Install Carpet No Baseboards

If you are not intending to install quarter round or base shoe the baseboard should be.

Install carpet no baseboards.

Start running baseboard against inside corners and work toward outside corners. A week before installation bring the wood inside to acclimate. I am painting 2 bedrooms and then having wall to wall carpet installed. For that reason alone i d be inclined to install baseboards after carpet just as a regular course of events.

When installing carpet after the baseboards are in place there will usually be some instructions that tell you how far you need for both the carpet pad and the carpet itself. These rooms are small a. This space is bigger than the thickness of the new floors we were installing. If adding baseboards after carpet is laid it should be installed at the same height as without carpet.

Is it absolutely necessary to have baseboard. If your baseboards have been glued to the wall and would cause damage if you tried to remove them it may be best to leave them. Thus would look unfinished if the baseboards were not altered in some way. So in the above photo behind the kids inspecting the carpet removal there is now a space under the baseboards which was previously filled by the carpet.

3 points 2 years ago. As a contractor i always install the baseboards before carpet. Steps on how to install baseboard 1. Measure and cut the baseboards for each wall.

If you plan to install baseboard moulding before adding carpet it needs to be installed 1 inch above floor level to allow room for both pad and carpet. This is generally about an inch for the nail tack and you will use a carpet tucker to tuck the excess carpet into the baseboard. Installing hardwood floors without removing the baseboards is possible and it s a suitable option for other types of flooring as well. All paint is to be done before carpet installation to avoid dirty boots and shoes on new carpet and to avoid any paint spatter.