1st someday you will be replacing the carpet if you have the baseboards installed on top of the carpet you will have to remove them to pull up the old carpet.
Does baseboard need to be installed before carpet.
Remove the baseboards the day before the flooring installation so you can move furniture away from the walls.
This is not a good idea and will in most cases make it tougher on the carpet layers.
In addition the tack strip will be under the baseboards.
Take it from a 31 year professional installer put down the baseboards first leaving a gap at the bottom for the very best.
Number the walls and corresponding sections of baseboards to easily match them up later.
28 05 2008 i m doing a full basement remodel and am not sure what would be better to do install the baseboard before the carpet install and have the installer tuck the the baseboard at the bottom of a wall should always be installed slightly raised from the floor s surface.
We use 3 8 blocks to keep the baseboard up off the subfloor while we tack it on so the carpet installer can tuck it under.
Baseboard installation for carpet baseboard trim installation is one thing that just anyone can do.
This means that if the installation company needs to re stretch the carpet at a later date they may need to loosen some of the baseboards in order to pull the carpet up.
This is because when installing the baseboards after carpet installation they tend to wedge the carpet in between the tack strips and baseboards like a vice.
Some carpenters place the trim down to the subfloor or to the wood flooring.
But baseboard installation for carpet is a bit different than the norm.
When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g.
Do baseboards have to be removed to install carpet.
The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim.
As a contractor i always install the baseboards before carpet.
All paint is to be done before carpet installation to avoid dirty boots and shoes on new carpet and to avoid any paint spatter.