What Goes Under Before Installing Wall To Wall Carpet

When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g.

What goes under before installing wall to wall carpet.

Push the lever down to stretch the carpet taut. The baseboard at the bottom of a wall should always be installed slightly raised from the floor s surface. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. Use a power stretcher to firmly stretch and secure the carpet onto the tackless strip on each side of the room.

Once one corner is hooked with the knee kicker use the power stretcher to stretch the carpet to the opposite wall. Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips image 1. Continue along the wall then trim excess with the wall trimmer and tuck the edge underneath the baseboard. Carpet has a threshold stretch the forum because the stuff of the tackless strips.

Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways. Reach in front of the power stretcher to hook the carpet onto the tack strip. The tacks on the strips are sharp and could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet. No baseboards do not need to be removed.

There are two reasons for this gap which is generally required by building codes. For most installers this is not a problem and can be done easily.