Can I raise my quarter round trim to accommodate my laminate flooring w/o it looking ridiculous?

Question

im adding aminate flooring to my foyer... It would be easiest just to raise the trim, but i cant picture in my head if the reduced clearance between the quarter round and the top of the 4'' trim would look bad/ be noticable

Answer 1

How does the foyer blend into the next room(s)? Does the baseboard and quarter round meet the baseboard and quarter in another room?

If so, then there might be a vertical miss match where the two pieces from each room meet. If you do have this problem, it is better that only the quarter round be miss matched and not the baseboard. That is less noticeable, so I wouldn't raise the baseboard.

Otherwise, I don't think the change is really going to be apparent to most people.

Answer 2

So if I understand you have 4" base w/ quarter round already, and you need to raise it for laminate. Well, you are going to have to remove it anyway, so remove it. The laminate will put the quarter round about 1/2" above the floor. Hold a piece up 1/2" up above the substrate for the laminate and see what it looks like. Here's the problem if you don't like the look. If you have a drywall opening from the foyer to another room, and decide to move the base up, the base won't line up, when it transitions off the laminate. So it possible, leave the base, install laminate, and finish with new quarter round. Actually, I prefer shoe mold. It has a profile like a quarter of an ellipse. And I wouldn't try to save the old. The time spent trying to save the old stuff vs. the cost of new. It's dirt cheap just to buy new.

Answer 3

No offense but you should have removed the cove base. That would accomodate any ooops or short cuts. The laminate thickness and underlayment will likely raise the floor level by 1/2 inch or less. Assume you'll be cutting off approx. 1 1/4 inches of cove base. It probably won't be noticed in a horrible sense and you need not point that out to everyone who enters your home.

If you didn't have 1/4 round to accomplish what removing the cove base does; you'd probably have to get it anyway.

Steven Wolf

Answer 4

The norm on this leave the base alone carefully remove 1/4 round number each piece lay new floor reinstall old 1/4 round
if painted fill all holes and gaps with caulk repaint nobody will ever know. good luck.

Answer 5

absolutely not if you look in older homes where they were not trying to cut corners all rooms without carpet used this, actually it was not quarter round it was base shoe the shape was taller than wide 1/2" at floor 5/8" at top approx. if you this is what you have make sure you do not put it on wrong as it catches to much dust, if you remove base trim you will probably damage it

Answer 6

It won't be noticable. I did the same thing with my house and it actually looked good. I bought the transitional piece and it looked awesome. I had the same concerns at first also. When we went to sell our home last year the one thing everyone loved was our flooring and the trim work. I promise it will look great and come together nicely.