LPT If you have electric baseboard heaters and electronic wall mounted thermometers, check them for waste heat, turn them off by turning off those 220v breakers (Canada) I was surprised at the heat being generated through the air vent of the wall mounted smart thermometer. I got my kitchen infrared thermometer to check, 45c (113f) air coming out! So I turned off all the breakers for the baseboard heaters for the summer period. If you do this, you will lose any fancy programming you put in them, but I set them o…

Trouble choosing baseboard colour Hi experts, We are redoing our basement and had an interior designer in to choose flooring and paint. The paint is “drift of mist” the horizontal swatch on my hand. The flooring in installed and we realized we never confirmed the color of the baseboard with her. It wasn’t a big consultation and we’ve asked her a few questions since and don’t wan…

Question on baseboard lighting I want to add warm led strip lighting with a diffuser to my living room that follows along the baseboards. Like the picture I added. There is top glow or bottom glow, I was thinking top glow. I added pictures of my living room: My question is, how much of my baseboards should I cover in lighting to get a nice warm cozy atmosphere. I think coveri…

Would it look weird if I stripped only the baseboard trim. When we bought the house I painted the trim and regret it. Wondering if it would look weird if I stripped the trim in living room but it would transition to white trim in the hallway. Put a piece of old trim up as example. submitted by /u/TofuSlippers