- Coped corners, scribed to the floor · fixed price
Baseboard & Crown Molding Installation in Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC
FIXO handles baseboard installation, baseboard replacement and crown molding installation across Northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC at one fixed price. Old trim comes off clean, the walls are patched, and new profiles go on with coped inside corners and edges scribed to floors and ceilings that are never quite level. Most homes are done in one to two days.
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Baseboard, crown and shoe molding: what’s the difference? Baseboard covers the joint where the wall meets the floor. Crown molding covers the joint where the wall meets the ceiling. Shoe molding or quarter round is the small strip nailed to the bottom of the baseboard to hide the expansion gap at the edge of the floor.
- The three specs that matter
Crown Molding Installation and Baseboards: Profile, Joints and Fastening
Trim is judged at the corners. These three details decide whether they stay tight.
Profile: Height and Style
Taller baseboards, 5 1/4 inches and up, suit rooms with 9-foot ceilings; 3 1/4 inches is the builder standard. Crown runs from 3 1/2 to 5 1/4 inches in most rooms, depending on ceiling height. We bring samples to the measurement.
- Primed finger-jointed pine, poplar or MDF for paint; oak or maple for stain. More profiles are in our baseboard styles guide.
Joints: Coped, Not Mitered
Inside corners are coped so they stay closed as the house moves through the seasons. Outside corners are mitered and glued. Long runs are scarfed over a stud.
- A mitered inside corner is the gap you see in most builder trim by year two.
Fastening: Into Studs, Filled and Caulked
Finish nails go into studs and plates, not just drywall. Every hole is filled and every seam caulked so the paint reads as one surface.
- Shoe molding is nailed to the baseboard, never the floor.
- After new floors
Baseboard Replacement After New Floors
New flooring is the best time for baseboard replacement. The old base was cut to the old floor height, it often carries years of scuffs and caulk lines, and a new floor sits higher or lower than the one it replaced. FIXO installs floors too, so baseboard installation, shoe molding and quarter round happen on the same visit, at one fixed price.
- Shoe molding installation: nailed to the baseboard so a floating LVP or laminate floor can still move underneath it
- Quarter round installation: where a rounder profile suits the room or matches the existing trim
- Matched profiles room to room, so an open floor plan reads as one space
See our flooring installation service if the floors are next.
- Materials
Baseboard and Crown Molding Materials: MDF, Pine, Poplar or Oak
Every quote names the material, because it decides how the trim takes paint, nails and humidity.
| Material | Best for | Finish | Our note |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDF | Painted baseboards and crown in dry rooms | Paint | Dead-flat finish, no grain showing through |
| Finger-jointed pine | Long painted runs | Paint | Holds nails well on uneven walls |
| Poplar | Painted trim that takes knocks | Paint | Harder than pine, still smooth under paint |
| Oak or maple | Stained trim to match wood floors or doors | Stain or clear coat | Costs more; filler and caulk show through a clear finish |
- How it works
Baseboard & Crown Molding Installation in Three Steps
One visit to measure every run, one fixed number, one to two days to install.
Tell us the rooms
Call, text or book online with the rooms and whether it is baseboards, crown or both. We book a measurement within 48 hours and bring profile samples.
- Same day
Express measurement, fixed price
A carpenter measures every wall, checks floor and ceiling flatness, confirms profiles with you and hands you one written price.
- Within 48 hrs
Old off, new on
Old trim removed and hauled away, walls patched where needed, new trim coped, scribed, nailed, filled and caulked, ready for paint.
- 1-2 days
- Straight talk
Why Does Builder Trim Open Up at the Corners?
Because it was mitered and nailed into drywall. Wood moves with humidity, a 45-degree miter opens as it does, and a nail with nothing behind it lets the whole piece drift. Coped joints and stud nailing fix both, and cost nothing extra when the carpenter knows how.
- Coped inside corners
What We Check at the Measurement
Five things decide whether the corners stay tight, and we check all of them before you get a price.
- Floor and ceiling flatness, run by run, so we know where to scribe
- Every inside corner for coping and every outside corner for a glued miter
- Stud and plate locations, so nails go into framing
- Your existing profile, so new trim matches or replaces it cleanly
- Floor type, so shoe molding on a floating floor is nailed to the base, not the floor
Your price at measurementFixed · all-in
Where we talk you out of it: crown molding in rooms with ceilings under 8 feet, which makes the room feel lower. There we suggest taller baseboards instead.
- What it costs
Baseboard Installation Cost and Crown Molding Installation Cost
Short answer: HomeGuide puts baseboard installation cost at $6 to $9 per linear foot installed, or $400 to $1,500 for 100 to 150 linear feet, and crown molding cost per linear foot at $7 to $16 installed. Baseboard replacement cost adds removal of the old base, about $1.50 per linear foot according to HomeAdvisor. Locally, Angi’s Washington, DC data averages $1,388 for a crown molding job, with most between $847 and $1,944.
Baseboard and Crown Molding Cost by Job
| Trim job | Typical price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Baseboard installation cost per linear foot | $6 – $9 | HomeGuide |
| Baseboard installation, 100–150 linear feet | $400 – $1,500 | HomeGuide |
| Removing old baseboard, per linear foot | about $1.50 | HomeAdvisor |
| Shoe molding, per linear foot, installed | $5.50 – $8.50 | HomeAdvisor |
| Crown molding installation cost per linear foot | $7 – $16 | HomeGuide |
| Crown molding installation, Washington, DC | $847 – $1,944 (average $1,388) | Angi |
| Interior trim and molding, Fairfax, VA | $950 – $2,481 (average $1,395) | HomeAdvisor |
Ranges from HomeGuide’s baseboard and crown molding cost guides, HomeAdvisor and Angi’s Washington, DC data. Your FIXO number is one written, fixed price for every run, given at the measurement.
- Room by room
Where New Trim Makes the Biggest Difference
Trim is the cheapest upgrade that changes how a whole room reads.
- Where we won't recommend it
Crown under low ceilings, trim over bad walls
Two places new trim draws attention to the wrong thing.
- Crown molding in rooms under 8 feet
- Trim over walls that need skim coating first
- Shoe molding nailed to a floating floor
- Where it works best
After new floors, and in 9-foot rooms
The trim jobs we do most across Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC.
- New baseboards right after new flooring, one visit, one price
- Taller baseboards in rooms with 9-foot ceilings
- Crown in living, dining and primary bedrooms
- Matching trim through an open floor plan so it reads as one space
to measurement
fixed price
days to install
- Clients love us
What homeowners in Northern Virginia, Maryland & D.C. say
Every review below is a real Google review, quoted word for word.
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“Fast, professional, and very transparent pricing. They replaced our old living room carpet with LVP and it looks stunning.”
LVP · living room
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“If you need a flooring contractor in Fairfax, these are your guys. They installed lvp in our entire basement. No mess left behind, and the price was very fair.”
Fairfax, VA · LVP · basement
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“Fantastic experience! We wanted to replace the old carpet in our home with LVP. The team was punctual, and the floors look incredible. Highly recommend their installation services.”
LVP · carpet replacement
- Where we work
Crown Molding Installers and Baseboard Installers in Northern Virginia, MD and DC
FIXO installs baseboards and crown in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, McLean, Great Falls, Vienna, Oakton, Falls Church, Tysons, Reston, Herndon, Ashburn, Centreville, Clifton and Burke, Virginia, Bethesda and Silver Spring, Maryland, and Washington, DC. The carpenter who measures your rooms is the one who installs the trim.
Doing doors at the same time? New casings come with our interior door installation, and painted finishes are covered by trim painting.
- FAQ
Baseboard & Crown Molding Installation: Questions We Get Every Week
Straight answers. If yours isn’t here, call (757) 589-6859 — an installer picks up.
HomeGuide puts the cost to install baseboards at $6 to $9 per linear foot, or $400 to $1,500 for 100 to 150 linear feet. FIXO gives you one fixed price after a free measurement.
HomeGuide puts crown molding installation cost at $7 to $16 per linear foot. Angi’s Washington, DC average is $1,388 per job. Your FIXO price is fixed at the measurement.
After, and ideally on the same visit. New baseboards cover the expansion gap and avoid a visible line where the old trim used to sit.
Usually. We bring samples and match or source the nearest stock profile. Custom profiles are quoted when nothing stock comes close.
MDF gives a dead-flat painted finish and resists warping. Wood takes nails better on uneven walls and can be stained. We recommend by room.
A coped joint overlaps the next piece, so it stays closed when the wood shrinks in winter. A mitered inside corner opens into a gap.
Yes. Both are nailed to the baseboard, not the floor, so floating floors can still expand and contract.
Yes, as its own line, or we leave it filled, caulked and primed for your painter. Painted-only jobs are on our trim painting page.
Most homes take one to two days. HomeAdvisor puts crown molding alone at about 1 to 3 hours per room.
Yes. The number you sign is the number you pay.
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