hello:

thanks again for your help on my previous reducer question.

i have another question regarding baseboard molding. please let me know if i'm not posting this in the right area. your suggestions would be helpful though.

scenario
i have a long hallway that leads to my foyer. the hallway is solid hardwood and the foyer is tile. the hardwood will be sitting about 3/8" higher than my tile, therefore, i'm using the reducer to compensate for the height diff.

question is:
i have baseboard wood molding running to where the hardwood ends, which is the hallway. the remaining part of the wall (for the foyer) doesn't have anything yet. i'm not sure how to transition for the remaining wall length. i can't continue the baseboard since the floor then dips down a little. any thoughts on this?

other option would be to use tile molding for the foyer, but how can i end the wood and start the tile molding so that it looks smooth.

I've encountered this from time to time in my homes. I prefer the look of consistency and would run the base board through the entire hallway and foyer so that the top edge remains at the same level. Since your tile is lower, that would get the full height of the baseboard and then I'd scribe the lengths from the transitions through the hardwood area and rip and cope the base for a tight fit in the hall. You might not have to remove the baseboard you already installed either. I have found that if you go to a REAL lumber and millwork supply, you'll find that they have the common colonial, sanitary, and ranch style baseboard in both taller and shorter heights.

That's what I've done as well. Or, get the same style but in two different heights. Use the shorter height in the hallway where the wood flooring is and at the transition, use the taller. But modify it (rip, scribe, cope, etc.) so that is is the same height as the base in the hallway. I can't tell which way would be easier for you. I would think the area that has the lessor amount of base would be the area you'd want to rip.

thanks for the responses. definitely makes sense to me.

only issue is that if i shorten the hallway baseboard to match the baseboard in the lower area (tile), the rest of the baseboards in my place won't be aligned with the hall. it's a pretty open floorplan, so all the baseboards are visible.

i guess my only option is to go to a milllwork store and have a higher one made or just piece one together myself. unless i just have it meet up with the granite molding.

based on your experience, if i were to change the molding from wood to granite tile around a corner, should the inside walls be the wood or granite? inside walls meaning the x below.

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Just get a taller profile. Should be easy to do. As far as transitionng from a wood to a tile, I think it's more of a personal preference. I have a similar situation in my new home where I have an open floorplan between the kitchen, dining, and living rooms. I put down slate in the kitchen, with a slate base, but have walls between the kitchen and dining where transition must occur from the slate to Red Oak (eventually). There are two outside corners where this would have to occur. The one makes a nice clean transition if I simply return the baseboard on the one side of the corner and end the tile on the other. So wood stops at wood and tile at tile. However, the other corner actually has an 18" offset, meaning the wall in the dining room carries 18" into the kitchen. I definitely wouldn't want to change materials mid-wall, so I think it will be cleanest to carry the baseboard over the 18" of slate to the end of the corner.

hey scott:

I'll try to find a higher profile. I think the one that i'm using is already 4.5". I have to double-check though.

i agree with your decision on ending wood/wood and tile/tile. i'll dry fit it to see how it looks first.

thanks.