Do Baseboard Go In Before Or After Flooring

After the floor is installed reinstall your baseboards touch up and caulk where needed.

Do baseboard go in before or after flooring.

With unfinished hardwood always run the floor first. No baseboards do not need to be removed. 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. Dh is a commercial gc and apparently they do it the opposite ie.

Baseboards should be installed after laminate. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. Baseboards are often installed before flooring since they must be finished in place with either stain or paint and this is much easier without worrying about staining the hardwood tile or carpet.

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. As a result it will expand contract a bit with temperature humidity changes in the house. Do baseboards have to be removed to install carpet. However when it comes to prefinished flooring i respectfully disagree.

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