Installing Base Trim Over Carpet

Installing a baseboard trim around carpet areas adds a fancy edge to the room helping to make the carpet part of the room.

Installing base trim over carpet.

Do baseboards have to be removed to install carpet. No baseboards do not need to be removed. Baseboards are often installed before flooring since they must be finished in place with either stain or paint and this is much easier without worrying about staining the hardwood tile or carpet. If you decided to lay your carpet before installing the baseboard around the bottom of your walls in your home you actually have a somewhat.

Diy basement finishing course. If adding baseboards after carpet is laid it should be installed at the same height as without carpet. Measure the length of a wall adjacent to the finished wall. If you are not intending to install quarter round or base shoe the baseboard should be.

Determine the type of corner at the opposite end of the wall then cut the necessary inside or outside angle. Baseboard first set on 3 8 wood lath strips tack less set between 3 8 1 2 inch away padding brought up to tack less and carpet installed and stretched over tack less and tucked under base. How to install new base trim over an existing carpet. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim.

The first cut will mirror the corner cut of the molding already installed. Link the wall to the floor with h. The trimmer is not going to make a special trip back to install the base after carpet is installed. Carpet installers prefer to cut the carpet a little long and tuck the excess into the gap for a neater job.

Fasten the molding with nails. If you plan to install baseboard moulding before adding carpet it needs to be installed 1 inch above floor level to allow room for both pad and carpet. Install subsequent baseboards using this procedure.