Carpet Or Trim First

Carpet layers should be the very last trade on the job.

Carpet or trim first.

Also you ll probably end up replacing the carpet at some point too and the trim will already be in place. Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet. There are many legitimate reasons to do construction work in the proper sequence. Flooring is always last except for hardwood laminates i hate the shoe mould look.

Most houses i have seen and designed we always put the trim on top of finish floor except for carpeting. Might as well build it that way from the start. First in the event of carpet installation the gap will need to be there for the edges of the carpet to be tucked under. A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim.

Base first the carpet guys have their own tricks of the trade. Both the flooring contractor and trim contractor said to install trim first. Is this standard practice or just an opinion. Tile should have a grout line equal to the field of the tile.

This gives the carpet installer a place to tuck the edges of the carpet for a nice clean edge. Also keeps caulk and paint problems off of the new carpet everybody makes mistakes has accidents. I install the flooring first then trim tight to it. How to install carpet first.

If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet. There may be instances where you want to put the carpet down first.