Carpet With Baseboard On Carpet

Determine how thick of carpet you re dealing with or how far the bottom of the baseboard is below the top of the carpet.

Carpet with baseboard on carpet.

Run your 2 masking tape roughly 1 2 an inch up onto the baseboard. A baseboard face lift can completely change the look and feel of a room. In this video i demonstrate a few different ways to paint baseboard in a carpeted space. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim.

Pull out a section 2 3 feet 0 61 0 91 m long and place it with the sticky side down on your carpet and the top 1 2 inch 1 3 cm hanging on the bottom of your baseboard. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. For most installers this is not a problem and can be done easily. The baseboard goes in first always the carpet installers don t like this if they have to install new thicker baseboard for the customer they have to remove the old tack and install new this is very time consuming and their usually on.

This video will show you how to paint baseboards or skirting boards on carpet there is a little trick to doing it. Usually this is about a half an inch. It is also best if possible to nail down any tack strip before installing the baseboard to prevent damage to the baseboard. No baseboards do not need to be removed.

Most of them recommend 1 inch to allow room for both pad and carpet. Line up each strip so that it s running along the carpet on the same line.