Home improvement

[arashink]

When dealing with baseboards and casing around doors, does one base then case, or case then base? The rest of the doors in the house are case then base, but my problem is that if I do that then there will be a visible gap between the floor and the wall... Suggestions?

Comments

[dulcimeoww]

It's almost always case then base. Why would there be a gap? Does the floor not extend to the wall near the door or something?

[arashink]

It does not. Hardwood's supposed to be set 3/8" away from the wall, and the narrow end of casing is about 1/8". But base is about 1/2" thick.

[dulcimeoww]

Well, yeah, it's 3/8 away except at doorways. In my house, the flooring continues through the doorway under the frame into the next room, so the frame and by extension the casing sit on top of it. It has a gap the rest of the way around the room, which is covered by the baseboards.