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   calvin | Dec 21, 2006 04:15pm | #1

   Oftentimes you can find the same profile in a taller (or shorter) base.

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   trollman | Dec 21, 2006 09:39pm | #9

   If I used a taller board it would then have to be (taller base) run into the next room?

    

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   calvin | Dec 22, 2006 12:36am | #14

   The shorter floor would get the high basebd, then the taller floor would get the shorter basebd.  That way the top of the basebd would be consistant in both rooms.................of course, if that would look good. A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.

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   trollman | Dec 22, 2006 04:12am | #16

   Thanks much.

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   Gumshoe | Dec 21, 2006 06:27pm | #2

   Without knowing all the details, my first reaction would be to rip 3/4" off the bottom of the baseboard in the high room, then scribe the bottom of the transition piece in the doorway. 

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   trollman | Dec 21, 2006 09:41pm | #10

   Then what is done in the room on the side the base was shortened by3/4?

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   JDRHI | Dec 21, 2006 07:32pm | #3

   I'm having trouble envisioning what it is, precisely, that you are speaking of. Part of the trouble, I believe, is due to differences in terminology.

   By "mopboard", I'm assuming that you are describing baseboard moulding? I'm thinking the name mopboard is a regional term.

   Also...."doorway". Is this an actual doorway, in which a door exists? Or just an opening between rooms....i.e. trimmed opening.....sheetrocked opening.

   Finally....the (jamb) side. The jamb (if one exists) would actually be between the two rooms.....not on one "side" or the other.

   Please understand....I'm asking for purposes of clarification.....not to bust chops.

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   trollman | Dec 21, 2006 09:30pm | #5

   Sorry, yes, base board.  It is just a doorway with no door.   Drywalled on both sides.  The base boards continue on in both rooms.

   Thankyou.  This is not busting chops.

    

    

    

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   sharpblade | Dec 21, 2006 09:38pm | #8

   One detail still unaswered: how is the 3/4" difference between the 2 floors? Is it a ramp? Threshold/saddle? And what is the depth of the "doorway", thickness of the wall 4.5" or so?

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   trollman | Dec 21, 2006 09:52pm | #11

   Both rooms are tiled.  The higher one is new tile.  (not done by myself)

    

   Another question. clarification hopfully

   I put the base board in first then the threshold. 

   Generally do you put the threshold down before the baseboard or after?

   Thanks

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   sharpblade | Dec 21, 2006 10:25pm | #12

   Usually the base goes last, part of its function is to hide the gap/joint between the wall and the floor surface (in this case the tile and the threshold).

   In your case, because the base in the "doorway" is slanted at an angle, installing the threshold after the base was easier -probably why you did it?

   In any case, now that we know the whole story, I probably would have done it the way you did    -don't you feel better now :-)

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   trollman | Dec 22, 2006 04:11am | #15

   It all made sence to me but you never know.  Some of the slickest ways to do things I don't see myself.

   Thanks

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   JDRHI | Dec 21, 2006 10:36pm | #13

   OK....that makes sense.

   Are you happy with the resilts? In the end, that is all that matters.

   As mentioned by others, typically, I would rip the difference in floor heights off of the runs in the area with the higher floor. Of course, if its a short moulding to begin with, this may not be possible......or look rediculous when done. In which case, so long as the height difference wasn't too great, I might hold the pieces in the area with the higher floor up (fill with flat stock), and add a shoe moulding.

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   trollman | Dec 21, 2006 09:36pm | #7

   The only trim on the doorway is the base boards.

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   FLA Mike | Dec 21, 2006 07:40pm | #4

   can you post a picture?

    

    

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   trollman | Dec 21, 2006 09:34pm | #6

   Yes, but I don't return there until the 2nd of January.

   Take care.