16 gauge nails are likely to split shoe molding and will be more easily visible on the small surface.
Shoe molding tile floor.
Distressed wood look tile flooring.
As long as the shoe mold matches the baseboards not the flooring it looks more finished.
Since the shoe molding is such a small and flexible piece of trim it can meander up and down with the floor hiding the unevenness with much less work than with just a baseboard.
Using shoe molding gives the floor installer more latitude in their end cuts and also allows the trim carpenter to hide un level floors.
Shoe molding adds a.
Prefinished iron hill maple hardwood 1 2 in thick x.
All porcelain tile flooring.
Baseboard molding installations are very often finished off with an additional thin piece of molding called quarter round or shoe molding that covers the gap between the bottom of the baseboards and the floor.
Stone look tile flooring.
Paired with baseboard and stained or painted to match your trim shoe molding also known as base shoe is a small thin strip of molding that gives your room a finished look.
Wood look tile flooring.
Quick click tile flooring.
Tool to cut baseboard and shoe molding.
Prefinished carriage house white ash hardwood 1 2 in thick x 75 in wide x 78 in length shoe molding.
Using shoe mold allows you to caulk between the tile and the baseboard without the caulking showing and covers up any slight imperfections and unevenness between the flooring and the boaseboards.