The next and final step in my flooring adventure was the moulding. We had pulled the exiting moulding off the walls and it survived but needed some assistance. Luckily the weather warmed up slightly for a few days and we were able to work outside. The first thing to do was sand them, There were pieces of carpet and paint lines all over them.
The previous paint was not put on them very well.
Once sanded came the paint, the same paint as the rest of the floor moulding in the house.
Because of the spacer used around the edge of the floor the old moulding barely covered the gap so a second piece needed to be added. I chose this shape which also needed to be painted:
Next we laid out the pieces where they belonged and began trying to hammer them in, turns out this didnt work very well.
So we rented a nail gun to get the job done.
Even with the nail gun it took longer than we had expected, my bay window was a pain to try and refit the poorly cut pieces back in to.
My brother worked on this while Katie and watched the Inauguration so I can not take too much credit.
The refreshed moulding went in all the way around and was looking pretty good.
Next came the new smaller piece which was flexible and very forgiving.
The final step was filling the nail holes and touching it up. I am very happy with the result.
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