Do You Use Quarter Round On Tile Floors

I just checked and i have quarter round where i have my wide board pine floors because of all the movement throughout the seasons.

Do you use quarter round on tile floors.

There could be regional preferences but i like quarter round. 1st quarter round is often used to provide a better transition between hard floor like wood and tile and trims. I also have never specified quarter round or shoe molding. A 90 angel on the backside with a perfect quarter radius on the showing side.

Quarter round is exactly as its name implies one quarter of a round dowel. The tiles incorporate special inside and outside. That said when flooring does go in last and a molding is required it is my opinion because of the shape of it you are far better off having it visually tie in with the floor. I think it s perfectly fine to have it in some areas and not in others.

Trims are usually very straight on the horizontal plane while the floors especially in older houses can have high and low spots. Fastening quarter round into the base board and the floating floor another mistake is nailing or gluing the quarter round onto the floating floor. I have one wood floor installer who insists on using quarter round plus the baseboard for my floor installation whereas my contractor and another floor installer say it s not necessary. It works great to fill corners or soften any 90 joint between trim and moldings.

Where i have tile and carpet i have no quarter round. Do you always need quarter round when you are having a wood floor installed if a baseboard is being installed. Quarter round tiles are used to trim the edges of ceramic tile at sinks tub and shower surrounds and where tile floors terminate at doorways. This prevents the flooring from being able to move freely as a floating floor is intended to do.

This shower has a quarter round trim where it meets the wall. The quarter round flexes more than the moulding and can hide any gaps. I like it to match the baseboard but i notice in the south in newer homes they are matching the quarter round to the floor. When your tile meets the wall or when it s wrapping around another wall that s perpendicular to it we recommend using a bullnose or quarter round trim.

If you type baseboard in a search in the living room photos you ll see examples of each way with and without quarter round.