Removing Quarter Round For Carpet

For the quarter round experts.

Removing quarter round for carpet.

Removing old carpet is the first step toward having something besides old stained carpet as your floor. I had lv plank flooring installed on my second floor replacing the carpet. The finished product might look better. Quarter round molding is the molding that sits at the bottom of your baseboards just above the floor.

The floor beneath is plywood and uneven. Generally it s a good idea to remove baseboards before installing your flooring here s why. How to take out carpet. Carpet installers often tuck the ends of the carpet under the baseboards for a clean finished look.

If you are going to install new carpet or laminate flooring you will need to safely remover quarter round molding. The contractor placed the flooring but there are a lot of dips. Short baseboards give a better finished look aesthetically without shoe molding or quarter round. The process of removing quarter round trim has the potential to be damaging so be aware of what condition you would like to leave the floors and baseboards in after removing the trim.

However with tall profile baseboards a shoe molding may enhance the decor. It is called quarter round because if you look at it from the end it is exactly one forth of a circle. Ripping the trim off the wall to quickly could cause the nails to leave larger holes behind in the floor or baseboard and could also bend or even snap the trim. Consider adding a length of quarter round molding in front of the existing.

Some put the base molding down first then carpet others put the carpet down then base molding and sometimes base shoe but i find it a bit unsightly. Even if you are hiring someone to install new flooring you may want to pull out the old carpet yourself.