Carpet Or Trim First

A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim.

Carpet or trim first.

Both the flooring contractor and trim contractor said to install trim first. Most houses i have seen and designed we always put the trim on top of finish floor except for carpeting. Also you ll probably end up replacing the carpet at some point too and the trim will already be in place. Flooring is always last except for hardwood laminates i hate the shoe mould look.

Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet. If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet. Base first the carpet guys have their own tricks of the trade. This gives the carpet installer a place to tuck the edges of the carpet for a nice clean edge.

Might as well build it that way from the start. Trim first spaced 1 2 off the floor and space the tack strips 1 2 out from there. How to install carpet first. I install the flooring first then trim tight to it.

Is this standard practice or just an opinion. There are many legitimate reasons to do construction work in the proper sequence. First in the event of carpet installation the gap will need to be there for the edges of the carpet to be tucked under. Also keeps caulk and paint problems off of the new carpet everybody makes mistakes has accidents.

There may be instances where you want to put the carpet down first. Second drywall would wick up moisture from flooded floors or carpet.