Do You Install Baseboards Or Carpet First
A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim.
Do you install baseboards or carpet first. The carpet guys believe installing flooring first would be the most cost effective and stress free solution and here is why. When installing baseboard before carpet the easiest thing to do is to. Many builders do not install flush to the floor compensating for height of carpet. No baseboards do not need to be removed.
If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet. Take a large channelock water pump pliers and use it to pull the nails out through the back of the. First in the event of carpet installation the gap will need to be there for the edges of the carpet to be tucked under. This could result in a tight fit based upon how close to the wall the tack strips are placed normally the old tack strips are not replaced when installing new carpet.
Lol now you have gone too far. In addition the tack strip will be under the baseboards. Carpet nail the trim back as best you can and take a blood oath to never speak of this again. 1st someday you will be replacing the carpet if you have the baseboards installed on top of the carpet you will have to remove them to pull up the old carpet.
How to install carpet first. If you re replacing carpet first before painting it will be easier for the flooring company. The first is to install the baseboards flush to the subfloor prior to carpet installation. Seriously if the trim is real brittle you may need to do a lot of pre drilling if you are hand nailing it back it.
The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. There may be instances where you want to put the carpet down first. Nice taller baseboards should frame the room first prime caulk and base coat as above before you install carpet. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g.
Take it from a 31 year professional installer put down the baseboards first leaving a gap at the bottom for the very best.