I installed a bamboo floor a few months ago. It was my first hardwood floor installation, and I followed the recommendation to leave a gap around the edges. Now I think I messed up because I have a gap around the curved edges of the kerf jamb doors. For those unfamiliar this is an edge around the door where instead of putting wood trim around the door the drywallers but a curved edge that wraps from the drywall into the door frame. If I stop the baseboard at the edge of the curve I have a very noticeable gap at the rounded corner going into the door frame. Is there anything available to cover up these gaps?

You will need to cut the baseboards so they will terminate into the door jamb. This is similar to installing baseboards on outside corners that have a rounded corner bead instead of the traditional square corner bead. What most do is make a 22.5% angle cut so as to install a small piece of base at a 45 degree right at that outside corner. Then another piece to end into the door jamb. Kinda hard to describe but not hard to do. Another option is that a few baseboard profiles (such as "Coronado" ), have prefabed outside radius corners available for purchase. I perfer the look of a 45 degree piece of base on the corner instead of a rounded piece but either one will work.

Gary,

Thanks for your response. I'll give that a try and see how it goes

I don't know a good way to measure what Gary has described.(It is the best looking technique, by the way.)

The way I do it, is to take a bevel guage and lock it at 135 degrees.(90 plus 45) The easiest way to get that angle is to simply adjust the blade in your chopsaw to 45 and then put the sheath part of the bevel guage against your backstop(on the obtuse side) and then swing the bevel blade around until it meets the saw blade. Then tighten the wing nut. Voila! 135

Stand your piece up in place and then place the bevel guage on the other side of the corner. The blade will cross the base at exactly where it needs to be cut. You can't use the tangent because it will wind up short. Simply do this with each piece and it will be perfect. If the radius is relatively constant on every corner, you can cut the little filler piece and use it to check the corners before you stick them up. I just keep the filler piece in my pouch and use it as a failsafe. It usually works great.

Good luck.

p.s. When you make the actual cut, it will be a 22.5. If the corner is out of whack, you can use the bevel guage to find the angle and make adjustments accordingly.