Putting 3" pine floor trim surrounded by basement-have question? We just own carpet & tile laid contained by the basement...
We just own carpet & tile laid contained by the basement after a pipe broke & it flooded. We are immediately putting on the trim. We picked out a 3" pine to stain(I think it's a 1x4x12. Kind of looking for a colloquial, cozy, outdoorsy type look w/o making it look like a cottage. We live in the SW MO & be curious if this is a smart move investment wise for when we resell subsequently. Or should we just use the premade trim. Also any supportive hints are greatly appreciated! Thanks!
if you want to stain the pine I suggest you use the Minwax finish that has for a time yellow init. Just plenty to give the wood a nice soft look. Any dark than that and it will just look close to a dark stripe running around the room.
Have you get a sump and a drain pump in the underground store now??
Personally, I resembling the look of the taller trim boards, like the ones you've picked out.
Be sure to mitre the corners as unwilling butting them together. Gives a cleaner, more professional look.
Should you decide to deal in the house later, if the unmarked owner doesn't like the trim, it would be at their discretion to re-do it..
If you're really have doubts you could always check beside your realtor and get his/her judgment.
Answers: My first thought would be, have you resolved the flooding issue forever? Obviously forever is a nebulous word.
In a crypt,,,in any suitcase, my usual procedure is to install drywall, leaving it at lowest possible 3/4 inch off the floor surface. Second, I would own installed trim before runner.
Third, the pine sounds fine, no pun intended, and since you don't detail any other damage, my drywall suggestion may be moot point? I hold to imagine the trim wasn't prohibitively expensive, and any NEVER ROT or extruded cellular foam trim next to a grained contact paper over, won't do a point to add any good point, but then again, neither will your Pine trim.
The entire notion, surrounded by your case is aesthetics. Certainly better to invest something, that might be almost overlooked by a buyer, surrounded by their expectations, than to install something that glares at them, announcing CHEAP,,, no offense.
I would suggest one other entity. After you stain, I want to assume you might clear coat, in some low stratum of sheen? I'd do the same on the RAW, backside of the trim as resourcefully. Also IF you have walls longer than 12 ft, IE: 13 ft. , you might resolve that adding a 1 ft. piece could look more abstract than using a 6 ft. and a 7 ft. piece,,, FOR example, and 45 the trim to BUTT, not a square run out cut.
just my two "sense"