Baseboard installation cost is easy to overlook until the flooring quote arrives, and then you want one number fast: what do baseboards cost per foot, and what will they add to the whole condo or house? Our answer is a published rate. Supplied and installed, baseboard is $2.80 per linear foot for a 4" profile, $3.10 for 5 1/4" and $4.80 for 7 1/4", while quarter round is $1.30 per linear foot in a house and $1.60 in a condo. This page stays on trim only, turning those rates into totals you can repeat with a tape measure. Floor labour, removal and delivery live in our flooring installation cost guide, and colour and profile choices live in our post on matching baseboards to new flooring. The trim line is part of our flooring installation service, so it is quoted together with the floor.
Quick answer: baseboard and quarter round rates per linear foot
- Baseboard: $2.80, $3.10 or $4.80 per linear foot depending on height, the same in a house, a basement and a condo.
- Quarter round and door stop: $1.30 per linear foot in a house or basement, $1.60 in a condo.
- Scope: each baseboard, quarter round and door stop rate covers taking off the old trim, supplying the new piece and installing it. The new trim is not painted.
- Estimate for planning: floor area multiplied by 0.3 gives linear feet, so about 210 lin ft for a 700 sq ft condo and 540 lin ft for an 1,800 sq ft house.
- Totals with 13% HST: $735.63 for 5 1/4" baseboard in that condo and $1,891.62 in that house.
| Trim | House or basement, per linear foot | Condo, per linear foot |
|---|---|---|
| 4" baseboard | $2.80 | $2.80 |
| 5 1/4" baseboard | $3.10 | $3.10 |
| 7 1/4" baseboard | $4.80 | $4.80 |
| Quarter round | $1.30 | $1.60 |
| Door stop | $1.30 | $1.60 |
These are current as of October 2026. Everything below is a budget estimate, and a measured quote replaces it.
What the per-foot price covers, and what it leaves out
Our rate sheet describes the baseboard, quarter round and door stop lines the same way: remove the old piece, supply the new one and install it, not painted. In plain terms, the price already includes pulling off the existing baseboard, so you do not add a separate demolition line for trim. Trim also works differently from flooring in our catalogue. It is a service line sold by the foot, not lengths of moulding you pick up from a shelf and carry home, which means there is no second material bill to add on top.
Several things sit outside the rate:
- Painting and finishing. The rate covers unpainted trim. If you want it painted, plan for that as its own step.
- Door shaving and stair nosing. We do not publish a figure for either, so both are priced after viewing.
- Wall repairs. Damage or crooked corners behind old baseboards only show up once the trim is off, and we have no published rate for them, so they are priced after viewing.
Order of work matters here too. If walls are being repainted, our post on whether to install flooring before or after painting explains how trim fits into that sequence.
How baseboard height changes the price: 4", 5 1/4" and 7 1/4"
Height is the one choice that moves the baseboard rate. Going from 4" to 5 1/4" adds $0.30 per linear foot, and going from 5 1/4" to 7 1/4" adds another $1.70. Across the full jump from the shortest to the tallest profile, that is $2.00 per linear foot. On a 200 lin ft job those steps are worth $60.00, $340.00 and $400.00 before HST.
That uneven step is the useful part. The middle height costs little more than the smallest, while the tallest costs more than half again as much as the middle one. A few ways to use that:
- Tight budget, standard rooms: 4" keeps the rate lowest and still replaces tired or damaged trim.
- Mid-range choice: 5 1/4" is a modest step up for a visibly taller board.
- Statement rooms: 7 1/4" suits the rooms people actually see, such as a living room, and costs the most per foot.
How a profile sits against your floor height and wall colour is a design call, and the post on matching baseboards to new flooring walks through it.
Baseboard cost for 120, 200 and 300 linear feet at each height
The formula has two steps: linear feet multiplied by the per-foot rate gives the subtotal, and 13% HST is added on top. For example, 200 lin ft of 5 1/4" baseboard is 200 x $3.10 = $620.00, plus $80.60 HST, for $700.60. The table applies the same arithmetic to three common lengths.
| Length | 4" at $2.80 | 5 1/4" at $3.10 | 7 1/4" at $4.80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120 lin ft | $336.00 ($379.68 with HST) | $372.00 ($420.36 with HST) | $576.00 ($650.88 with HST) |
| 200 lin ft | $560.00 ($632.80 with HST) | $620.00 ($700.60 with HST) | $960.00 ($1,084.80 with HST) |
| 300 lin ft | $840.00 ($949.20 with HST) | $930.00 ($1,050.90 with HST) | $1,440.00 ($1,627.20 with HST) |
To place those lengths on a floor plan, divide by 0.3: 120 lin ft matches a 400 sq ft floor and 300 lin ft matches a 1,000 sq ft floor. The 7 1/4" column also shows how quickly a long run adds up, since 300 lin ft costs $600.00 more than the same run in 4" before HST.
Quarter round vs baseboard: what each does and what each costs
Baseboard is the board standing against the wall. Quarter round is the small rounded strip at the bottom. Metrie, a moulding manufacturer, describes quarter round as trim "typically used to conceal the gap and soften the transition between the baseboards and flooring." The same manufacturer adds that quarter round "essentially serves the same purpose as shoe moulding," with the difference being its shape: a true quarter circle.
On price, quarter round at $1.30 per linear foot in a house is $1.50 less per foot than a 4" baseboard at $2.80. Our rate list prices quarter round and door stop, not shoe moulding, so ask for shoe moulding at quote if you prefer that profile. Door stop matches quarter round exactly, at the same house and condo rates.
| Length | Quarter round, house or basement at $1.30 | Quarter round, condo at $1.60 |
|---|---|---|
| 120 lin ft | $156.00 ($176.28 with HST) | $192.00 ($216.96 with HST) |
| 200 lin ft | $260.00 ($293.80 with HST) | $320.00 ($361.60 with HST) |
| 300 lin ft | $390.00 ($440.70 with HST) | $480.00 ($542.40 with HST) |
When should you add it? If you are keeping your current baseboards and only changing the floor, quarter round may be the only trim line you need. If baseboards are being replaced at the same time, price both lines and decide if you want the extra strip at the floor. The next sections show the cost of doing both.
How many linear feet do you need? Measure first, then check with 0.3
For a real number, measure each wall along the floor, add the lengths and subtract door openings. Our guide to measuring a room for flooring covers the floor area side of that job.
Here is a 12 by 14 ft bedroom as a scenario. Its perimeter is 52 lin ft, and with one 3 ft door opening removed you are left with 49 lin ft. At the 5 1/4" rate, 49 x $3.10 = $151.90 before HST.
The planning shortcut should land close to that. A 168 sq ft room multiplied by 0.3 gives 50.4 lin ft, which is within 1.4 lin ft of the measured figure. Treat it as an estimate only. Open-plan layouts, built-in closets and rooms with many corners can push the real length either way, so use 0.3 as a budgeting tool and the tape measure as the quote.
Worked totals: a 700 sq ft condo vs an 1,800 sq ft house
We estimate trim length as floor area multiplied by 0.3 lin ft per sq ft, using the area as measured rather than the 5% waste-adjusted figure used for flooring boxes. That gives 210 lin ft for 700 sq ft and 540 lin ft for 1,800 sq ft. The right-hand column adds quarter round along every foot of baseboard, which is the upper end of the estimate: 210 lin ft at the $1.60 condo rate is $336.00, and 540 lin ft at the $1.30 house rate is $702.00.
| Home and baseboard | Length | Baseboard only | Baseboard plus quarter round |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condo (700 sq ft), 4" baseboard | 210 lin ft | $588.00 ($664.44 with HST) | $924.00 ($1,044.12 with HST) |
| Condo (700 sq ft), 5 1/4" baseboard | 210 lin ft | $651.00 ($735.63 with HST) | $987.00 ($1,115.31 with HST) |
| Condo (700 sq ft), 7 1/4" baseboard | 210 lin ft | $1,008.00 ($1,139.04 with HST) | $1,344.00 ($1,518.72 with HST) |
| House (1,800 sq ft), 4" baseboard | 540 lin ft | $1,512.00 ($1,708.56 with HST) | $2,214.00 ($2,501.82 with HST) |
| House (1,800 sq ft), 5 1/4" baseboard | 540 lin ft | $1,674.00 ($1,891.62 with HST) | $2,376.00 ($2,684.88 with HST) |
| House (1,800 sq ft), 7 1/4" baseboard | 540 lin ft | $2,592.00 ($2,928.96 with HST) | $3,294.00 ($3,722.22 with HST) |
Take the condo with 5 1/4" baseboard: 210 x $3.10 = $651.00, HST of $84.63, total $735.63. Adding the quarter round line brings the subtotal to $651.00 + $336.00 = $987.00.
Three things stand out:
- Baseboard price does not change between a condo and a house. Only quarter round and door stop carry the higher condo rate, so the gap between the two homes is mostly the number of feet.
- Height drives the total more than anything else. In the house, moving from 4" to 7 1/4" baseboard adds $1,080.00 before HST.
- Per square foot of floor, trim is modest. At 0.3 lin ft per sq ft, 5 1/4" baseboard works out to $0.93 per sq ft and 7 1/4" to $1.44 per sq ft, before HST.
For a condo, check your building's own rules before you order or book any work.
What trim adds next to the floor: three floors we stock
Trim does not change how many boxes of flooring you need, but it lands on the same quote. To show the two side by side, the table prices the flooring for the 700 sq ft condo. Waste-adjusted area is 700 x 1.05 = 735 sq ft, boxes are 735 divided by the coverage per box rounded up to whole boxes, and the last column adds the 5 1/4" baseboard from above.
| Floor | Box price and coverage | Per sq ft | Boxes for 735 sq ft | Material | Material plus $651.00 of baseboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riche Driftwood Mist SPC vinyl | $59.00 per 16.55 sq ft box | $3.56 | 45 | $2,655.00 | $3,306.00 |
| Villa European oak engineered | $97.00 per 19.42 sq ft box | $4.99 | 38 | $3,686.00 | $4,337.00 |
| Egger EM7206 laminate | $40.48 per 21.42 sq ft box | $1.89 | 35 | $1,416.80 | $2,067.80 |
Prices checked October 4, 2026. Box prices and coverage come from our current catalogue, and the figures are before flooring labour, delivery and HST.
Riche Driftwood Mist SPC vinyl
This is an 8mm click-lock plank with a 20mil wear layer, and the catalogue lists it as waterproof. At $2,655.00 of material for the condo, the $651.00 trim line is roughly a quarter of the flooring bill. Our vinyl plank installed cost guide carries this floor through to a full installed budget.
Villa European oak engineered hardwood
The Villa board is nail-down engineered oak with a 3mm top layer, at $3,686.00 of material for 38 boxes. Against that, a 5 1/4" baseboard is a smaller slice than it is on the vinyl or the laminate, because the floor itself costs more per square foot. The engineered hardwood installed cost guide covers the labour side of this floor.
Egger EM7206 laminate
Egger comes in under the other two floors at $1.89 per sq ft, and it is an 8mm click-lock laminate. Its material comes to $1,416.80, so the $651.00 baseboard adds more than a third on top of it. When the floor is the cheaper part of the job, trim height is where a budget is most easily won or lost. For labour, see the laminate installed cost guide.
Baseboard installation cost FAQ
How much does baseboard installation cost per linear foot in Toronto?
It depends on height. A 4" board is $2.80 per foot, 5 1/4" is $3.10 and 7 1/4" is $4.80, and each rate includes removing the old trim and supplying unpainted new trim. Other contractors set their own rates, so compare what is included before you compare the numbers.
Does the price include removing my old baseboards?
Yes. Our rate sheet says old trim comes off as part of the price for baseboard, quarter round and door stop, so there is no separate removal charge for baseboards. Removing old flooring is a different line, and the main installation guide explains how that one is calculated.
How much does baseboard cost for a condo?
The baseboard rates are identical to a house, so a 700 sq ft condo at the 0.3 estimate needs about 210 lin ft and costs $588.00, $651.00 or $1,008.00 before HST depending on height. Quarter round is the only part that rises, to $1.60 per linear foot.
Is quarter round cheaper than baseboard?
Per linear foot, yes: $1.30 in a house against $2.80 to $4.80 for baseboard. It does a different job, though, finishing the gap at the floor rather than standing in for the board on the wall, so it is an addition more often than a replacement.
How many linear feet of baseboard does 1,000 sq ft need?
Our estimate is 300 lin ft, since 1,000 x 0.3 = 300. That costs between $840.00 and $1,440.00 before HST depending on height. Your own floor plan decides the real figure, so measure the walls before you order.
Get a baseboard and trim quote in Toronto and the GTA
Send us your wall lengths, preferred height and building type, and we will price the trim alongside your floor. You can request a quote online or reach us through the contact page.
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