I am planning on using kahrs linnea flooring covering about 1200 sq ft.I currently have 1/2" wide baseboard so I would like to know what my options are.

1. buy kahrs 7/8" wide basebaord wich will raise the cost of my project about 20%

2. buy show molding wich will raise me about 12%

3. use a little less then 1/2 exspansion gap and get by with my current molding.
4. dont be dumb zim, spend the extra 12 to 20% or you will regret it!


take into account I never cut baseboard before .
Also ,
I am working on a tight budget, but if you pros think a diy'er can do a decent job of cutting new baseboard without buchering it then I think I would spend the extra money!


zim

Installing baseboards well takes practice and skill. Unless you are carpenter extraordinaire, I'd forget installing your own baseboards. You may be able to handle baseshoe molding though. How much of an expansion gap does Kahrs linnea require? With floaters, I do not recommend cheating on those sizes. If they call for 3/4", I use spacers that are 3/4". You could carefully remove the existing baseboards and label their location, install the floor and reinstall the baseboards. Then add a new, small quarter round or baseshoe. Seems to make the most sense in your situation.

ya , the shoe molding seemed like the best case scenerio for me.

This is easy...Cut the bottom 1" of your drywall (will be covered up by your base boards). Drywall is 1/2" thick, so that will give you plenty of expansion space to use your old base boards.

any opinions on cutting the drywall instead of shoe molding?

Do you just score the drywall with a utility knife or is there a better tool/way of doing this?

You can use a drywall saw http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=94722 or what I used was http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... umber=4095

It may not be what the pros would use and it may be a little jagged but it was all covered up by the base boards and it was quick.

I was thinking of renting something like this undercut saw for my undercuts and bringing down some concrete surrounding my fire place that needs to be flush with my subfloor.

is this something I could use for undercutting the drywall if i decide to go that route?


http://northwestpowertools.com/circ/812.htm

I would get that saw krv but i also have about a 1/4 " by 1 and 1/4" piece of concrete bordering my fire place that needs to be flush with my subfloor.

is there anything I could atach to my drill for that or is the undercut saw a better idea?