Preformed vs. field cut wall base cor...

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Author Message David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1210 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 01:54 pm:    Even though I specify preformed molded corners for resilient base, I always get field cut corners. Are molded corners a thing of the past? Does anyone install molded corners anymore? Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1272 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 02:04 pm:    My interior designers always request job-formed corners. Doug Frank FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: doug_frank_ccs Post Number: 285 Registered: 06-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 04:17 pm:    I always spec field-formed corners (inside and outside) and 100 ft long rolls, not individual 8 foot pieces. Many times factory made corners don’t exactly match color of roll goods, joints don’t align perfectly, and the short returns on factory corners like to come “unstuck”. Doug Frank FCSI, CCS, SCIP Affiliate FKP Architects, Inc. Houston, TX Nathan Woods, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: nwoods Post Number: 392 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 04:20 pm:    We spec it the way Doug mentions, for all the same reasons. Ken Moore, FCSI, CCS, SCIP Senior Member Username: kjmoore Post Number: 21 Registered: 06-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2011 - 12:43 pm:    I spec field cut corners. Spec minimum 50 ft lengths, with minimum 3 ft return at corners. Spec how interior and exterior cuts are to be made. Have concern about factory corners getting knocked off durning cleaning. Gerard Sanchis Senior Member Username: gerard_sanchis Post Number: 29 Registered: 10-2009 Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2011 - 12:55 pm:    I agree with Doug. Over time the difference in color between preformed and field-fabricated corners is more pronounced. John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1328 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 06:13 pm:    I hadn't thought of the color issue, but I have never seen or heard of any complaints or problems along those lines. I've always spec'd preformed outside corners (because field-formed don't lie flat) and job-formed inside corners (because they have fewer joints).