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Trim Work and Baseboard Installation

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Trim Work and Baseboard Installation

Crown molding, baseboards, and door casing finished clean by the same crew doing your floors.

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Trim Work That Finishes the Room

Trim work covers the baseboards, crown molding, door casing, window casing, chair rail, and any other finish carpentry that gives a room its final, polished look. Abner Flooring and Remodeling installs and replaces interior trim throughout the Greater Atlanta metro, handled by owner Chucky Sarmiento and the same crew that installs your flooring. If you're comparing contractors and wondering whether to bundle trim with a flooring project, the answer is almost always yes: the floor goes in, the old base comes off, and installing new trim while everything is already moved out saves you a second scheduling headache and usually produces a cleaner result. Call (404) 706-8999 any day of the week to talk through what your room needs.

What determines the cost and complexity of a trim job? Mostly three things: the profile you choose, the number of linear feet involved, and the condition of the walls. A simple colonial baseboard on flat drywall goes in fast. Crown molding in a room with out-of-square corners, a cathedral ceiling, or irregular walls takes more time to cut, fit, and cope correctly. If the drywall behind the old trim is damaged, that gets addressed before the new piece goes up. Material matters too: finger-jointed pine is the standard paint-grade choice, while solid poplar or MDF holds paint better over the long term in high-humidity rooms. Every job is different -- contact Abner Flooring and Remodeling for an accurate estimate.

Every Type of Interior Trim We Install

One crew handles all of it, start to finish, no subcontractors.

01

Baseboard Installation

The workhorse of interior trim. We pull the old base, address any wall damage behind it, and install new profile at consistent height. Mitered outside corners, coped inside corners -- not butted.

02

Crown Molding

Crown takes patience on inside and outside corners, especially in older homes where walls aren't plumb. We cut spring angles correctly and don't use filler blocks to hide bad cuts.

03

Door and Window Casing

New doors and windows need casing that sits flat and looks intentional. We match the profile to what's already in the room so it doesn't look like a patch job.

04

Chair Rail and Wainscoting Cap

Chair rail divides a wall cleanly and takes more care at inside corners than most people expect. We level it across the room, not just eyeball it from one wall to the next.

05

Stair Treads and Skirt Boards

Stairs are some of the most-noticed trim in a house. We install skirt boards and nosing to match the stair profile and the flooring material going in.

06

Shoe Molding and Quarter Round

The small pieces matter. Shoe molding covers the gap between flooring and base, and it should follow the floor plane, not the wall. We nail it to the baseboard, never the floor.

Our Process

How a Trim Install Actually Goes

  1. 01

    Measure and Cut

    We measure every wall run, mark the miter angles for each corner, and cut pieces individually. We don't cut a whole room and then test fit -- every piece gets checked before the next one is cut.

  2. 02

    Fit and Nail

    Inside corners get coped, not mitered. Coped joints close tighter when the house moves, and they look better over time. We nail through the face into the stud or plate, countersink, and fill.

  3. 03

    Caulk and Prep for Paint

    Every joint, every nail hole, every gap between trim and wall gets caulked and sanded smooth. We leave it ready for your painter or our own interior painting crew to finish.

The Bundling Advantage

Why Trim Gets Installed with the Floor, Not After

Most flooring installs require removing the existing baseboards anyway. The old shoe molding comes off first, and sometimes the baseboard itself has to go if the new floor height changes the reveal. If the trim is getting replaced -- and in a lot of older homes in Brookhaven, Midtown, and Dunwoody, it should be -- the smart move is to do it in the same visit. We pull the old trim, install the new hardwood flooring or LVP, and come back in with fresh base and shoe once the floor has acclimated and settled. You don't have to schedule two separate crews or try to match paint between two different visits. One call, one crew, done in the right sequence.
  • Old trim removed before flooring goes in
  • New base installed after flooring settles
  • Reveal height set to match the new floor thickness
  • No gaps between floor edge and baseboard
  • Shoe molding nailed to base, floats over the floor
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What Makes the Difference on a Trim Job

What Abner Flooring and Remodeling brings to every trim job:

Coped inside corners, not butted
Coped joints close tighter over time and don't open a gap when the wall flexes.
Available 7 days a week
Most trim work is tied to a larger project. We don't go dark on weekends when your schedule demands it.
One crew for floors and trim
No handoff between contractors. The same people who pulled your old base come back to install the new one.
Left ready for paint, not left rough
Every nail hole filled, every joint caulked. We hand it off in paintable condition.

Trim Work -- Common Questions

What's the difference between coped and mitered inside corners?
A mitered inside corner cuts both pieces at 45 degrees and butts them together. A coped joint cuts one piece square to the wall and profiles the second piece to overlap the face of the first. Coped joints hold tighter over time because they close when the wood moves. Mitered inside corners open up as the house settles. We cope inside corners on crown and base -- it's more work but it's the right way to do it.
How do I know what baseboard profile to choose?
Match what's already in the house if you're replacing in one room. If you're doing a whole-house install, the profile should suit the architecture: colonial or craftsman casing on a bungalow, something simpler and cleaner on a newer build. We can show you profile options before we order material. Taller base reads as more formal; 3-inch colonial is the standard workhorse for most homes.
Can trim be replaced without repainting the walls?
Sometimes, but it's tricky. Removing old trim pulls the paint edge with it and often damages the wall face. Installing new trim covers the damaged edge, but you'll see a paint line difference between the old wall color and the strip now exposed. Most jobs look best if the walls get a fresh coat after trim is installed. If you're already doing drywall repair or painting, sequence the trim between those two steps.
How much does a full-house trim replacement cost?
It depends on the square footage, the number of doors and windows needing casing, the ceiling height (crown molding on a 9-foot ceiling takes more linear feet than on an 8-foot), and the profile complexity. A small house with simple colonial base runs far less than a two-story home with crown in every room. Every job is different -- contact Abner Flooring and Remodeling for an accurate estimate.
Do you replace just one damaged section of baseboard or the whole room?
We can do either. Spot replacement is common when a section was damaged by water or a door stop punched through it. The challenge is matching the existing profile exactly -- older homes sometimes have profiles that aren't in current production and require a custom milling order or a close substitute. We'll tell you upfront if the match is exact or close, and let you decide. We don't replace a whole room when a section is the right answer.
Does quarter round or shoe molding actually matter?
It matters more than most people think. Floating floors expand and contract, so there has to be a gap between the floor edge and the baseboard. Quarter round or shoe molding covers that gap. Without it, you're looking at an unfinished edge or a gap that collects debris. We nail shoe molding into the baseboard -- never into the floor itself -- so the floor can still move freely underneath it.

Trim Installation Across the Metro

We install and replace interior trim throughout the Greater Atlanta metro, available any day of the week. If you're in any of these areas and need baseboard, crown, or casing work -- especially alongside a flooring project -- call (404) 706-8999.

Ready to Finish the Room Right

New floors deserve trim that fits. Call Chucky and the Abner crew any day of the week.

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