Baseboard Help

February 25, 2009 11:13 PM

Need to find a baseboard with the following criteria: a modern look (i.e., simple with straight lines), 3.5 inches wide by .5 inch thick, primed We're having difficulty finding a baseboard with this thickness. We live in the Bay Area. We would consider buying them on the internet but we need 300 feet, so we would need free or reduced shipping to make it cost-effective. Right now, my husband is contemplating cutting down 300 feet of baseboards to the right size, so please help!!!
posted by bananafish to home & garden (8 comments total)

If all else fails...

With a table saw (which you can hire if you don't have one), cutting down 300 feet of boards to the desired height shouldn't be more than an hour's work. Of course if you also need to plane them to a different thickness it's a different matter.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 1:28 AM on February 26

Yea, ripping some lengths of baseboard really isn't a big deal with a table saw.
posted by wile e at 1:51 AM on February 26

This sounds like a custom job to me. Why is the 1/2" thickness so important?
posted by jon1270 at 3:54 AM on February 26

Most real lumberyards (not Home Depot) stock primed stock and a lot of them have a shop on the premises that could plane nominal 1"x4" stock (.75"x 3.5") to the desired thickness.
Of course if back priming is important to you, and it probably should be, the planed surface would have to be re-primed.
posted by archaic at 4:04 AM on February 26

Google Your town and moulding. You'll find a bunch of places that can create custom trim.
posted by Gungho at 5:40 AM on February 26

I guarantee these guys, White Brothers will have it, and if they don't they can make it
posted by zeoslap at 6:42 AM on February 26

I'll check out white brothers. Thanks for the suggestion. We need the 1/2 inch thickness because that is the thickness of baseboards our hardwood floor was installed with.
posted by bananafish at 6:56 AM on February 26

If you decide to try to DIY this, the tool you'd want is a planer, not a table saw. Trying to cut something 3.5 inches thick with only 0.75 inches of bearing surface just screams finger reattachment without a pretty involved jig.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 7:07 PM on February 26