Install Carpet No Baseboards

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.

Install carpet no baseboards.

Measure and cut the baseboards for each wall. If adding baseboards after carpet is laid it should be installed at the same height as without carpet. 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. 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.

A week before installation bring the wood inside to acclimate. This space is bigger than the thickness of the new floors we were installing. Is it absolutely necessary to have baseboard. Measure number and mark photo by craig raine.

These rooms are small a. 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. 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. As a contractor i always install the baseboards before 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. 3 points 2 years ago. For that reason alone i d be inclined to install baseboards after carpet just as a regular course of events. I am painting 2 bedrooms and then having wall to wall carpet installed.

Steps on how to install baseboard 1. We use 3 8. All paint is to be done before carpet installation to avoid dirty boots and shoes on new carpet and to avoid any paint spatter. Start running baseboard against inside corners and work toward outside corners.