Trim Before Or After Carpet

A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim.

Trim before or after carpet.

The kickers they use to stretch the carpet can damage the trim. If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet. 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. Consequently tearing trim out for no logical reason or installing carpet before the house is complete isn t gonna happen.

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. If you re replacing carpet first before painting it will be easier for the flooring company. All builders put trim down before carpet. He gave me instructions on installing them beforehand 1 4 gap.

They also may need the carpet to roll up the edges of the room in order to properly trim it to size. You don t need to. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. Install the carpet install the carpet all the way against the wall.

You re free to follow any internet expert you chose to. But i would maybe stop at the carpet store and run this by a real pro. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. I got about half the space done before he was scheduled and finished the other half after the carpet was in.

Then touch up base if need be. 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. He wasn t particular about whether or not the baseboards were installed before or after the carpet.