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A cove base allows covering of uneven floor edges at the wall such as unevenly cut vinyl flooring. It also adjust for unlevel flooring along long expanses of wall because the cove can flex with the "ups and downs" and flexes against the floor almost like a squeegee tight fit up against glass. Cove base also "fills" the corner and therefore is good to keep the corner clean and not allowing dirt to build up in the corner.

Staight base is a more clean modern look than cove base, but requires much more carefull installs of flooring at the wall to floor corner. Straight base does not cover errors as well as cove base, and it does go up and down with an unlevel floor as well as a a cove base. It works well with low pile carpet because the bottom edge of the base "tucks down" into the edge of the carpet. The carpet closes the gap between the base and the carpet. Straight base is less frequently specified for hard floors.

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