Trim Before Or After Carpet

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Trim before or after carpet.

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. Unless you want to repaint and have damaged trim install the carpet first. Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim.

I asked my carpet guy. If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet. He wasn t particular about whether or not the baseboards were installed before or after the carpet. 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.

He gave me instructions on installing them beforehand 1 4 gap. Then touch up base if need be. The kickers they use to stretch the carpet can damage the trim. All builders put trim down before carpet.

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 got about half the space done before he was scheduled and finished the other half after the carpet was in. A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim.

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. They also may need the carpet to roll up the edges of the room in order to properly trim it to size. But i would maybe stop at the carpet store and run this by a real pro.