I don't consider the base board is finished until it's married to its unique shim This shim hangs on (flush) finishing nails on the side in the warm season The holes in shim should be barely larger than finishing nail head Its length is barely loose, thickness to leave 6.6-6.7 mm bee entrance (cut from 1" stock) A 6.8-6.9mm wedge is required to keep it in place, a twig will do in pinch The wedges do get lost Mice seldom get past this, sometimes they go in flight hole This has cut down the mouse gnawed comb to almost none dave *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L