Installing Baseboard Before Carpet

A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim.

Installing baseboard before 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. Install the carpet install the carpet all the way against the wall. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. Some carpenters place the trim down to the subfloor or to the wood flooring.

This is not a good idea and will in most cases make it tougher on the carpet layers. If adding baseboards after carpet is laid it should be installed at the same height as without carpet. 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. When installing baseboard before carpet the easiest thing to do is to install it even with the bottom edge of the drywall as previously described.

Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet. For most installers this is not a problem and can be done easily. In some cases this will not be possible since. This is because when installing the baseboards after carpet installation they tend to wedge the carpet in between the tack strips and baseboards like a vice.

Professional looking baseboard installation can be achieved with a compound miter saw that can cut 45 degree corner angles at the molding ends. However consult with your installer to be. This means that if the installation company needs to re stretch the carpet at a later date they may need to loosen some of the baseboards in order to pull the carpet up. But baseboard installation for carpet is a bit different than the norm.

The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. Baseboard molding is fitted to the bottom of a wall for decoration and to hide unsightly blemishes and carpet fray. If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet.