Do You Use Quarter Round With Carpet

Jackreed dec 8 2011.

Do you use quarter round with carpet. Unfortunately i do need quarter rounds some areas of the walls are pulling away from the floor too drastically for the carpet to cover and the layers of paint build up are very noticeable without them. Madelyn mar 4 2019 3. Some put the base molding down first then carpet others put the carpet down then base molding and sometimes base shoe but i find it a bit unsightly. Do you always need quarter round when you are having a wood floor installed if a baseboard is being installed.

This prevents the flooring from being able to move freely as a floating floor is intended to do. Some like it without it and that is fine also if you can get away without it but for some reason it always looks like something is missing. Quarter round is used 95 in most flooring installations except carpeting for a nice clean and finished look. In this video i share how to hand trim plush carpet to the dreaded quarter round molding in an apartment.

I have one wood floor installer who insists on using quarter round plus the baseboard for my floor installation whereas my contractor and another floor installer say it s not necessary. Can you eliminate them all together usually there is no need for quarter round with carpet. If the mark from the quarter round shows i leave it up to the home owner if they want me to reinstall it. Fastening quarter round into the base board and the floating floor â â â â â another mistake is nailing or gluing the quarter round onto the floating floor.