Do I Install Baseboard Before Carpet

Do baseboards have to be removed to install carpet.

Do i install baseboard before carpet.

In some cases this will not be possible since. We always install the baseboard after the hard surfaces but before carpet. Otherwise they get the tack strip too close to the wall and you won t get the carpet out years from now without taking the base off again. All paint is to be done before carpet installation to avoid dirty boots and shoes on new carpet and to avoid any paint spatter.

No baseboards do not need to be removed. Just hold it up about 3 8. The edge of the carpet is then rolled under the edge of the baseboard trim. This is not a good idea and will in most cases make it tougher on the carpet layers.

If the baseboards are not removed the tack strips of the carpet will be laid up until the edge of the trim. 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. Removing baseboards before installing carpet isn t absolutely necessary but it can make the task easier in some aspects. 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.

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. Baseboard installation for carpet baseboard trim installation is one thing that just anyone can do. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. 28 05 2008 i m doing a full basement remodel and am not sure what would be better to do install the baseboard before the carpet install and have the installer tuck the the baseboard at the bottom of a wall should always be installed slightly raised from the floor s surface.

We use 3 8 blocks to keep the baseboard up off the subfloor while we tack it on so the carpet installer can tuck it under. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. Some carpenters place the trim down to the subfloor or to the wood flooring. As a contractor i always install the baseboards before carpet.