Taking Baseboards Off With Carpet

What you re doing is just getting the tape tucked in between the edge of the carpet and the trim.

Taking baseboards off with carpet.

Use the putty knife to carefully and slowly scrape the wall where the caulking was previously located. Place the claw of your crowbar between the blade of the knife and the board. Hammer any nails heads that are sticking out of the. Is this the same for installing carpet too.

Carefully apply more pressure if needed but don t yank or force anything. It helps to keep the. We are having new flooring put in and are trying to decide between wood floors or just get some new and better quality carpet. 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.

In the past this task involved inserting a putty knife between the baseboard and the wall and giving it a twist. Leave about a 1 4 in. Gently pull your end of the bar up to separate the board from the wall. 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. Continue the removal process by moving to the. 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. Of tape running past the carpet that overlaps onto the baseboard.