13 Tips For Installing Baseboards and Window Trim
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- Today I'm sharing a few of my favorite tips and tricks for installing baseboards and window trim. This is usually the final step in your renovation, and knowing a few hacks to make things easier goes a long way. Watch the entire renovation 👉🏼 • Double Wide Trailer Ho...
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No joke, I just ripped out 2 old plexiglass windows in my garage today and started the new install. Doing the final trim work tomorrow. Thanks for the video! Perfect timing!
JEFF! I have a cracked basement wall slightly bowed in my small four plex. Emailed a local civil engineering firm and based off my description they quoted me 3500$ Canadian to do an inspection and provide a repair solution including permit and construction drawings. That is more than I collect in rent in two months. This is why I've been paying for this badge for 2+ years. Is there any reasonable way out of this that doesn't start with giving the enginerds 3.5k right off the bat??????? Please help me
send me a picture of the inside, along with a picture of the exterior grading around the home. along with where you live and soil conditions and the age of the home. I will share my engineering experience with you. Cheers!
@@HomeRenoVisionDIY THANK YOU!!! Posted interior pics on forum. Didn't read this comment till after so I missed the exterior pics. Can post another question with more Pics if necessary.
Good video. One trick I learned from an old timer is to take specific measurements from the 1 inch mark. Just make sure you deduct an inch from your final measurement. Helps get an accurate measurement without having to worry about the hook of the tape measure moving back and forth
I use spackling compound for nail holes because it doesn’t shrink when dry. Also use a wet cloth to wipe excess caulk off the trim. Makes for a better paint job later.
I like and learn from your stuff. In the end I see the value of getting an experienced guy like you to the job. You run into all sorts of janky construction possibilities and know how to work around them. A guy like me is just stumped. RUclips will never replace experience.
I still prefer millimeters over fractions of inches. Much easier to add and subtract.
Metric is superior
numbering the pointers. Was a good idea.
Awesome video and timely for me as I'm about to trim out windows in a mobile home reno with the exact same (awful) window frames. This will look so much better than the current wood paneling they used when it was built. Thanks for making and sharing this- and hope you love Forida enough to hang around- summer is not as bad as you might think. Cheers.
I'm preparing to replace some trim in my house so the timing of this video is perfect; however, I wish the videography wasn't all over the place as it made it difficult to follow/see what you were doing at times. Thank you for explaining how to add fractions! Middle school was a very long time ago!
That may be the first time I ever saw someone use window and door trim for baseboards but I guess it works for you, not sure I would use it , I’ve used regular 1x4s and 1x6s for window,door and baseboard trim.
Thanks for the video it gives me something to think about.
Good video! My youngest son is a finish trim carpenter. This is a perfect DIY project for homeowners as you can make a huge difference in how your home looks with better trim. Granted, it does take some practice, but it's definitely not rocket science by any means. You can spend or as little as you want doing it, but honestly, even a few dollars worth of trim done right can make a huge difference. All you really need is a miter saw, some finish nails or nail gun ,caulking and some paint.
You make it look so dang easy!!
Beautiful job Jeff! Some great tips on the corking gun there👌. Awesome channel Jeff. Place is looking fantastic. 👍
Cheers Peter! Not bad for a double wide trailer eh! doing the master bath next!
Check out the Jennings speed tip. Add it to the tip of your caulking tube for a perfect bead of filler.
Looks beautiful.
Cheers Julian!
God I needed this video so bad! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all this content.
Glad it was helpful! Cheers!
Perfect time to ask question with you having to use these harbor freight tools over your normal tools what differences you can feel and notice and if its worth the extra for the name brands!
This video came just in time as this is my next project. Thanks for the tips 🍻
Cheers!
Huh??? My wife's a subscriber; she watched this video with hopes of learning how to do 45's in corners. She's never used a chop saw before. She kept talking about miter cuts and coping -- she knows that something needs to be done, but she doesn't know how to do it. You do great work and she learns a lot from your videos, but this one was way above her head. How do you make 45's meet one another without having to add tons of caulk?
I've been watching different videos all morning trying to find someone talking about that because it's been ages since I've done finish work.
Cutting miters is as simple as putting your piece on a miter saw and swinging it to the desired degree. Cutting good miters is a whole different story. I would recommend purchasing a "miter gauge/protractor" it will greatly add to the accuracy of your cuts, especially if you are cutting trim mouldings that are installed against walls. Coping is the process of cutting a 45 degree miter and then carefully trimming away the profile of your cut piece with a coping saw. This results in a cut that will fit neatly and nest over a square adjoining piece and make your corner. Coping, while more difficult, will give you better results. It's simply more dynamic. For ensuring that you don't need to fill your joints with caulk, which you should never rely on to hide your mistakes, make sure the work you are planning to install the mouldings on is square (90 degrees). Then when you cut your two 45 degree miters make sure that you glue your joints with a thin bead of good quality wood glue. Make sure you keep your nails, on the face of the trim, about 2 inches away from the joint, and once face nailed you can carefully nail with a thin brad nail the corners of the miters, one ought to do per side, to make sure they don't move around. Hope this helps
Yes. I am ready for this one.🎉
Cheers Caleb!
For ALL nails going into jamb (window, door...) ALWAYS position gun perpendicular to the run to avoid blow out due to nail point geometry and orientation in gun. In other words, for top & bottom pieces, hold the gun like "normal"...like a firearm, but for side pieces, tilt it sideways (90°). If/when the nail strays, it will do so left or right, but will at least remain hidden within the jamb.
Took me a couple minutes to figure out what you were saying. To clarify for too and bottom hold the gun with the handle pointing down/ip but for the side pieces hold it with the handle pointing right/left. That makes a lot of sense and I will be doing that from now on. Thanks!
@@billsedutto8824Hold it like a gangster in Compton would hold a gun.
Jeff, thanks again for your instructions. I hope I may some day use them. I like the black bandaid 😅, I tend to tear a piece of paper towel/tissue and wrap mine in packing tape. 😅
Cheers! 🥶🖤🔔👍🏻
nice, but try the electrical tape. you can unpeel it if it was wrapped too tight and reuse as many times as needed and still have some flexability!
Looking good man i dig it
Cheers
Caulk and paint make a carpenter what he ain't.
Good tips for sure. I use some already but the "squeeze the caulking tube" is pretty cool. Got to try it as I am installing moulding now. Timely tips. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Jeff ❤
Cheers!
Nice!
Really glad I'm not doing mitered corners on my trim.
Jeff I have been watching your painting videos and looking to find where I can get the yellow handle for your paint tray, I do not see a link for it. Btw your videos are very informative and entertaining. thanks Glenn
I like the electrical tape bandaid. :)
Cheers Sean, maybe I should sell them. LOL
Noramlly I don't have any issues with anything you teach or show on the channel, a big fan infact... But... as a Finish Carpenter... You made that measuring and explaining the window trim much harder than it had to be for the average homeowner. If you're going for a 1/8 reveal on the window trim just measure the inside of the opening, add 1/4 because 1/8 for each side, and then cut a piece at that size but have your piece turned the other way on the saw and you don't have to do all that math of adding and accounting for having to cut on the long side. I understand that your specialty isn't Finish Carpentry, but normally your methods are pretty spot on and don't waste time , so by no means am I trying to critisize your work. Still a fan of your work Jeff!
Huge fan as well. I agree. You made this more complicated for the DIY person.
Easier to mark your eighth inch reveal on each side then put a tape on it to get your overall.
It is faster and more productive to do it the way you explained but for someone who doesn’t do trim carpentry every day it is actually easier for them to understand it the way Jeff explains because they see exactly why they’re adding the quarter inch in real time.
But the fact that he's cutting from the long side to the short instead of short side to long... That is making him have to do extra math. If he flipped his piece of trim the way it's supposed to lay on the saw then he wouldn't have to do extra math and all he would have to do is cut from short to long side instead of long to short. That's alot of extra time spent for math for no reason.@@tristanmartinez2667
Plus if you're ever working with a big window there's no way you're going to be able to hold the tape measure exactly 1/8 on one side while going to the other side and trying to hold it up to your other mark. @@tristanmartinez2667
I actually prefer his detailed explanation why he does things. It helps me understand it more.
Going to have nervous breakdown put glue and nails ... no go.. tried screws same .. all.looked so easy .. got cuts right and measured .. but no
.and after painting and sanding skirting so well all.ready for use
Your good at that and young enough to be able to bend and crouch down without knee and to much back pain. I used to have a friend who was good at it like you. I miss him so much because he died about ten years ago. He was older than you and died too young
sorry to hear that. Live your best life until it is time for the next. Cheers!
Have you considered textured wall paper to cover the paneling?
Hello, jeff...any videos on removing wainscoting from over a tub? I did not see any...
Centimetres make life so much easier for accurate measurement!
Do you by chance have a video on how make your own window sill or where you buy them already pre measured and how do you seal it properly
There is a gap between my sheetrock and floor. When I try to install baseboards, they curl in at the bottom. I was thinking I would just put a spacer in there to prevent it from curling under. Is there a better way to deal with this situation? Thanks - Great videos!
Do you have video on how to apply baseboards after carpet has bin layed?
What do you do with the gap between wood and the window?
Sometimes I find there is a metal casing around the existing windows underneath the sheet rock. I installed blinds on mine and it was a pain. First inch or
So on the undermount of the top side I couldn’t drill into.
What did you do to that inside corner that splits open? Probably overkill to spend the time coping all those inside corners. I found a digital angle finder sometimes to be helpful so you're not just cutting everything assuming it's a square 90. Flat trim makes it easy too... profile is already coped :)
Jeff, i need help! I bought a trailer in Melbourne FL about 2 years ago. It was mostly down to the studs when i purchesed. I have been working on it since. I have had soooo many people help me with different projects but most did an awful job. Is there a better way to discuss my issues with you? Im mostly worried about my windows. They installed windows before i bought the place, that I have been told are for a masonary building.....so they leak and I am worried that my home is rotting from the inside! I am at the point where I need to DIY. TIA! ❤
7:57 "As long as we're caulking ;), lets be smart about how we use our wood ;)."
Awesome video, just one problem with window wood sills are they tend to warp over time with condensation from the windows! Is there a work around for this issue?
Same thing for if a home needs a good mopping and the base trims are wood tend to peal because water and wood do not mix well!
I guess I'm getting cataracts.
Dude, you are using a Harbor Freight mitre saw?
Brad nailer instead of finishing nailer? What size Brad nail? Most info I’ve seen recommends finishing nails
6:07 A step I love to see, always should have clean jobsite, cleanup at end of everyday and do general sweep/Hoover if needs it a bit (like not leaving piles of saw dust on floor); and NEVER use homeowners appliances as work tables or storage areas, as it’s bad thing to do, imo, but hey….if disagree go for it.
Also like seeing electrical boxes being hooverred out before cover plate goes on as again, makes things c,ean and gets junk out if areas don’t really want/need. And the cavity around a bathtub IS NOT A BIN for trades to use as a catch me all, just saying😉
Cheers Jeff✌🏻
Just curious how many of you glue the whole frame together before installing it and how many install it one piece at a time? I’ve seen videos of some of the top pros and they glue everything together and then install it but I don’t see the result being that much better to justify the extra work and risk of it not fitting.
This is how I prefer to do it. I get get perfect corners that way with no need to sand on paint grade.
I measure all my jamb pieces, assemble them and attach the trim (i glue all my joints because theyll split if you dont). Then slide the whole unit into the window opening and nail it.
Its way faster to go around the entire house with a notepad, get every window measurement and then mass assemble everything at once instead of moving your crap room to room assembling each.
@@jenniferbrown3782 the framing has nothing to do with it lol
Older mobile homes like mine have electrical coming from under floor and down from ceiling. Hard to tell from which direction without taking the paneling off to check.
Couple places I have the wiring coming up through the floor, to the box, the up to the ceiling, over to a ceiling light, then back to a wall and down to a switch. Like, what the af. Imma lose my mind, lol.
when in doubt never nail perpendicular or vertical to any electrical. Cheers!
Do you have to use a nail gun with compressor, or are there good non-compressor nail gun alternatives?
Pretty sure there's some cheap electric staplers/trim nailers, battery nailers are expensive AF even if you already own batteries. Or, for DIY, you could just tack it in position with tape or weak adhesive and use a hammer. All that said, small pneumatic nailers (anything below framing) will run off even the smallest compressors. Hardware stores and even Walmart sell compressor/nailer/hose/nail complete kits from $99 to $199 and you can buy the components for even less at the expense of a weaker compressor.
thanks for the video. I just did window trim in my one room. the window casing was proud. had to get creative. be curious to see what you would do in a proud jam case.
pull it and rip it down. of back fill the casing with a rectangle from the trim aisle
And why not use a coping saw on internal skirting board joins
I have renters that overpainted my vinyl frames inside. Any tips?
paint them white again. Cheers!
I noticed you don't cope your trim. Can you show me how to cope unusual angles like 45, 60, & 135?
I feel for you doing all that work with a pos harbor freight saw.
It was really hard to not pull the trigger an o real saw...but i got it done! Cheers!
Is base shoes not needed anymore when putting baseboards? My baseboards have base shoes and all the videos I have watched many videos DIY. Noone used base shoe to the baseboards.
How do you do this on concrete walls? can't nail trim, can we?
You can build the casing as one piece then glue it to the wall with construction adhesive.
“Finish carpentry tv”
Channel on RUclips has good videos on how to build out window casing then installing it as one piece.
@0:43 just like my dad used to say...every tool has a hammer side.
is that 23g or 16
Oh no, you lost me once I saw the Harbor Freight saw 😬
You don't miter inside corners.
No glue on any window casing miters.
This video is the literal definition of "a little caulk and paint makes you what you aint"
Why not glue on the mitres
Painter here dont caulk nail holes
What are the different counts for?😅
The 13 tips in the video
I'm not going to be able sleep tonight thinking about that terrible trim miter joint at 0:50
That was not a finished joint. hope you can get some nap time in today.
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Lol. Looking forward to the big reveal. We visited the villages a few months ago. Not interested in those mobile/modular homes but enjoying this renovation none the less
Hey bud! Your cameraman has been having a lot of issues with the focus latelly eh?
JEFF! I have a cracked basement wall slightly bowed in my small four plex. Emailed a local civil engineering firm and based off my description they quoted me 3500$ Canadian to do an inspection and provide a repair solution including permit and construction drawings. That is more than I collect in rent in two months. This is why I've been paying for this badge for 2+ years. Is there any reasonable way out of this that doesn't start with giving the enginerds 3.5k right off the bat??????? Please help me
If it's a load bearing foundation wall the only way to brace that is to dig the slab down to the footing, sheet the wall with 3/4 pressure treated ply and dimplex matting, then run 3 or 4 inch steel angle iron boltedto the floor joists and down to the footing then fill the slab back in with concrete around all the steel angle.
Its going to be 10-15K plus to fix that if you can't DIY depending on how many linear feet of wall need to be braced and what city your in as construction costs vary across Canada.
I've had to do multiple and this is always the engineers recommendation.
Also, $3500 is insane. The last engineer I used to draw & stamp me a plan for this same issue was $1100 and that included their initial inspection of the foundation.
see you in the forum tyler. send me lots of pics in and outside
So, you don't care about gaps in the corners?
Wow, trimming out that window, u made it 100% more difficult, all the math.
Maybe in Canada u leave 1/8" Reveal, down here 3/8-1/4.
O plus, when u were cutting the trim, u on 1 end were cutting it wrong compared to the rotation of your blade.
I worked with a Contractor at 1 time in my career and like u, this being 1 of your worst work, we were Trimming Out, he carried a Caulk Gun on his belt and we were doing High End Work.
The cheesy numbers superimposed were confusing and added nothing to the video.
I’m surprised you kept that junk window.
no value in changing them all. this is florida afterall.
And rip to your back for having your saw so low to the ground
This feels way more complicated than it needs to be and way less sturdy than it should be.
The quality of materials and work in America is awful compared to the UK
This is just a trailer that comes in on wheels. Its not classified as a house therefore it doesn't gain value over time. He also mentioned he was just slapping this window together to "be done" and i would assume, to make a video.
Please have camera person showing what you are doing and not your back!
On second viewing, this is really bad advice.
Take pride in your work. A 1/2” caulk line is pathetic. Shame on you!
If you're still using pneumatic nailers this day and age, you lost me.
@homerenovisiondiy, Had that saw for one project and got rid of it. Fought it just you did to make good cuts.