Adding Baseboard To Floor Over Carpet

It does fit right over the top beautifully.

Adding baseboard to floor over carpet. Baseboards are often installed before flooring since they must be finished in place with either stain or paint and this is much easier without worrying about staining the hardwood tile or carpet. You can see here how the back of the molding is carved out to fit right over my existing molding. Take a carpenter s level and place it over the board. Try adding painters tape over the baseboard for protection.

The carpet installer can run the tack strip and carpet right up next to the wall. So after the floors were laid it was going to be impossible to get the old out. If adding baseboards after carpet is laid it should be installed at the same height as without carpet. Place the baseboard on the wall.

However when installing the baseboard later painting and applying caulk can be a more tedious task to avoid mixing it in the carpet. When installing baseboards after carpet. I wanted to install new baseboards in there but didn t have enough time to take out the old ones before they started. The floors are higher than the carpet so the bottom of the base was way down under the flooring.

With the help of the carpenter s level make sure that the baseboard is placed in the right way. How to install new base trim over an existing carpet. If you decided to lay your carpet before installing the baseboard around the bottom of your walls in your home you actually have a somewhat. If you are not intending to install quarter round or base shoe the baseboard should be.

I ordered one 8ft. Piece for this project. To place the baseboard properly keep one fourth inches of space between the baseboard and the surface of the floor. Here is a picture to show you how it fits over my baseboard.

My existing baseboard is really narrow not anywhere near as wide as the sample the manufacturer shows.