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Baseboards Over or Next to Carpeting Buck Turgidson 12-08-2006
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Posted by Buck Turgidson on December 8, 2006, 8:46 pm


I had a contractor, whose opinion I value, tell me that the way he does
baseboards for a room intended for carpet is to raise the baseboards so the
carpet guy can slide the carpet in under. He said that that's the typical
way of doing it nowadays. He wants to do that on a job for me.

I am not sure if I like that look, and have always seen the carpet butted up
against a baseboard.

Any opinions on the aesthetics of his approach?



Posted by Roso on December 8, 2006, 10:05 pm



"Buck Turgidson" wrote
>I had a contractor, whose opinion I value, tell me that the way he does
>baseboards for a room intended for carpet is to raise the baseboards so
>the carpet guy can slide the carpet in under. He said that that's the
>typical way of doing it nowadays. He wants to do that on a job for me.
>
> I am not sure if I like that look, and have always seen the carpet butted
> up against a baseboard.
>
> Any opinions on the aesthetics of his approach?

I think this is an locality thing. In this area, for carpet, I've just seen
it with tack strip about 1/2" from baseboard, then tucked against
baseboard.

For sheet vinyl, the baseboard sits on top, barring there's not a shoe
mold.

For ceramic,wood, or laminate, there seems to always be shoe mold.

It probably would be a good idea, to get local opinions from an actual
carpet/flooring supplier/outlet.



Posted by IGot2P on December 8, 2006, 10:48 pm


Roso wrote:

> "Buck Turgidson" wrote
>
>>I had a contractor, whose opinion I value, tell me that the way he does
>>baseboards for a room intended for carpet is to raise the baseboards so
>>the carpet guy can slide the carpet in under. He said that that's the
>>typical way of doing it nowadays. He wants to do that on a job for me.
>>
>>I am not sure if I like that look, and have always seen the carpet butted
>>up against a baseboard.
>>
>>Any opinions on the aesthetics of his approach?
>
>
> I think this is an locality thing. In this area, for carpet, I've just seen
> it with tack strip about 1/2" from baseboard, then tucked against
> baseboard.
>
> For sheet vinyl, the baseboard sits on top, barring there's not a shoe
> mold.
>
> For ceramic,wood, or laminate, there seems to always be shoe mold.
>
> It probably would be a good idea, to get local opinions from an actual
> carpet/flooring supplier/outlet.

Maybe I have not been looking in the right places, but I have ALWAYS
seen the baseboard left up some (normally about 1/2 inch) and the tack
strips set inside just a bit, and then the carpet is tucked UNDER the
baseboard.

Don


Posted by Evo on December 8, 2006, 11:16 pm


Buck Turgidson wrote:

> I had a contractor, whose opinion I value, tell me that the way he does
> baseboards for a room intended for carpet is to raise the baseboards so
> the
> carpet guy can slide the carpet in under. He said that that's the typical
> way of doing it nowadays. He wants to do that on a job for me.
>
> I am not sure if I like that look, and have always seen the carpet butted
> up against a baseboard.
>
> Any opinions on the aesthetics of his approach?
its a good look and it's really the right way of doing it. You have a good
contractor! Many would just make it easy on themselves and install it
against the floor. Just make sure you tell him what type of carpet your
installing, short or long pile?

RV
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"

Posted by on December 9, 2006, 12:52 am


>I had a contractor, whose opinion I value, tell me that the way he does
>baseboards for a room intended for carpet is to raise the baseboards so the
>carpet guy can slide the carpet in under. He said that that's the typical
>way of doing it nowadays. He wants to do that on a job for me.
>
>I am not sure if I like that look, and have always seen the carpet butted up
>against a baseboard.
>
>Any opinions on the aesthetics of his approach?
>
>

You can make the call on the aesthetics, my question would be what if
you or a subsequent owner decides to take out the carpet?


--
When the game is over, the pawn and the king are returned to the same box.

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm@charm.net

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