Taking Baseboards Off With Carpet

Of tape running past the carpet that overlaps onto the baseboard.

Taking baseboards off with carpet.

Is this the same for installing carpet too. What you re doing is just getting the tape tucked in between the edge of the carpet and the trim. Now take a putty knife or 5 in 1 tool and start working at one end and push the tape down. Loosen the pins or finishing nails that hold the baseboard to the walls.

Number or label the back of the trim and the lower edge of the wall to keep each piece in order if you will be putting the baseboards back in place. Today we were told that putting in a high quality pad with a high. Place the claw of your crowbar between the blade of the knife and the board. If any caulking stubbornly remains use your utility knife to carefully cut it off the wall.

Continue the removal process by moving to the. Gently pull your end of the bar up to separate the board from the wall. Pull back the space between the taping knife and board with a crowbar. We are having new flooring put in and are trying to decide between wood floors or just get some new and better quality carpet.

Leave about a 1 4 in. We were told that in order to put in the wood floors that the baseboards would have to be taken off and put back on again so the wood could go under them. Carefully apply more pressure if needed but don t yank or force anything. It helps to keep the.