Vinyl baseboards suck

[havasu]

After epoxing my garage floor recently, I needed a baseboard just for the drywall which the garage shares with an adjacent bedroom. I didn't want to deal with gluing up several 4' sections, so I purchased a continuous length vinyl, which has a peal and stich back on it. Well, after investing all this time on the pretty floor, that vinyl just sucked. I rolled it up and returned it to Home Depot for a full refund (I said it was too thin and defective). I found some wood plank porcelain that was about $1.50 a linear foot, purchased a quart of ready set mastic, and purchased two tubes of haystack color latex caulking. I slapped up the tile in one day, then the next day I taped and grouted, pulling the tape immediately after grouting, so it had a fresh, clean edge. Here is the before and after pics...

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[Chris]

Looks good and I agree that vinyl crap is crap.

 

[oldognewtrick]

That garage is way to clean,,, shame on you!

 

[havasu]

Exactly how I like it.

 

[Rusty]

Vacuums also suck.

Seriously, the only way to put up vinyl base is to glue it. The peel and stick is never good.

 

[havasu]

I also hear the 4' sections are much thicker, but noting would have made the joint tight from water except the added tile.

 

[zannej]

Well, I was thinking of using the vinyl peel-and-stick, but I won't bother now. LOL.
Thank you.

Very nice garage, btw.

I saw some crazy flooring on a website-- some sort of vinyl sheet that looks like the diamond plate steel that they put in a garage somewhere. LOL.

 

[imported_joeyg]

I went with a built-in cove base like the one in the link.

It turned out awesome.

http://www.garagecoatings.com/images/speed-cove10_w670.jpg

 

[havasu]

That is slick looking Joey.

 

[zannej]

Ooh, that does look cool,Joey!