Replacing Carpet Without Removing Baseboards

This post is chalked full of tips that ll make removing carpet so much easier for you.

Replacing carpet without removing baseboards. You will likely want to remove the baseboards first. The baseboard goes in first always the carpet installers don t like this if they have to install new thicker baseboard for the customer they have to remove the old tack and install new this is very time consuming and their usually on piece work. How to remove baseboards without damaging the wall or cracking the baseboards. So let s get to it how to easily remove old carpet you can remove carpet from your house all by yourself and without breaking your back.

Removing your baseboards is not going to change how your carpet will look if it is done correctly but it may be a better idea if baseboards need replacement or if you are working in an older home. There is little difference between the steps to install baseboard in a room that is already carpeted and one where the carpet has yet to be laid. The following is a guest post from an esteemed diy er at this point professional diy er on a tough subject. As a current resident of these recently completed accommodations i have to say they are absolutely stunning a vast improvement from when the house was originally purchased eleven years ago.

How to replace baseboard trim in a carpeted room. Carpet removal takes 30 60 minutes while pad removal is another 30 45 minutes depending on the size of your room. The carpet is attached to the tack strip stretched and cut along the tack strip. So i started thinking about how i could beef up the baseboards another way.

The tack strip is nailed around the perimeter of the room right along side the base board. All we did and again i mean all shawnkins did was secure the quarter round to the bottom of the baseboards and it s like magic. While it is possible to remove the tiles adjacent to the walls without removing the baseboards gaining access to the edges nearest the walls is much easier if. Removing baseboards for these projects will prevent the trim from being partially hidden by new laminate and it will make carpet installation much easier.

The floors are higher than the carpet so the bottom of the base was way down under the flooring hope that makes sense basically i couldn t have done it without damaging the floors. Here are four steps that can help you remove the baseboards from your wall correctly. The solution quarter round molding to save the day. Then the cuts are tucked between the tack strip and baseboard for a finished look with a putty knife.

Baseboards do not need to be removed. How to install click laminate flooring without removing baseboards.