Can a layperson dare to handle the baseboards themselves?

or rather glue it fluidly?

The cheapest acrylic from the hardware store is sufficient.

The screed will settle and then you can simply correct it.

That is why the baseboards are normally installed about 1 year after completion.

What is the procedure for renovating with glued moldings? Does that mean I tear off the moldings when renovating and buy new ones? Or can they be removed cleanly again (meaning the molding from the wall and also the glue from the molding)?

It's not difficult. I installed our baseboards myself as well.

However, painted wood. The right angle rarely matched. The fastest way for me was to take the angle with a movable template and transfer it. I sawed with a miter saw, not by hand. Really tricky corner problems were easier by hand though. You need a long support surface so the miter cuts don’t slip away. Previously, I worked with MDF baseboards with separate corner connectors for a family member; I didn’t like the processing or the look, and it wasn’t faster overall. If you make a slot in the wooden baseboards, it’s easy to fill it with acrylic, not silicone, and paint over it; nobody notices. Where the wall sometimes receded backwards, I also had to fill with acrylic behind from a slot width that I found ugly; it doesn’t affect the appearance. I glued them with a fast construction adhesive; it was the first time I glued any. They are only glued on one side, not both, so they can accommodate movement. Once something changed again and I had to take some down. With normal paint, the paint adhered to the baseboard, but the lime paint had silicated with the substrate and pulled off some plaster. It wasn’t a problem.

Best regards Gabriele

Nothing could be easier. But please don't glue! Use clips and drill them into the wall. The screed will settle and then you can simply correct.

I'm not saying that doesn't work too, but I've had bad experiences with clips. In the long run, they just don't hold the moldings or don't hold them tightly enough against the wall. Maybe my system was also bad. But I did this in my mother's new apartment and was disappointed.

For the next apartment, I simply screwed the moldings onto old moldings. It just didn't look really good. Next time I'll try gluing, as described by and .

Had TILO skirting boards and clips. Was enthusiastic about the technology and can really only recommend it. Most people want to install the skirting boards right away and not wait a year. Then gluing is simply very suboptimal..

Hmm maybe I'll give it another chance. If I have to wait anyway for gluing (I didn't know that either) then I can already clip one or two rooms. If I don't like it after all, I'll just glue the things a year later.