Carpentry and Woodworking - Baseboards and Bowed walls

Is there anything that can be done to deal with bowed walls when replacing baseboards? Getting ready to replace some old baseboards with some taller, richer boards and the resulting gaps from concave drywall is pretty significant. Caulking is not an option. Just curious.
Thanks

hi
if its just one stud you could cut it and then re splice it on both side wirh some 1x4 boards
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pg

If this is rather dramatic, it can be filled and patched.
What are the dimensions of this inverted "V"?

If this is rather dramatic, it can be filled and patched.
What are the dimensions of this inverted "V"?

Not exactly sure. The gap is probably about a quarter inch maybe, at it's worst point.

You could try nailing in the area(s) with the widest separation but you'll have to make sure your nail(s) go into the wall sole plate. (i.e. within 1-1/2" of the subfloor.)

Why can't you caulk? A quarter inch isn't really all that bad and will disappear when the paint goes on. If I couldn't caulk, my baseboard jobs would cost 3-4 times as much. :eek:

Not exactly sure. The gap is probably about a quarter inch maybe, at it's worst point.

At the widest point, using a torpedo level and a strait piece of scrap molding, 2' long or so, held vertically and aligned 1/4" from the wall surface at the floor and with the level on the scrap, determine where the molding touches the wall and is also plumb, this is the height of the inverted "V". You may have to either shorten or lengthen the strait edge.

Using an 8' strait edge, lay it against the wall, raised above the floor. At the points there is no longer a gap. This then is the legs of the "V".