How to nail In Baseboards
Installing Baseboards With A Finish Nailer-DIY Tutorial
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hey everybody I'm here today to make a
quick video of myself
installing a baseboard with a finish
nailer it's actually a really simple
process and I'm going to show you
exactly how to do it in this video as
you can see right here I had a piece of
baseboard
and I've already cut it to be the exact
length that I need and I've also already
cut the edges to be my gird on an angle
so I'm just gonna press it up against
the wall like that and what I'm going to
do something to make sure that it is but
it is buttoned up nicely against this
wall over here just like that so as you
can see it is pressed up nicely against
the wall in his butt up against this
wall and I only have a reminder I have a
mitered corner on this side right here
because this is an inside corner and I
also have a mitered corner on this I
drew because this is an outside corner
okay so basically I have a finish nailer
right here this is actually a
battery-operated one there's no
compressor needed awesome in my opinion
it's a little bit you know heavier than
the compressor operated ones but people
delight you don't need a cord or holes
anywhere so I'm just gonna go ahead I'm
gonna tack this in place so I start off
so I'm just putting one nail on either
side just to hold the baseboard in place
now I'm gonna start off on this side
because this is the side that needs to
be but up against the wall so I'm gonna
make sure a lot of skin of these
button-up nicely against the wall I'm
gonna just hold it in place like this
let's get the finish nailer just like
that
animal drive nail into place alright now
I'm gonna pull on the other side right
here and I'm gonna tack this side into
place so once again I'm just gonna make
sure that it's pressed up nice and slow
get the finish nailer put it in a place
like this I'm going to try to hit the
corner so I can get the stud right there
and then drive the nail
- it's like that so now that I'm
actually taught the piece of baseboard
in place it's pretty much any place
right now
all I need to do is go with the finish
nailer and I'm gonna put a few more
nails in this now when you are
installing a base or with an enabler you
should try and get a meal every 12 or so
inches some people will see after 16
inches but I have 212 inches just to
make sure that it stays in place you
should also try and get some nails into
studs
if possible so I'm just going to go
ahead and work my way along here every
two or so inches all right so now that I
put those nails into place I even take
the look at the top and I'm actually
gonna put some caulking along the talk
when I'm done and you need to fill in
any gaps but I can see that this is
stick you know just that the wall bowels
in a bit so what I'm gonna do is I'm
just gonna put a nail here just to try
and bring it a little bit closer now I
think to try to put this nail on the lip
right here that's what I like to do and
then I will actually just I will sink it
in a little bit deeper with a nail a
punch later and just fill it with some
wood filler just to make it look nice
and perfect but I'm gonna try and just
get a nail and probably right about here
alright one more over here oh please
yeah as you can see I have installed the
baseboard and it's a really simple
process and once again I know it doesn't
look finished because I still have to
put on the cord around and I'm still
gonna run a bead of caulk
on the top just to seal it up and make
them look nice and finished so that's
basically it it's over the simple
process
cut the baseboard to be the exact length
remember measure twice cut once and also
put it in place
tap the ends with nails and then boom
every 12 inches or so with additional
nails and that's all I have for you
today thanks for watching
