Taking Baseboards Off With Carpet

Use the putty knife to carefully and slowly scrape the wall where the caulking was previously located.

Taking baseboards off with carpet.

It helps to keep 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. Carefully apply more pressure if needed but don t yank or force anything. If any caulking stubbornly remains use your utility knife to carefully cut it off the wall.

Gently pull your end of the bar up to separate the board from the wall. Place the claw of your crowbar between the blade of the knife and the board. Loosen the pins or finishing nails that hold the baseboard to the walls. Today we were told that putting in a high quality pad with a high.

Leave about a 1 4 in. Is this the same for installing carpet too. Of tape running past the carpet that overlaps onto the baseboard. Hammer any nails heads that are sticking out of the.

Now take a putty knife or 5 in 1 tool and start working at one end and push the tape down. 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. What you re doing is just getting the tape tucked in between the edge of the carpet and the trim. In the past this task involved inserting a putty knife between the baseboard and the wall and giving it a twist.