisture, creating a hygiene problem. If you want to test whether there is a dust layer between your baseboard and the floor, fill a small spay bottle with rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) and spray a small section of your baseboard right where it comes to the floor. Spray several times, so the alcohol can go under the baseboard and come back out where you can see it. Then, take white toilet paper or keenex, lay it flat on the alcohol and then pick it up to look at the side that laid on the floor. If it's not pristine white, then you have dust under you baseboard and probably in the crack between the floor and the wall, if you laid down plank or parquet flooring. The alcohol will kill most bacteria, bleach kills just about everything if you let it sit for 10 minutes, but who has time to do this? For all the above reasons, I put a hidden glue line and after living in 7 countries during my lifetime on 3 continents, I've never run into a building code that says glue between baseboard and floor is illegal. In Japan, it is customary to lay wood baseboard precisely on a wooden floor. Japanese have very good carpentry methods and so a glue line would not be necessary in a modern Japan house with a wooden floor.

Your explanations and tips are very good. Keep up the good advise for us DIYers

I've been looking for the exact fix to my problem, and this video is it! We have a bedroom above a garage, and despite getting a new garage door, new windows, AND having the space between the floor and garage ceiling insulated, we still have problems with hot and cold air seeping in under the baseboard. I'm off to Home Depot tomorrow for the Dap Flex. Thanks for the great instructions.

Good attention to detail and humility understanding subjective nature of details. Enjoy your presentations and know you would be a great coworker (not a prima donna). I have caulked the edge of floating floors kept back from wall plates to allow expansion and contraction before the base to keep water from getting under the flooring. I have rarely caulked the base but like your concept of a 'mini' quarter round. One way I once caulked a base was to use matching color to base, taped the floor so tape was lined up with base front, then used a putty knife to smooth the caulk so the base looked like it was scribed to floor. Came out very nice and next visit to house will see how it held up. Anyways, great work and clear commentary stimulating thought.

I installed a snap lock floating floor recently. The manufacturer directed to maintain a 3/8" gap at the wall which for me meant the baseboard since I did not remove it. I decided to add a 11/16 quarter round so I could bend it up and down tight to the floor. I caulked the quarter round to the baseboard but not to the floor to eliminate possible buckling from restricting expansion of the flooring.

In my basement we have insulated subfloor panels with vinyl planks on top. The subfloor manufacturer (Barricade) advises against caulking the bottom of the baseboards so that there's a bit of airflow reaching the concrete that the subfloor sits on. Maybe one idea is to caulk the gap and then cut it after it dries to allow some airflow. The caulk will at least visually still fill the gap and the cut might be small enough to keep the bigger insects out. Just not sure if such a cut will be significant enough to maintain the airflow, but I figure some baseboards can be pretty tight to the floor.

I caulked the gap from the drywall to the subfloor first to keep bugs out. Then I caulked the baseboard to my vinyl floor to keep water from seeping under it in the bathroom.

Great video, I’m glad I watched it before buying caulking. I really like the adding water to your fingers trick too!

Love your videos, precise, informative and real. Thank you

I hate gaps so I will caulk anything to make it look streamlined and clean. Thanks for the tips!

I always learn things on yoir channel, and also feel you address concerns I have. Thanks for sharing!

As always. Very helpful tip. Love the caulk caps as well

Also you can consider using a clear caulk especially if you have to go around different areas that don't match to create a water seal such as on bathroom floors.

I like to use the Kramer profiling tool to spread the caulk cleanly and never mask if the floor is smooth.

What you do is scribe your baseboard with your scribes or compass. Pick the biggest gap on your baseboard to the floor and run your scribes through the whole piece, take it to the table saw put a bevel on the table saw and free hand cut it. If you have rough saw marks on your piece take a sander or sand paper and clean it up. The bevel is extremely important and will make it look tighter.

Smooth, great video thanks, looks great! Definitely like the tape look better, makes it look like it is machine produced.

Thanks buddy!! Much Appreciated ❤🎉

if you are installing new baseboard, does it make sense to apply to the bottom of the baseboard before putting in place so that the caulk would be under the baseboard instead of on the front edge of the bottom of the baseboard?

Watching from south sudan 🇸🇸 thanks so much I appreciate your work ❤

Nicely explained. Thank you

Jump scare with that spider coming out!! eeekk!! Great video! You've given me the confidence to just get it done!!

Thanks for the detailed demo for those of us that have never done these jobs !! Much appreciated !!

Thank you for the video. I just layed down engineered hardwood for the first time and I'm very proud of my results. I'm prepping to place shoe molding/qtr round and wanted to know if I should place this on the qtr round as well? And I just subscribed. I have upcoming reno projects so I hope you add a video on updating door moldings. I'm looking for a video to transition from traditional buildergrade molding to Modern farmhouse door molding.

certainly helps to keep bugs out , but really helpful to keep cold drafts out in Montana !

good tips and very good prep for a video. thanks!

Had that question in mind... thanks...

Awesome!! Never knew about the caulk cap!!!!

Yeah man, whenever I am replacing a floor, I use expanding foam insulation in the corner where the floor, wall base plate, and drywall approximate. Additionally, if I am installing a floating floor that has a 1/4” or 5-6mm gap, I sprinkle in a combination of Quick Bayt fly pesticide (granular) and boric acid. If for some reason there is a slight gap or something I missed with the foam, those bugs have to run the gauntlet😆. If you ain’t using Big Stretch, you might wanna look into it. Best caulking ever made! Kinda a pain to paint, but those reappearing cracks are gone for good if applied correctly.

Excellent1 as ARNOLD would say " I'll be back!". Great job.

If doing multiple passes don't use a soapy finger until the finish pass or the silicone won't adhere to the previously laid surface.

…….or adhere the shoe molding using a natural or white silicone. I’d also caulk the baseboard first before placing the baseboard over it and caulk it too. In LA Ca it’s required everywhere to prevent roaches form entering. Also, liberally sprinkle Boric Acid within the walls by drilling a small hole and squirt the boric acid from its applicator into the hole. Roaches die at once from this wonderful powder.

No you should never caulk the the bottom of baseboards. The reason is when water gets behind the caulk and paint into your walls the crack at the bottom of the baseboards is the only place for that water to escape. Water gets locked in, baseboards swell, paint bubbles, caulk pulls away from the wall. It's just bad practice. I've been in the trades for twenty years and I've seen these problems first hand. Plus it looks ugly after the caulk starts to yellow.

You should shape the tip of the caulk tube tip to match the angle being caulked. Use a profile kit and you dont even have to tape or get your fingers in the caulk...

That video was very helpful. Thank you 👍

When my father had the linoleum floor replaced with new, the installers used caulk along the bottom of the bathtub, but not the other walls. Speaking of bugs, will you make a video on sealing house against them ?

in the begining of the video you are 100 percent right i have no bugs spiders nor ants ever since i pulled carpet and all base boards and then layed laminate wood flooring ,baseboards ,and clear caulk top and bottom , boom all insects gone sweet sweet sweet i spray my two windows and around my door n my room that leads outside.

Fantastic insights

I caulked the gap between the trim and tile floor in my laundry room. Had one too many times where leaks occurred. Caulking at least contained the water in the laundry room floor above the tile. Other side of the back wall is my TV room with LVP flooring.

Good info 👍. This never occurred to me

AWESOME work

If your floor is light coloured or white and you don’t caulk the floor to baseboard gap, eventually you will be seeing a dirt line in the crack. Even if you wash or vacuum the floor regularly, dirt is still going to build up over time and you will see it.

That extreme stretch caulking which I’ve only seen at Home Depot is unmatched I love it

That’s a solid looking rubber for your caulk!

Do it. My wife likes to use a lot of water when she mops. Many times she just soaks the floor, uses a broom and cleaner to scrub the floor, and then uses a wet vac to pick up all the water. The result is a very clean house with extensive mold growing behind the baseboard. So, either use bull nose tile for a baseboard, or use caulk.

Caulk cap's great idea, but hilarious too 👍

Thanks brother for sharing excellent informative video JazakAllah Khair God bless you Thanks again

Dang. Now I know why there's more spiders in the house than usual. Never thought about that. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing.

Do not caulk base to the floor. It is a nightmare when replacing, it is bad for floating floors, and it is completely unnecessary. I spent 25 years building million dollar plus homes, and never caulked base to the floor.

That caulk cap to keep caulk from drying out is cool. They should come with the caulk when you buy it

Actually watching this b/c we got "cluster flies" this year. They're a fly that comes into your home for the winter. And they're crawling out from under our baseboards by the hundreds. All my years here, and I've never had this happen.

thanks bro. good video.

Cold air leaks on outside walls is another reason to seal baseboard to floor gaps. I used window/door insulation foam on my baseboards.

What type of caulk did you use, silicone or latex ?

Thank you

Calk condoms! Didn’t know about them. Thank you!!!

Looks good

quarter round looks so dated, this is a good fix. In Florida, bugs are an issue no matter where you live, especially in the rainy season. Once a palmetto bug flies at your face, you'll do anything.

How would you go about sealing the airflow between an upstairs apartment and the downstairs unit? As an upstairs dweller I can attest to the air flow issues: when my former neighbors lived below their cigarette smoke came into my unit. After several years they moved and the new neighbors don't smoke. My breathing has really improved! But just in case I would like to seal the air passages. Is it possible?

I do have a question about the tip of the caulking tube. Do I cut it straight across to open, or at an angle, and if at an angle, about what angle is best and how much of the tip to cut? Ok, so I guess that turned into a multipart question! Lol Looking forward to answers and tips. Thank you so much!

Do i remove the tape right after application or after the caulk dries?

All - for floating floors be aware that this will void your warranty ->- these warranties on floors is for the mfg'er not the consumer. We had several planks break at the seams and filed a claim and the claim was denied and the reason was floor was caulked at baseboards which didn't allow for flexibility causing plank failure. ... just sayin - we do like the look and the insect removal (although they still get in through doors, electrical outlets, and who know's how else)...

I personally think caulking the baseboards to the floor looks cheap and ugly. I prefer to install a thin "shoe trim" along the bottom of the baseboards. This shoe trim will slightly bend to close any small gaps you may have. The end results look really clean and proper.

Thanks!

Question.. I didn’t caulk my baseboards. Should I go back and do it all? And my baseboard are dark grey so should I paint the caulk ? Thank you

You are awesome! I'm a new subscriber, thank you for this priceless tutorial.

Quarter Round

Excellent

LL Cool J doing house stuff. Cool!

I only do it where there is water. Bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms. I also paint the bottom of my baseboards.

Thanks

Which caulk would you recommend for a bathroom countertop?

doesn't it make changing out the baseboards/flooring a huge pain though?

Now that how you use your Caulk!!!

It's a code violation to fart while you're working on a house. 👍

You should make a video on how to caulk the baseboard when you have carpet instead of tiles.

Are there any brands of caulk that are better in regards to ants eating their way through the caulk? Also do heated tile flooring make a difference in the type of caulk used? We have in floor heating under our tile in our kitchen, hallway, dining room and powder room. Also, is it safe under a gas fireplace (floor)?

Excellent excellent video but the spider shock wasn't necessary.

Builder caulked my floating floor. After a few years it looks like crap as the floor has moved and broke the caulking loose.

Why the intro image says "code violation"?? There's no such a thing about it, and who cares??? Good video btw..

What are you spraying with? Just water?

What is in the spray?? Dishsoap and water???

Do we have to paint over it..or can we leave as is?

On a floating floor, what about running the caulk underneath the baseboard before installation?

Would you caulk a vinyl floor bottom of bas board I just had vinyl install

The white caulk looks clean tho

No caulk definitely looks better. The caulk will trap dirt over time.