Install Carpet Or Trim First

How to install base board trim for carpet areas.

Install carpet or trim first.

The carpet guys believe installing flooring first would be the most cost effective and stress free solution and here is why. Carpet installers have to bring large rolls of carpet into your home 12 foot rolls minimize seams in your room not small. Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet. When glue doesn t secure the carpet tack strips installed on the floor near.

If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet. A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim. First in the event of carpet installation the gap will need to be there for the edges of the carpet to be tucked under. You don t need to.

I install the flooring first then trim tight to it. Baseboard trim has nothing to do with holding carpeting in place. There are many legitimate reasons to do construction work in the proper sequence. Base first the carpet guys have their own tricks of the trade.

When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. Screw the carpet trim to the floor. Flooring is always last except for hardwood laminates i hate the shoe mould look. Seal the edge of the carpet with latex seam sealer to prevent unraveling.

Carpet layers should be the very last trade on the job. If you care about doing quality work and not wasting time you paint the walls then install the hard floors cabinetry doors and trim. Also keeps caulk and paint problems off of the new carpet everybody makes mistakes has accidents. Use the knee kicker to fit the carpet over the hooks in the carpet.

Tile should have a grout line equal to the field of the tile. Install carpet transition strips at thresholds where carpet meets another type of flooring. Second drywall would wick up moisture from flooded floors or carpet. Install the carpet install the carpet all the way against the wall.