Baseboards are often installed before flooring since they must be finished in place with either stain or paint and this is much easier without worrying about staining the hardwood tile or carpet.
Going to tile from carpet baseboards.
When replacing carpet with hardwood flooring you can save time and the cost of new trim by understanding the way baseboard.
When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g.
No baseboards do not need to be removed.
Here s what you need to know about each one to overcome the challenges of carpet to tile transition.
Once the carpet and the baseboards are in place you can tuck the edges of the carpet under the baseboard to give the room a finished appearance.
In the project shown in the photos below the hallway carpet was to tuck under existing baseboard on either side of a tiled entry.
I try to be mindful of exactly how and where the transition line between the carpet and the tile will be located.
Do baseboards have to be removed to install carpet.
How to replace the baseboard when switching from carpet to hardwood.
When the tile is to butt into carpet i begin by drawing a straight line where i want the transition.
The most common method and one you ve probably used countless times before is the tuck in carpet transition to tile.