How To Put Quarter Round Around Door Trim

You can purchase a miter box and saw set from most home improvement stores or online.

How to put quarter round around door trim.

The quarter round is installed with the return. Finishing quarter round trim quarter round is available in pine for painting or can be found in oak ash maple and other types of hardwood for staining. Place one of the vertical sides on next. The return needs to be glued on with a good adhesive caulk or some wood glue.

Secure the molding by shooting pin nails into it every 10 to 12 inches with your trim nail gun. In the photo below an inside miter is cut for the starting point of the actual end cap area. Just a small section under the cove where the transition would go then place the cove or quarter round over that. After the piece has been installed use some caulk to fill in any gaps that may show.

Place your quarter round into a miter box and secure it with the pins provided. This is the end of the quarter round that will start at the door casing. The pencil marking you made should form the corner of your 45 degree angle. Don t forget that white caulk will hide a lot of those tiny seams so please use that too.

The is the finished product. To match existing woodwork stain and. Hold the quarter round tight with one hand. Do you have to install the quarter rou.

To create the actual end cap swing the miter saw blade position to the opposite 45 degree angle making a cut on a smaller separate scrap piece no photo. Cut your wood at a 45 degree angle angled away from the door jamb. Shoot four 1 inch pin nails centered and evenly spaced through the round top of the quarter round.