Removing Quarter Round For Carpet

The contractor placed the flooring but there are a lot of dips.

Removing quarter round for carpet.

Carpet installers often tuck the ends of the carpet under the baseboards for a clean finished look. For the quarter round experts. The finished product might look better. I had lv plank flooring installed on my second floor replacing the carpet.

The floor beneath is plywood and uneven. Consider adding a length of quarter round molding in front of the existing. Quarter round is inappropriate base shoe is the proper stuff but not with carpet. However with tall profile baseboards a shoe molding may enhance the decor.

Quarter round molding is the molding that sits at the bottom of your baseboards just above the floor. How to take out carpet. Removing old carpet is the first step toward having something besides old stained carpet as your floor. If you are going to install new carpet or laminate flooring you will need to safely remover quarter round molding.

Carpet can stain and wear out over time so plan to replace it every five to ten years especially if it is installed in high traffic areas like living rooms. Even if you are hiring someone to install new flooring you may want to pull out the old carpet yourself. Short baseboards give a better finished look aesthetically without shoe molding or quarter round. 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.

When this carpet is removed and replaced with hardwood vinyl or other floor coverings you might spot a gap between the bottom of your baseboards and your new floor. 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.