thesmoothedeere
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If uv'e seen the prices for trim lately like i did, i about dropped. Big money for chinsy cheap not very wide boards. What cheaper options did you guys use ?
- Thread starter thesmoothedeere
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I just use 3/4 x 4 pine painted or stained to the color you like. I use these around doors and windows. For the floor I like a wider base board. I put a 3/4 x 6 inch pine at the bottom with a hald round on the top to finish it off.
The pine is reasonable priced and is easy to work with. You can stain/paint it any color you like easily too.
The pine is reasonable priced and is easy to work with. You can stain/paint it any color you like easily too.
flambeauone
Member
Ive been using pine boards and routing one edge for a couple years now.
the tractor vet
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Mine has full 7 inch wide red oak for base board with a 2 inch wide by 3/8thich wedge on top of that with red oak 1/4 round againt the floor .Around the doors and room separation is five inch wide red oak . The red oak was cheaper then clear pine and when stained with red oak stain topped off with five coats of clear satin urethane iit is as smooth as glass . Myself i like a darker trim look.
Stephen Newell
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With a router and a table saw you could make your own molding. Some of the router bits get expensive but you would have it for the rest of your life if you took care of it. Chances are if you bought molding in 10 years or less the molding pattern would be discontinued and you would have to change it all out if you added to a room or the molding was damaged.
I had a local lumber yard drop off a truck load of red oak "seconds".
1 x 2, 1 x 3, 1 x 4, 1 x 6. etc that for whatever reason they weren't able to sell.
It was all rough sawn, I just planed or sanded it down and shaped it with a router.
I've put in 3 kitchens including cabinets/cupboards out of that load and still have some left.
It was free, but "some assembly required".
1 x 2, 1 x 3, 1 x 4, 1 x 6. etc that for whatever reason they weren't able to sell.
It was all rough sawn, I just planed or sanded it down and shaped it with a router.
I've put in 3 kitchens including cabinets/cupboards out of that load and still have some left.
It was free, but "some assembly required".
MarkB_MI
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- Location
- Motown USA
I've had to do some remodeling in older houses. You can't get six inch wide baseboard, and if you could you wouldn't want to pay for it. What I have done is to make my own using medium-density fiberboard (MDF). As long as you're painting it, nobody will know it's not wood. Rip it to width, then hit the edges with a router using a round-off bit. Very economical, easy to install and looks good.
Even if you decide to go with wood and finish it bright, you can save a fair amount of money by making your own trim. You'll need a table saw, a router table, and a source of reasonably-priced high-quality lumber.
Even if you decide to go with wood and finish it bright, you can save a fair amount of money by making your own trim. You'll need a table saw, a router table, and a source of reasonably-priced high-quality lumber.
Paul from MI
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Replaced all the doors and trim about 10 years ago. The style and pine we wanted 40 years ago wasn't good anymore. I bit the bullet and replaced it all with red oak. Pricey, but5 at age 70 I won't do it again.
Geo-TH,In
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I added a 26x26 room addition 2 years ago. Watched for sales at Menards. Got all my trim for half price. Don't remember all details, many hundreds of feet of both base and window casings. Most of the time, sales at Menards will happen again, unless they got this at a special price. The trim I used was painted trim. Pay a premiun for the solid wood.
Had to special a birch interior door, all wood, like they sold 30 years ago. Special order, no sawdust door or jam, $175, ouch.
Helped a guy make base molding for an old house with 8 inch base. It cost about $16 for 8 ft boards to router like the old base molding in house. We had to make it, couldn't buy, but not cheap making your own. Hard to find clean straight lumber.
Had to special a birch interior door, all wood, like they sold 30 years ago. Special order, no sawdust door or jam, $175, ouch.
Helped a guy make base molding for an old house with 8 inch base. It cost about $16 for 8 ft boards to router like the old base molding in house. We had to make it, couldn't buy, but not cheap making your own. Hard to find clean straight lumber.
Russ from MN
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- Location
- Bemidji MN
Home depot and Menards have pro-pacs of some kinds of trim, an inexpensive option.
Kenneth R Ohnstad
Member
I'm wondering how much the gubmint is going to 'trim' us all to pay for the state of california gubmint workers pensions.
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Anonymous-0
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Hope you are not reading the web from your government job....or from your private job.... where some business fool is actually expecting you to work instead of surfing and listening to the radio and talking to your wife on the cell phone.
Watch how the internet replys drop when the surfers are not on the job...weekends.
Watch how the internet replys drop when the surfers are not on the job...weekends.
Funny, I've seen some absolutely stunning homes that have used simple dimensional lumber for trim - no style at all.
Paint and decorate a room properly - and the simple trim can look better than anything else.
But of course, the trick is to paint and decorate properly.
My wife and I were both born without the interior decorator gene, so I can't help you there.
Paint and decorate a room properly - and the simple trim can look better than anything else.
But of course, the trick is to paint and decorate properly.
My wife and I were both born without the interior decorator gene, so I can't help you there.
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