Taking Baseboards Off With Carpet

Place the claw of your crowbar between the blade of the knife and the board.

Taking baseboards off with carpet.

Leave about a 1 4 in. Hammer any nails heads that are sticking out of the. Use the putty knife to carefully and slowly scrape the wall where the caulking was previously located. We are having new flooring put in and are trying to decide between wood floors or just get some new and better quality carpet.

What you re doing is just getting the tape tucked in between the edge of the carpet and the trim. It helps to keep the. In the past this task involved inserting a putty knife between the baseboard and the wall and giving it a twist. Gently pull your end of the bar up to separate the board from the wall.

Of tape running past the carpet that overlaps onto the baseboard. Continue the removal process by moving to the. Today we were told that putting in a high quality pad with a high. Pull back the space between the taping knife and board with a crowbar.

Loosen the pins or finishing nails that hold the baseboard to the walls. Now take a putty knife or 5 in 1 tool and start working at one end and push the tape down. Is this the same for installing carpet too. If any caulking stubbornly remains use your utility knife to carefully cut it off the wall.