Do Baseboard Go In Before Or After Flooring

Flooring goes in before baseboards so there are no gaps and as a type a personality this is really bugging him lol.

Do baseboard go in before or after flooring.

With unfinished hardwood always run the floor first. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. If you number each piece of the baseboard and the wall it came off of after the new flooring is installed it can be easily be matched. No baseboards do not need to be removed.

Most all laminate is a floating flooring system which means it doesn t actually attach to the subfloor friction holds it in place once all the pieces are set together. Baseboards should be installed after laminate. As a result it will expand contract a bit with temperature humidity changes in the house. However when it comes to prefinished flooring i respectfully disagree.

The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. Do baseboards have to be removed to install carpet. Our painter stainer has insisted that all baseboards and casings be in place before the flooring is installed and only then he does the actual painting. After the floor is installed reinstall your baseboards touch up and caulk where needed.

When we do the interior trim and the prefinished bamboo flooring in a house or any prefinished flooring for that matter we always do all the trim first using 3 4 spacers or whatever width the floor you are using is under the doors cased openings and baseboard.