Baseboards

We've already decided to go ahead and move into the upstairs rooms before all the trim and finish work was complete, but I wanted to at least get the baseboards installed so that we wouldn't have to move all the furniture when it came time to do the finish work.

I didn't expect installing the baseboards would take long, but I've also come to understand the nature of my expectations with regard to renovation tasks.

Before covering up the corner where the wall meets the floor, I donned the rubber gloves and sprayed a bead of foam insulation along the outside walls.  This would be one more break against the cold drafts of winter which seems particularly far away today when the temperature is 95 degrees in the shade.

I've learned to detest working with spray foam insulation because it has a way of getting on everything within reach and is nearly impossible to clean without creating a toxic waste dump.  One thing to help me deal with my foam insulation issues was purchasing a professional foam gun.  This has made both controlling the flow of the foam and cleaning up much easier than it was when using the consumer level spray foam in a can.  It may also be that after doing so much foaming, I've actually gotten a little more careful.

One thing I made sure to do when foaming the gap at the base of the floor was to use some masking tape to protect the new paint job.  After the foam was dry, I cut off the excess using a hand saw and was ready to install the baseboard.

I decided to go with the less expensive pine stock for the baseboards.  The clear pine, that is the stuff without any knots, is twice the price.  The lower grade stock looks more interesting with its knots and goes along with our farm/cottage-style house and decor.  There are so many places in the course of the renovation where spending just a little more money might improve things, or at least make the house look classier(?) but each of those things continues to add to a bottom line that's already eaten up our savings.  There's a constant pull to go for the "high-end" in everything.  I enjoy architectural bling as much as anyone, but where do you draw the line?  I try to gain as much pleasure as I can finding the least expensive, but serviceable way.  It's a nice way of being cheap.

I put a coat of water-based polyurethane on the boards before cutting and installing them, but I intend to add another coat once they're installed.  I like the natural wood look.  If we change our minds and want to paint it later, it shouldn't be a problem using latex over the water-based poly.

Installing the baseboards brought out the unevenness of the floor.  In some cases I tried to bend the board a little to minimize the gap along the floor, and also planed the boards some, but it both instances this only went so far.  I realize now where molding might come in handy as a way to close the gap and I'm considering one that might look appropriate...

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