Carpet First Or Trim

We highlight the thought process behind deciding to do carpet or baseboards first.

Carpet first or trim.

First in the event of carpet installation the gap will need to be there for the edges of the carpet to be tucked under. Carpet installers have to bring large rolls of carpet into your home 12 foot rolls minimize seams in your room not small paint cans or brushes. The topics covered on this site include activities in which there exists the potential for serious injury or death. If you care about doing quality work and not wasting time you paint the walls then install the hard floors cabinetry doors and trim.

I know trim first is easier on the trim contractors they don t have to worry about scribing anything. I install the flooring first then trim tight to it. There are many legitimate reasons to do construction work in the proper sequence. Personally i think it looks better with the baseboards and trim in first especially upon the second time carpet is installed because the installers don t pull the trim and get in close when they pull old carpet and put in new.

Second drywall would wick up moisture from flooded floors or carpet. They also may need the carpet to roll up the edges of the room in order to properly trim it to size. Carpet layers should be the very last trade on the job. How to install trim first.

If you re replacing carpet first before painting it will be easier for the flooring company. Generally speaking you want to install the trim first and the carpet second.