Thanks for making your videos simple enough for someone who isn't an experienced carpenter to understand. I finished baseboards before I saw this video. Thankfully I just saw your caulking video because I have a lot of gaps to caulk. Keep up the awesome work. Subscribed and recommended to friends. Cheers!

I would have to say that I prefer coping inside joints. Not only does it account for the walls being out of square, but also accounts for them being out of level too. I like the idea of retuning the baseboard when butting up to tiles! I have always just beveled them. That is something I will try on my next project! Thanks for the videos!

Finally gave me the courage to nail them in place. They've just been cut, leaning against my walls for months. Thanks!

*3:50** min....* this is seriously an EXCELLENT tip!!

Perfect timing I was just about to start baseboards tomorrow! Going to study this video first - thanks for all your tips!

Bravissimo! Great carpentry video, though I was missing how to clean it. Thanks for the reminder to use a return at the wall terminus.

Awesome video 👏

Great tips that I will use next time! Thanks

Excellent tips

Holy shit!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯I always wondered about the baseboard budding up to tile. Thank you for showing the baseboard returns!! 😭 I’ll be working on baseboards soon so this is so helpful!

I was going a bit crazy with excessive 16 gauge nails....so thanks for the tips here. Dropping down to 18 gauge and making sure I'm just nailing into studs

Very good video for those who don't know how to cope a corner. I would add that you get better results by starting with a wet brush that has been shaked to remove excess water. It will flow much easier than starting with a dry brush. Also, if your brush gets overloaded and starts to dry out, clean it in water, shake it out, and get back to painting.

Great tips! Thank you! Just had the chance to try DAP Alex Ultra, which is extra low shrinkage painter’s caulk, caulking trim at my parents house after installing LVP flooring in Master bed and bath. Not as elastic when dry, but nail holes disappeared in one pass. I used Dynaflex on the bathroom trim to wall interface, for it’s better adhesion, elasticity and waterproofing, and had to do a second pass to get rid of the “dip” from the caulk drying. Also did a tiny bead of clear dynaflex ultra at the base of the trim in the bath, to keep any water on the floor from soaking up underneath.

You're the real MVP!!! 👌🏾👊🏾💯

Excellent video. I would like to add, instead of a dry or wet rag to wipe after you run your wet finger on the caulk, I use wipes, any kind will do, they are just wet enough and very smooth, they remove any screw up globs I make...

Some really usefull tips bud!!!! Thanks again!! Loved the video, have a great weekend👌🍻

Great video!

Good stuff. Thanks.

Thanks!

Thanks, really helpful video

Great tips , I'm getting ready to do our base boards . I've put them off long enough.

Thank u sir!

I watched the whole video , i know what it feels like to try to make content on video its not easy , thanks for the help!

Very nice 👍 I'm gonna try the not nailing my corners next time .💥I'm sure this would work for crown as well

Unrelated, but wondering. Any easy fixes for nail pops? Would love to see a video.

your videos are super informative! I've been working full time as a finish carpenter for the last 7 months after running a landscape construction business for many years and feel fairly proficient at hanging doors, installing trim. But there are still those aggravating details especially with installing base where it can be hard to get the miters perfect. This video adresses a lot of my issues, thank you! One thing I do a little different with cutting is instead of making multiple plunging cuts into the material until I reach my mark, I'll just slightly lower the spinning blade into the material and then slide the material until the cut reaches my line. This way I won't risk moving the material too much in between test cuts, does that make sense?

I've never used that paint adative! That would be awesome. Great tip! You don't like 1/4 round? I like the look but some people don't.

Best baseboard video out there. Thanks for the great video.

Everything has to be difficult!!! Judging by doing anything with 13 year old niece and 17 year old nephew, if it's not difficult, it is very necessary to make it difficult. Just makes things more rewarding I guess

Thanks for the tips! What do you think of pre painted baseboards? MDF or pine?

We're putting baseboards on at the bottom of some very old, essentially permanent, fancy moulding type stuff that will need to be painted and we aren't going to be able to remove. Do you think it's still worthwhile to paint the new baseboards before nailing them on if we have to go over the old stuff anyways?

Great tips 😎🛠️😎🛠️😎

Im going to buy some trim paint for rimed baseboards and some primed mdf risers. Where do you buy Cloverdale paint? Is there any brainteasers from big box you recommend?

What do you recommend for joining baseboards on runs that are longer than the baseboard raw material?

Suggestions on how to install bathroom baseboards around the toilet inlet? my baseboards are taller than the inlet on the wall. do people just notch out the half circle of the pipe?

You clearly know what you're doing and the advice is solid and has helped me a lot... But, honestly, I'd be lying if I said that, at first, the magnificent beard wasn't a huge part of the reason why I believed what you said.

What if the pre primed baseboards purchased has slightly raised bumps, bulges, and ridges, do you sand down those first, then paint?

Questions: what

I'm in New England...we cope our inside corners

What is the dimension if the baseboard shown @0:19? Can you share some suggestions of how to choose the baseboard for a mid size room?

Multi master? U fancy.

Some good stuff here. I do find the opposite of your technique of marking the face works better for me though. Instead of putting a short piece into an inside corner "so you can measure and mark the face", if you do the opposite, and measure and mark the longest point, you won't have to 'sneak up on the mark' by making multiple cuts. The mark is then on the top/back of the material and the blade/laser easily set to the mark.

Oh yeah, and have a Kapex!

The first time I tried installing baseboards, I did not have a compressor and a nail gun. Impossible! Needless to say, I got a new compressor and nail gun out of the deal. How did people do it before all the fancy tools?

So what do you use on the inside corner if your using stain grade trim?

Hey you need to do a hanging install a door Ina bedroom or bathroom

My baseboards are completely rectangular, except for a small round over on the top outside edge. What should I do about the inside corners? Coping doesn’t make much sense because there isn’t a profile per se. Could I just make butt joints at each corner or would that look stupid? Should I do miters instead?

Slightly off topic but does Flotrol have a shelf life?

I work in the building trades, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a trim carpenter miter inside corners rather than cope

Are there any particular tips for installing baseboards on top of an existing carpet?

I always cope inside corners so I don't have to worry with angles

Can't we just go straight to Step 5 and forget the first 4? Very helpful video, though.

Oh hey are you In BC, more specifically the Lower Mainland? The Cloverdale paint is kinda making me think so…

We sprayed new baseboards with two coats of paint. How do we fill in the holes ? I’m nervous it will be a different finish now after we hang it

Be careful adding water to paint it changes the finish and color. Using Flolitrol is preferable as it conditions and does not thin the paint or affect the finish.

You don't paint the top sealant joint ???

Hello- we watch all of your videos for diy. My wife recently painted our baseboards and they are randomly chipping. Please help

Wait?? You don’t paint the caulk on the top edge?? Is that really an option?? If so it would save a lot of work 🤔

What stud finder is that?

At which point do I pound on the baseboards with a piece of broken concrete? Asking for a friend..

People over look to verify the miter saw

Great video as always

Perfect, we’re moving and there are no baseboards in the house we bought.

Why would you mitre inside corners instead of coping them?

Don’t you have to sand the boards before you paint. I 🤔

I like your videos and you are funny but you need a better name!

Your eyes move a lot

You call that scribbling "super accurate???? Bwahaha. Try a sharp pencil or a utility knife and make a simple crows foot. Don't scribble unless you do it with a crayon. That's still be more accurate than what you did.

Worst painting advice ever!!!! Stick to building. As a professional painter it’s upsetting to see such poor advice that will cause heartache when it fails in a couple of years. Install, sand chalk and fill, sand again and then Use primer! And then paint!!!!

With trim molding being so expensive (thanks to Joe Biden), can one just use 1x4s as baseboard and even for casing around the windows? It would be super cheap, no? I just watched another video of carpenter woman Shara using 1x4's. It seemed easy and very low cost.