floor engaging face 12 of molding 10 in a preferred embodiment no adhesive is necessary to keep the pad 18 in contact with the floating floor 10 the pad 18 can be effective as a water tight seal due to the resilient nature of the pad or the pad may be compressed when engaging the floating floor 26 no other structure or material is necessary to ensure the water tight seal however an adhesive 19 may be on a surface of the pad 18 an intermediate surface 16 extends between the floor engaging surface 12 and the wall engaging surface 14 the face 20 of the embodiment shown in fig1 is generally planar or flat in fig2 the face 20 is shown as a quarter round or curved surface in either any embodiment of the invention cross sections transverse to the longitudinal axis of the molding are generally uniform however varying cross sections may also be possible 0022 fig3 shows the underside of the molding 10 pad 18 may be kept in a water tight relationship with the floating floor 26 solely due to its resilient nature and would be facilitated by a slight compression of pad 18 when in its installed position an adhesive 19 may be applied to the pad 18 in order to keep the pad 18 engaged with the floating floor in a preferred embodiment the adhesive 19 is a preformed layer covered by a removable protective film 21 in.