No Baseboards With Carpet

It was popular in the 1980s as a cost saving measure.

No baseboards with carpet. Having the trim installed after means the painter needs to either come back or concern himself with a splatter or drip on your new carpet. No baseboards do not need to be removed. Is it absolutely necessary to have baseboard. Gap at the floor created by using precut studs and pushing the drywall tight to the ceiling helps to prevent moisture from wicking up if the floor should get wet.

The carpet will be tucked snugly underneath the baseboards resulting in a very professional looking installation. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. Al lemke from hopewell junction n y has figured out a way to get masking tape between the baseboard and the carpet when he preps a. I am painting 2 bedrooms and then having wall to wall carpet installed.

The trick is to use the right tool for the job. 1 the baseboard protects the walls from vacuuming and feet. If you need to paint baseboard next to a wall to wall carpet you could try to peel that carpet back as you brush along the edge of the molding and hope you don t get any paint on it but there s a better way. As noted above some installers prefer that you not use this method because if the carpet should need to be re stretched or replaced for any reason they may need to remove the baseboards first.

When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. So there would be a 3 8 to 1 2 gap from the bottom edge of the drywall to the finished flooring which would make a nice shadow line. We have a client that wants to have the look where the drywall comes all the way down to the floor with no baseboards at all. If the carpet runs all the way to the wall or under the baseboards or stops before the baseboards leaving a gap at the edge of the carpet to work with and if the baseboards were installed directly on top of the floor without a gap it will be difficult to paint them entirely with the carpet in place.

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. These rooms are small a. I don t think it s a great idea for four reasons. Do baseboards have to be removed to install carpet.