Installing Base Trim Over Carpet

Installing a baseboard trim around carpet areas adds a fancy edge to the room helping to make the carpet part of the room.

Installing base trim over carpet.

When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. Carpet installers prefer to cut the carpet a little long and tuck the excess into the gap for a neater job. Measure the length of a wall adjacent to the finished wall. 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. How to install new base trim over an existing carpet. If adding baseboards after carpet is laid it should be installed at the same height as without 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.

When you re installing baseboards over vinyl wood or plastic laminate floors the best way to handle gaps between the drywall and the flooring is to shim the gap with narrow blocks of 1 2 in wood. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. Install subsequent baseboards using this procedure. Link the wall to the floor with h.

Fasten the molding with nails. If you are not intending to install quarter round or base shoe the baseboard should be. The first cut will mirror the corner cut of the molding already installed. Diy basement finishing course.

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. 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. Determine the type of corner at the opposite end of the wall then cut the necessary inside or outside angle.