Install Baseboard Existing Carpet

Tools and supplies to install baseboards.

Install baseboard existing carpet.

Link the wall to the floor with h. Safety tips for installing baseboard. Drill 1 16 inch holes every 16 inches through the baseboard angled downward toward the wall plate. Do not push down on the baseboard so that it presses into the carpeting.

Once the trim is fastened remove the short baseboard pieces and move these along as you install the baseboard. Baseboard installed on top of carpet should be installed at approximately the same height with this exception. 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. All you need to so now is go along that wall and fasten the remainder of the trim as you normally would.

Coping an inside corner joint. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. If the molding is slightly long trim it at angled 1 16 inch increments from the end to fit the wall. Quarter round will stick out farther than necessary where the baseboard ends and door casing begins which is where the baseshoe should terminate either with a chamfered end or a returned mitered end.

Nail the baseboard in place with the sticks resting only lightly on the surface of the carpet. Hammer tack nails through these holes into the wall plate. If you are not intending to install quarter round or base shoe the baseboard should. Installing a baseboard trim around carpet areas adds a fancy edge to the room helping to make the carpet part of the room.

The idea is that you should. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. The base shoe only adds 1 2. 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.

This is the basic method for baseboard installation for carpet applications. Preparing to install baseboards. I would suggest installing the baseboard and then adding 1 2 x 3 4 base shoe not quarter round.