Carpet Or Trim First

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Carpet or trim first.

How to install carpet first. 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. Is this standard practice or just an opinion.

Might as well build it that way from the start. Trim first spaced 1 2 off the floor and space the tack strips 1 2 out from there. Second drywall would wick up moisture from flooded floors or carpet. There are many legitimate reasons to do construction work in the proper sequence.

A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim. I install the flooring first then trim tight to it. If you care about doing quality work and not wasting time you paint the walls then install the hard floors cabinetry doors and trim. Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet.

Flooring is always last except for hardwood laminates i hate the shoe mould look. Carpet layers should be the very last trade on the job. 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.

Also keeps caulk and paint problems off of the new carpet everybody makes mistakes has accidents. This gives the carpet installer a place to tuck the edges of the carpet for a nice clean edge.