Carpet First Or Trim

Generally speaking you want to install the trim first and the carpet second.

Carpet first or trim.

The topics covered on this site include activities in which there exists the potential for serious injury or death. Carpet installers have to bring large rolls of carpet into your home 12 foot rolls minimize seams in your room not small paint cans or brushes. Install the baseboard before the carpet install and have the installer tuck the carpet under the baseboard or do the b. However since there may be instances where you re just replacing trim but leaving carpet or have a reason to do the carpet first i ll give instructions for both methods.

Second drywall would wick up moisture from flooded floors or carpet. If you care about doing quality work and not wasting time you paint the walls then install the hard floors cabinetry doors and trim. There are many legitimate reasons to do construction work in the proper sequence. If you re replacing carpet first before painting it will be easier for the flooring company.

They also may need the carpet to roll up the edges of the room in order to properly trim it to size. How to install trim first. First in the event of carpet installation the gap will need to be there for the edges of the carpet to be tucked under. I m doing a full basement remodel and am not sure what would be better to do.

We highlight the thought process behind deciding to do carpet or baseboards first. I know trim first is easier on the trim contractors they don t have to worry about scribing anything.