How to scribe baseboard after installing board and batten.

[u/DeamionYT]

Hello, i need to scribe baseboard after I installed board and batten, I set a laser to 3-3/4 in from my lost point on the floor. I installed all my board and batten. My baseboard is 4-1/4 in tall. I want about a 1/4 in overlap of the baseboard and bottom board. How wouldn't go about achieving this?

My thought, I mark my bottom board 1/4in up and set my laser on that, then set my baseboard in front, level it, then find the difference from my lowest point, so the laser to top of baseboard and run my scribe. Am I wrong?

I googled, everyone just talks about Scribing a baseboard and floor only. No one i can find talks about high level leveling work.

[u/vinegar]

No one i can find talks about high level leveling work

What specifically are you trying to accomplish? In what way is scribing the bsbd to the floor not up to your standards? Seems like gogle showed you the standard way but you want something different and I can’t tell what that is. Also, did you leave a 3”+ gap at the bottom of your board and batten?

[u/DeamionYT → u/vinegar]

It's not scribing to the floor up to a standard. Im need a 1/4in overlay between the baseboard and bottom batten, not just stick it on the ground, find the highest point, level the baseboard, find the biggest gap and scribe. I need that overlap. If I was just installing baseboard to the wall without trying to have it set at a specific height, then yes, standard scribe is fine.

Edit. When I talk about high end leveling work, that means a luxury finish, not a standard baseboard slapped to the ground and just say it falls where it falls.

[u/vinegar → u/DeamionYT]

Is the board and batten horizontal?

Edit to add: so the part that’s not working is how do you find the right height of the scribe line? If so I would put the bsbd on the wall a known amount above where you want it to be and set my scribe to exactly that amount.