Carpet Or Trim First

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

Carpet or trim first.

How to install carpet first. Might as well build it that way from the start. Most houses i have seen and designed we always put the trim on top of finish floor except for carpeting. Base first the carpet guys have their own tricks of the trade.

Also keeps caulk and paint problems off of the new carpet everybody makes mistakes has accidents. There are many legitimate reasons to do construction work in the proper sequence. Carpet layers should be the very last trade on the job. First in the event of carpet installation the gap will need to be there for the edges of the carpet to be tucked under.

Is this standard practice or just an opinion. A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim. Flooring is always last except for hardwood laminates i hate the shoe mould look. Trim first spaced 1 2 off the floor and space the tack strips 1 2 out from there.

I install the flooring first then trim tight to it. Both the flooring contractor and trim contractor said to install trim first. There may be instances where you want to put the carpet down first. Second drywall would wick up moisture from flooded floors or carpet.

Tile should have a grout line equal to the field of the tile. If you care about doing quality work and not wasting time you paint the walls then install the hard floors cabinetry doors and trim.