How Much Does it Cost to Replace Baseboards?

 
Medium: $170-$400 per installed room
High: $300-$800 per installed room
 
Baseboard, also known as base trim or base molding, is both appealing and utilitarian. It can offer a modest but crucial finishing touch to the style of a room while hiding the gap between the flooring and the wall. It also shields the finish of the wall from vacuum cleaners, furniture scrapes, and other bumps or kicks.
 

Typical prices:

1. Baseboards range in height from a 1-inch-high round “shoe” molding to 6 inches, with finishes varying from plain to sloping, grooved, or rounded. The higher the expense, the taller and more complex the baseboard.
   Wood composite (MDF) baseboards 2-4 inches high cost $50-$75 uninstalled for 80 feet in a 20×20-foot living room or $325-$450 for 500 feet in a typical two-story home at 65-90 cents per linear foot. Composite baseboards 5-6 inches high cost $1.50-$2 per linear foot, or around $120-$160 uninstalled for 80 feet and $750-$1,000 for a typical-sized home.
2. Prices for baseboards of affordable woods such as pine or poplar range from 85 cents to $150 for 3-4 inches high or $1.50 to $2.25 for 5-6 inches high, which works out to roughly $70-$180 uninstalled for a living room or $425-$1,125 uninstalled for an average-sized home.
3. Baseboards of solid cherry, mahogany, walnut, or other high-end wood cost around $2.80-$7 or more per foot, depending on height and style, and range from $225-$560 for a living room or $1,400-$3,500 for an average-sized home.
4. Polyurethane baseboards cost $1.80-$8 per foot, depending on design and height, and are impermeable to moisture, won’t decay or break over time, and can be painted exactly like wood; a living room costs $144-$640, and an average-sized home costs $900-$4,000.
5. Professional installation starts around $1.50-$2 per linear foot when included in a larger flooring or remodeling job, or $2-$4 for a stand-alone trim installation—making labor for a living room $120-$320, or $750-$2,000 for an average-sized home. Installers may charge materials plus labor at $45-$65 per hour if an older house has uneven flooring, corners, or odd obstructions.
6. Baseboard, also known as base trim or base molding, is both appealing and utilitarian. It can offer a modest but crucial finishing touch to the style of a room while hiding the gap between the flooring and the wall. It also shields the finish of the wall from vacuum cleaners, furniture scrapes, and other bumps or kicks.
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