How to remove and replace damaged baseboards

hi thanks for watching my name is Adam and in this video I'm going to show you how to repair your baseboards without damaging your drywall you don't want to make this repair more elaborate than it has to be you can see right here that the baseboard is damaged the corners knocked off so we're going to replace two pieces if you have damage that looks more like this you can repair it without replacing the baseboard that's another video that I have so check out my other videos on how to do that so the first thing I do is run a utility knife down the edge between the wall and the baseboard add a little bit of an angle I do it a few times that way when I pull off the baseboard I'm not going to tear the drywall paper off after that you take a long flat blade and shove it in between the baseboard and the wall and try to pry it off now a lot of you aren't going to have a knife like this so you can use a putty knife or something like that you don't want to use a screwdriver because that will dent your drywall here I need to use the knife on both corners to try to separate it here you can use a screwdriver because the drywall down here doesn't matter if it's going to get dented it's going to get covered up anyway you just don't want to use something like this at the top because it'll leave scars so on the top I have the knife and on the side I can use a screwdriver because again it's not going to damage any exposed drywall before you put the new baseboards on you're going to want to clean up the edges remove any glue any nails that are leftover in the wall you can either pound in or pull out here I'm cutting away some of the old caulking that got left here's a tip for you if you have a hard time finding baseboard that matches the style in your house if you just can't find any and you need a small piece you can take a piece off of maybe inside of your closet and then in your closet replace it with something that looks close enough because the closet doesn't matter as much as maybe you know your main hallway or something like that here I'm using a piece of baseboard over from another part of the house just so it matches the first thing I'm going to do is pull out the nails you want to pull out the nails from the back don't try to pound them through through the front because you're just going to make another hole that you have to replace and then I'm also going to scrape off the old caulking from the back and the top so it fits flat against the wall so the new piece that I'm putting in here has to match the profile of this piece it's going to butt right against it it's not cut 45 degrees so let me show you how I'm going to do that cut I'm going to start out with my saw set at 45 degrees and make a cut next I take a coping saw and cut off that exposed angle and I'm slightly angling the blade inward here you can see from the front you don't see any of that brown exposed MDF and on the back you can see I cut in a little bit more now you can see when I but this up against the old piece it matches perfect there's a little bit of a gap but that is close enough for all the caulking to fill in now for the opposite edge we do need a 45-degree cut and here's a little tip I'm going to put a piece of paper down against that wall and extend the line this one was pretty easy to do without paper but you might have some corners that's hard to guess where the edge of the wall is so even though I drew a straight line I'm going to cut 45 degrees like that it just helps me to know where to line the saw blade up okay that piece is done now we can move on to this piece here the clocking I use is just white acrylic latex with a bit of silicone I'm going to apply a bead on the edge also the top and a few dabs just to help it adhere to the wall now I'm going to use a nail gun if you don't have one you can use some finishing nails but if you're nailing through MDF you might want to drill a little pilot hole first because this stuff doesn't nail very easily whatever nails you use you want it to go at least through the baseboard and the drywall on small pieces many times you don't need nails at all the caulking will hold it in place and you run a very small bead of caulking across the top and wipe it down you can also use it to fill in the nail holes but it will dimple in so you're going to have to fill it a few times I usually like using joint compound instead of this for nail holes and a little bit on the edges wipe it down with a damp cloth because it will smooth it out and that way you won't see an uneven surface underneath your pain all right I hope this video has been helpful to you if you have any questions let me know in the comments section and I will do my best to answer also if you click Subscribe you're going to get notified of more videos like this and if you want you can also support this channel through YouTube's fan funding link so thank you very much and have an awesome day

Channel: AdamDIY

Views: 392,181

Keywords: Home repair, How-to (Website Category), Baseboard, diy, baseboard repair, replacement, Home Depot (Business Operation), lowes, Do It Yourself (Hobby), Repair, residental, Installation, Construction, Interior, Interior Design (Industry)

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Length: 7min 1sec (421 seconds)

Published: Sat May 09 2015