Install Carpet No Baseboards

I am painting 2 bedrooms and then having wall to wall carpet installed.

Install carpet no baseboards.

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. 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. Is it absolutely necessary to have baseboard. As a contractor i always install the baseboards before carpet.

A week before installation bring the wood inside to acclimate. Installing hardwood floors without removing the baseboards is possible and it s a suitable option for other types of flooring as well. Start running baseboard against inside corners and work toward outside corners. I like the wall color next to the carpet and don t want to call attention to the non descript baseboard by painting it shiny white like the other woodwork.

For that reason alone i d be inclined to install baseboards after carpet just as a regular course of events. We use 3 8. 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. 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.

If adding baseboards after carpet is laid it should be installed at the same height as without carpet. Measure and cut the baseboards for each wall. All paint is to be done before carpet installation to avoid dirty boots and shoes on new carpet and to avoid any paint spatter. This space is bigger than the thickness of the new floors we were installing.

Steps on how to install baseboard 1. 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. 3 points 2 years ago. If you are not intending to install quarter round or base shoe the baseboard should be.