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  "name": "Should baseboards be installed before or after kitchen floor tile?",
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      "name": "Should baseboards be installed before or after kitchen floor tile?",
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        "text": "Baseboard trim should always be installed after kitchen floor tile installation is complete. Tile requires an expansion perimeter around the room edges, and installing baseboards afterward allows the trim to rest directly on the tile, naturally covering that gap without visible seams. When existing baseboards cannot be removed, a flexible shoe molding or quarter round must be fastened against the existing base to conceal the tile edge. Installing tile up against pre-existing baseboards often traps the molding and makes future flooring or baseboard replacements unnecessarily difficult.",
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        "description": "Baseboards should always be installed after floor tile is laid so the molding covers tile expansion gaps cleanly and rests directly on the finished floor."
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  "description": "Baseboards should always be installed after floor tile is laid so the molding covers tile expansion gaps cleanly and rests directly on the finished floor."
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