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Baseboards & trim or carpet first?
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| HockeyFan 2007-02-15, 9:25 am |
| I'm curious. I've seen this done both ways, but when I built my first
house, I put the baseboards and trim in first, and then the carpet
installers came in afterwards. However, I've also seen it done where
the carpet was put in first and then the baseboards and trim.
Personally, I think it looks better with the baseboards and trim in
first, especially upon the second time carpet is installed (because
the installers don't pull the trim and get in close when they pull old
carpet and put in new).
So I'm just wondering what the standard is? What the preferable way
to do it is.
Do you put in carpet first or do you put in the trim and baseboards
first?
PS. By Trim, I mean, the plinth.
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| Trim first. Good luck removing carpet from tack stripes when the trim holds
it down.
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"HockeyFan" <les.stockton@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm curious. I've seen this done both ways, but when I built my first
> house, I put the baseboards and trim in first, and then the carpet
> installers came in afterwards. However, I've also seen it done where
> the carpet was put in first and then the baseboards and trim.
> Personally, I think it looks better with the baseboards and trim in
> first, especially upon the second time carpet is installed (because
> the installers don't pull the trim and get in close when they pull old
> carpet and put in new).
>
> So I'm just wondering what the standard is? What the preferable way
> to do it is.
>
> Do you put in carpet first or do you put in the trim and baseboards
> first?
>
> PS. By Trim, I mean, the plinth.
>
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| longshot 2007-02-15, 1:25 pm |
| I always hold the trim up 1/2" so the carpet can be tucked under, tack
strips are held off the wall anyway.
"Bill" <bargerw@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Trim first. Good luck removing carpet from tack stripes when the trim
> holds it down.
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> please reply to bargerw NO @ SPAM bellsouth.net and remove the NOSPAM
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> "HockeyFan" <les.stockton@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| HerHusband 2007-02-15, 1:25 pm |
| > Do you put in carpet first or do you put in the trim and baseboards
> first?
Trim first, spaced 1/2" off the floor, and space the tack strips 1/2" out
from there. This gives the carpet installer a place to "tuck" the edges of
the carpet for a nice clean edge.
Also, you'll probably end up replacing the carpet at some point too, and
the trim will already be in place. Might as well build it that way from the
start.
Anthony
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| marson 2007-02-15, 5:25 pm |
| On Feb 15, 10:39 am, HerHusband <unkn...@unknown.com> wrote:
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> Trim first, spaced 1/2" off the floor, and space the tack strips 1/2" out
> from there. This gives the carpet installer a place to "tuck" the edges of
> the carpet for a nice clean edge.
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> Also, you'll probably end up replacing the carpet at some point too, and
> the trim will already be in place. Might as well build it that way from the
> start.
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> Anthony
the only exception is glue down carpet (usually commercial
situations). base goes after carpet.
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