How to replace baseboard trim in a carpeted room.
Installing baseboard over existing carpet.
The process is similar to installing crown moulding.
Professional looking baseboard installation can be achieved with a compound miter saw that can cut 45 degree corner angles at the molding ends.
The carpet installer can run the tack strip and carpet right up next to the wall.
While the installation of the baseboard trim itself isn t hard the cutting and measuring of the angles can be a bit tricky.
This is needed to ensure that the moulding is going to be installed as straight as possible.
Try adding painters tape over the baseboard for protection.
How to install new base trim over an existing carpet.
There is little difference between the steps to install baseboard in a room that is already carpeted and one where the carpet has yet to be laid.
When installing baseboards after carpet.
This can be a laser type or even just the regular kind.
For starters you can place pretty basic base mouldings over your existing carpet by using a level.
Baseboard moulding is a simple way to add instant character to a room.
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.
I wanted to install new baseboards in there but didn t have enough time to take out the old ones before they started.
However when installing the baseboard later painting and applying caulk can be a more tedious task to avoid mixing it in the carpet.
Installing baseboard over carpet vs hard surface flooring.
So after the floors were laid it was going to be impossible to get the old out.
The floors are higher than the carpet so the bottom of the base was way down under the flooring.
A homeowner can easily learn how to install baseboards with this easy to follow project guide.
Overall its actually very easy.
Position the baseboard flat against the base of the wall and atop the flooring.
Baseboard molding is fitted to the bottom of a wall for decoration and to hide unsightly blemishes and carpet fray.