Trim Before Or After Carpet

All builders put trim down before carpet.

Trim before or after carpet.

Then touch up base if need be. Baseboard trim before or after carpet 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. Consequently tearing trim out for no logical reason or installing carpet before the house is complete isn t gonna happen. You don t need to.

I asked my carpet guy. A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim. 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. Unless you want to repaint and have damaged trim install the carpet first.

The kickers they use to stretch the carpet can damage the trim. Carpet installers have to bring large rolls of carpet into your home 12 foot rolls minimize seams in your room not small paint cans or brushes. Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet. He gave me instructions on installing them beforehand 1 4 gap.

Install the carpet install the carpet all the way against the wall. I got about half the space done before he was scheduled and finished the other half after the carpet was in. But i would maybe stop at the carpet store and run this by a real pro. They also may need the carpet to roll up the edges of the room in order to properly trim it to size.

If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet. You re free to follow any internet expert you chose to. Leave no more than 1 4 between the trim and the floor. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g.