Hi loyal reader! I have not had much time to post here, so I will grab something from the archives, aka last week.
You may be wondering: why would I wire the baseboard? On a party wall, I don't have many options. The walls are plaster on brick. Meaning, that if I want to wire that wall, I either smash a giant channel into my wall (through both brick and plaster), or I cut an elegant hole in a piece of wood.
Although I do have a strong affinity for doing
everything the hard way, I'm going to cut the wood this time.
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My neighbors love when I dangle a 16' board out into the street |
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It also conveniently doubles as a "long walk off a short pier", should I need one |
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Talkin bout layouts |
The key here is figuring out where the outlet cover will lay, in relation to the 2nd piece of shoe molding and in relation to the top cap. Draw those lines on a piece of baseboard, then find your layout in the center.
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Always good to double check |
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I need to write instructions for my own concoctions
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Then I have to check each time to see if it actually fits. |
I actually use that jig all the time to draw the outline for cutouts in existing walls. I draw the lines, score it, jigsaw a hole, and keep my fingers cross that I don't destroy the wall in the process. For those of you who own old houses, you know that destroying the wall is an inevitable part of this process
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