Remove Quarter Round Before Carpet

Do this all around the room.

Remove quarter round before carpet.

Cut it to length using a miter saw to angle the ends then use finish nails to attach it to the baseboard making sure not to nail into the floor itself. For the quarter round experts. Touch up paint and caulk where needed. Not taking them out starts the job faster but then after your install there will be quarter round regret because of point 1.

The contractor placed the flooring but there are a lot of dips. Wiggle the putty knife back and forth along this seam until the quarter round pops loose from the wall. To aid in re installing the quarter round number each piece in order as you remove it around the room. It depends on the pile height of your new carpet and how high your baseboards are.

Go along the quarter round until there is a natural break in the molding such as a corner or mitered edge. The floor beneath is plywood and uneven. I had lv plank flooring installed on my second floor replacing the carpet. Often a quarter round piece of molding can be run along the bottom of the baseboard to finish it off.

In this video i share how to cut and tuck carpet to quarter round base molding be sure to subscribe for more tips and tricks about the carpet and flooring in. Pry outward gently moving from one nailing point to the next. Insert the blade of a pry bar behind the quarter round at the nailing points visible between the quarter round and baseboard. Take the baseboards out freshen them up while you are at it install floor pop baseboards back.

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.