Hi everyone, I have been hanging around this awesome site and getting really good ideas. So this is my first post.

Project background - I am remodeling our master bath in our 1994 track home in Scottsdale, az. I have limestone floors, 3x6 subway tiles set edge to edge, Duravit freestsanding tub, glass tile shower and designed wall mounted vanities(floating). I am completing a majority of the work so its been a drawn out process. With a baby due in May, my wife is giving me "the anxious look" to wrap this project up. I plan to post pictures of my work to date.

So my question is, I am mounting a toilet room door(frosted glass panels) and cant decide on the casing or the baseboards for toilet room and some of the bathroom. FYI. I have the subway on 3 walls which run to the limestone floor. So I have short wall and the bath entry to add a baseboard. I am just shy of having enough limestone left over but dont want to use all of it in case I need to repair or source more.

1. is to use a basic 3/4" x 4" primed MDF(no detail - just simple profile) from my local HD. MDF dosent do well with water but its cheap and pre primed.

2. solid wood, a simple rectangular profile. I was thinking to run a shallow groove about .5" from the top, maybe 2 pases on the TS, so 1/4" wide groove. For mimimal detail

3. my least favorite idea is walnut. Which is used for the floating vanities. With BM full moon color paint, too much contrast with the Beiteg blue Limestone.

So anyone have ideas, input, suggestions, dos and donts. I figure this would be a common problem since most DIY home centers offer the typical cove, casing profiles that every other home in town has.

Thanks...Chris

Chris,

We used MDF casing and baseboards all the time on our projects. It is cheap, easy to install, and looks great.

I would highly recommend using 6 inch MDF on the baseboards and 2 inch MDF on the door casing. Don't use the 4 inch. I have used it once before and it doesn't look as good as the 2 inch / 6 inch combo. Put your floors in first, then the MDF trim and then run a bead of caulk between the sheetrock and trim before you paint.

Here is a photo of what it looks like:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmcminn/325299830/sizes/l/in/set-72057594100738847/

The Fry Reglet detail is far over-rated considering the costs - in my opinion

Previously Jason wrote:

Chris,

We used MDF casing and baseboards all the time on our projects. It is cheap, easy to install, and looks great.

I would highly recommend using 6 inch MDF on the baseboards and 2 inch MDF on the door casing. Don't use the 4 inch. I have used it once before and it doesn't look as good as the 2 inch / 6 inch combo. Put your floors in first, then the MDF trim and then run a bead of caulk between the sheetrock and trim before you paint.

Here is a photo of what it looks like:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmcminn/325299830/sizes/l/in/set-72057594100738847/

The Fry Reglet detail is far over-rated considering the costs - in my opinion

 

Nice pic. I ended up using the 2" MDF door casing. I ended up having enough limestone for the toilet closet and the short stretch leading into the bathroom, the rest of the space is subway to the floor.

My only concern with MDF in wet areas is water absorbing into the MDF. On the casing ends I applied two coats of Kilz. 

Chris,

Use tile as baseboards in wet areas (bathrooms and laudry room) but MDF will hold up well in other areas. It will hold up in a bathroom as long as you don't flood out your bathroom.

Jason

I would suggest MEDITE.  It's a formaldehyde free MDF.  It's also water resistant.  TXDOT uses it to make the temporary road signs during construction.  It doesn't soak up water like normal MDF.  We've used it in our offices as a table top work surface.  Water rings from coffee/sodas haven't been a problem on our desks and we've been using them for the last 4 years.

Previously chris buttenob wrote:

Previously Jason wrote:

Chris,

We used MDF casing and baseboards all the time on our projects. It is cheap, easy to install, and looks great.

I would highly recommend using 6 inch MDF on the baseboards and 2 inch MDF on the door casing. Don't use the 4 inch. I have used it once before and it doesn't look as good as the 2 inch / 6 inch combo. Put your floors in first, then the MDF trim and then run a bead of caulk between the sheetrock and trim before you paint.

Here is a photo of what it looks like:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmcminn/325299830/sizes/l/in/set-72057594100738847/

The Fry Reglet detail is far over-rated considering the costs - in my opinion

 

Nice pic. I ended up using the 2" MDF door casing. I ended up having enough limestone for the toilet closet and the short stretch leading into the bathroom, the rest of the space is subway to the floor.

My only concern with MDF in wet areas is water absorbing into the MDF. On the casing ends I applied two coats of Kilz.