How to caulk baseboards with no room for a caulking gun
Tight clearance under baseboards makes it impossible to fit a standard caulking gun to seal out cold drafts. This prevents homeowners from blocking airflow and keeping out dust and pests in narrow spaces.
What people tried
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How to caulk baseboards with no room for a caulking gun
- 1Using expanding foam with a tubeDid this help you?
- 2Drilling a small hole in the baseboard to inject foam into the stud cavityDid this help you?
- 3Using post-setting foam poured between studs from aboveDid this help you?
- 4Using shoe molding or quarter round instead of caulk at the baseboard bottom.Did this help you?
In their words
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“I've got a nasty draft coming from under my kitchen pantry. I've read that caulking the baseboards can be a good way to seal out drafts. But, I've only got about 10cm (or 4 inches) of clearance, not nearly enough to use a caulking gun.”source ↗
Where this came up
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