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1. 
   james | Jun 04, 2002 04:46pm | #1

   get some plywood the same thickness as the sheetrock and cut it down to just shy of the base height, screw to the studs and apply the base board to the wood with nails. cant help with the nails damaging the rock, just go slow.

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   user-252650 | Jun 04, 2002 05:39pm | #2

   that works on the interior walls, but not on the exterior stress-skin panels.  All that's under that sheetrock is foam - nothing to attach the plywood to.  but I could glue 1/4" plywood to that sheetrock and just make the baseboard thinner.

   Thanks

   glen

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   PhillGiles | Jun 04, 2002 05:56pm | #3

   Why not just skip a step and glue the baseboard onto the rock ?.

   Phill Giles

   The Unionville Woodwright

   Unionville, Ontario

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   user-252650 | Jun 04, 2002 10:19pm | #5

   I assume basic yellow glue is just fine.

   glen

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   DealinDeane | Jun 05, 2002 05:57am | #6

   In the past, I have used construction adhesive like Pl200 or 400( liquid nails might be OK) but the trick was to get the baseboard to hold immediately, so use a hot glue gun in strategic places to hold the base in place until the adhesive grabs.

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   PhillGiles | Jun 05, 2002 06:27pm | #8

   Yellow glue just doesn't do the job, as Dealin has written, you need an instant grab adhesive specific to the job. I've used No More Nails (LePage) and EnerBond, both work..

   Phill Giles

   The Unionville Woodwright

   Unionville, Ontario

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   PhillGiles | Jun 05, 2002 06:36pm | #9

   Has anyone tried the new adhesive call Power Grab ? It's also LePage, and I saw a demo where they put a bead of this stuff across a brick, held it against a piece of drywall for 60 seconds, and it stuck - got my attention..

   Phill Giles

   The Unionville Woodwright

   Unionville, Ontario

2. 
   UncleDunc | Jun 04, 2002 08:35pm | #4

   To prevent the removal damage, punch the nails through the molding (with a nail set or other punch like tool) instead of pulling them off with the molding.

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   Joe_Fusco | Jun 05, 2002 03:50pm | #7

   GLENR3,

   Seems like trim screws (common on the inside, Galv. on the outside) would be a stretch here. . . . . . .

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   JDRHI | Jun 06, 2002 05:41am | #10

   Punch the nails completely through the baseboard with a nailset. If you use trim head screws to reinstall, there is no need for adhesive.

   Just be sure to smack the plumber, who originally installed mouldings, in the back of his head. (I call him a plumber, cause it sounds like something my father-in-law woulda done!)

   J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"

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   user-252650 | Jun 06, 2002 06:49pm | #11

   are you saying the trimheads will grab the sheetrock well enough to hold the baseboard?!?!?!  That seems unlikely - trimheads would grab the plywood that was glued to the sheetrock though.  I never planned to glue the baseboard to the plywood.  Either finish nails or trimheads.

   Did I misunderstand you?

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   JDRHI | Jun 06, 2002 10:58pm | #12

   The trim heads grab the metal studs. No need for the plywood.

   J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"

   Edited 6/6/2002 3:59:38 PM ET by JAYBIRD

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   user-252650 | Jun 07, 2002 06:01pm | #13

   That'll work on the interior walls.  The exterior are the stressskin panels, just sheetrock and foam.  But you're right - If I can find the studs.

   Thanks

   glen

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   james | Jun 08, 2002 08:41am | #14

   magnet.