Baseboard Installation in Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto baseboards after new floors or flooding

Half of Palo Alto's housing was built in 1963 or earlier, going by the Census median, and houses that age have often been through new flooring more than once. Each swap is hard on trim, because old baseboards crack coming off and rarely go back tight. Water is the other enemy: in the February 1998 San Francisquito Creek flood, more than 1,100 homes in the city flooded.

Send the room size and a photo of the existing baseboard next to a tape measure, and we'll bring samples of the closest match. If trim swelled from a leak, the leak gets fixed and the wall dries before new pieces go on. Inside corners are coped so they stay closed, then nail holes are filled, the top edge caulked and the trim painted in place.

Worth knowing about Palo Alto

Joseph Eichler built some 2,700 homes in Palo Alto, mostly in the central and southern parts of the city that grew quickly after World War II.
Professorville, settled by Stanford faculty in the 1890s, is a National Register district with 105 contributing homes built between the 1890s and 1929, many sided in wood shingle.
The City's Eichler guidelines describe post-and-beam framing on a concrete slab, radiant heat embedded in the slab, redwood siding, flat roofs and interior walls often paneled in mahogany.

Install we do in Palo Alto

Baseboards in MDF, pine or primed finger-joint
Shoe molding and quarter round
Door and window casing
Crown molding

Photos from our trim jobs

Everything we do for baseboard and trim installation

Plank flooring halfway installed in an empty room under a skylight — Plank floor halfway down.

Gray bedroom with a white French door, mirrored closet doors and new plank flooring — French door and closet, fresh paint.

Living room with a tiled fireplace, wood-trimmed windows and new wood-look plank floor — New floor through the living room.

What customers say

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5.0★★★★★

Junior and his crew were awesome to work with. Junior was always on time, respectful, thoughtful, and meticulous in his work. He is genuinely a kind soul and a great human - as were all his crew members. The work was very fairly priced. He always showed up when he said he would and he never kept me guessing. I would strongly recommend his group. For reference, he did a full interior remodel/refresh of our condo: floors, kitchen, walls, and bathrooms.

Raffi S.on Thumbtack

5.0★★★★★

Junior and his team were professional and went above and beyond. We have found our new handyman!

Barbara G.on Thumbtack

Baseboards & trim in Palo Alto: questions

Do you work in Palo Alto?

Yes. Palo Alto is about 22 road miles from our base in San Bruno, roughly 31 minutes without traffic. We work all over town, from Professorville to Charleston Meadows.

Who issues permits in Palo Alto?

The City of Palo Alto Planning and Development Services (Building Division). Repairs and like-for-like replacements often don't need a permit; layout changes, new plumbing or new electrical usually do. When one is needed, the job is contracted through our licensed partner Bay Builder Inc.

When can noisy work happen in Palo Alto?

Construction, deliveries included, is allowed 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, with no construction on Sundays or City holidays. We schedule noisy work inside those hours.

Do you install baseboards after new flooring?

Yes. It's one of the most common calls: the floor goes in, the old baseboards don't fit or broke coming off, and new ones go on.

Baseboard and trim installation in Palo Alto