Carpet Or Trim First

Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet.

Carpet or trim first.

Carpet layers should be the very last trade on the job. 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. Second drywall would wick up moisture from flooded floors or carpet.

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 install the flooring first then trim tight to it. Both the flooring contractor and trim contractor said to install trim first. Tile should have a grout line equal to the field of the tile.

Trim first spaced 1 2 off the floor and space the tack strips 1 2 out from there. If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the 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. Also keeps caulk and paint problems off of the new carpet everybody makes mistakes has accidents.

There may be instances where you want to put the carpet down first. 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. Also you ll probably end up replacing the carpet at some point too and the trim will already be in place.

This gives the carpet installer a place to tuck the edges of the carpet for a nice clean edge. Might as well build it that way from the start.