trim issue

[cproader]

Ok, so I was a nice guy and let "her" pick the floorin fer the pad. Well all is goin as planned and tonight I got to thinkin..............how the heck am I gonna install wood trim on the ungauged slate floorin...........the trim is 3" painted. So I'm thinkin this aint gonna work real well.......how the heck did ya guys let me get in this.........

[tony lamar]

You could scribe and jigsaw. How many lineal feet are you talkin? If it's anywhere close to flat, you might get base shoe to conform with less scribing. Some caulk could be helpful being as it's painted. It can be tedious, but I can shape most any material to most any shape if I put my mind to it.

P.S. I never said it would be super easy.
But just think how satisfying it will be to see how good it looks when you're done!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kman]

I would rather caulk it than try to scribe it. I think he said there's several hundred feet of it, and I'm guessing it's pretty irregular on the face.

[Daris Mulkin]

How about the Koolglide with utility tape?

Daris

[Ken]

Since I am not a tile guy,(only tile I have installed is for my own small 3/4 bath)I am wondering why you dont use a 4 or 5 inch molding and install it first that would leave the molding height that you are looking for above the installed floor wouldn't it? then caulk the joint with clear or color matched to the moldings?

[Kman]

Ken said Since I am not a tile guy,(only tile I have installed is for my own small 3/4 bath)I am wondering why you dont use a 4 or 5 inch molding and install it first that would leave the molding height that you are looking for above the installed floor wouldn't it? then caulk the joint with clear or color matched to the moldings?

You know, that's not a bad idea. Makes me want to edit my earlier post so it looks like I thought of it first.

[cproader]

......well that is one way to do it. But I already have all the trim painted. So I think I will install a piece of 1" stock around the edge of the rooms, and then cut the tile to it and then set the 3" on top of that.....Good idea......why didn't Kman think of that.......

[Ken]

He would have if he wasnt thinking about that holiday dinner thats coming tomorrow.

[rgfloor]

He was prolly workin overtime chasing speeders trying to git home fer the holidays. Next month it will be chasin drunks!! Good job, K-man!

[Kman]

Not this month. My last day of work was the 1st of this month, and I'm not going back til the 2nd of December. That's what happens when you don't take hardly any days off during the year. You get to sit at home for 4 1/2 weeks letting your beard grow out, watching movies from Blockbuster, and rebuilding your shower.

[Bill Watson]

cproader said :So I think I will install a piece of 1" stock around the edge of the rooms, and then cut the tile to it and then set the 3" on top of that.....

:goo d:

[Lo Down]

You should have recorded the home makin process from start to finish, then you could be sellin your video now How to Build a Home in Seven Easy Steps and retire. You is one smart cookie.

[stullis]

cproader said ...... So I think I will install a piece of 1" stock around the edge of the rooms, and then cut the tile to it and then set the 3" on top of that

Follow Tony's advice or KMan's suggesting to caulk if you don't want to scribe the base to the contour of the tile.

[cproader]

Lo Down said You should have recorded the home makin process from start to finish, then you could be sellin your video now How to Build a Home in Seven Easy Steps and retire. You is one smart cookie.

........most of it was subbed out under intense scrutiny.......but I might still be a cookie.............