Install Cabinets Over Carpet

Finally install the cabinets on both strips and attach the toekicks.

Install cabinets over carpet.

Below are the two main reasons that installing cabinets on top of carpet is not a good idea. I am designing and building cabinets to wrap around 3 of 4 walls in my wife s craft room. If you re installing a very large set of cabinets then seriously consider cutting around the base and taking the foam tack strip and carpet out. If you layer one carpet over another you won t have to spend time and money ripping out and throwing away the carpet that s already in place.

Saving money is typically why people try carpet over carpet installations. Consider installing thin floorings such as luxury vinyl laminate or tile which are possible to lay right up to the cabinets. Menards installer center program is a free in store service designed to help our customers connect with local professionals. I assume i will have to add some carpet holds of some type under the cabinets after i cut the carpet back.

We ve got you covered. Ultimately you will have to decide whether. Then knee kick the carpet over the tack strip and use a putty knife to push the carpet down between the tack. The ragged edge of the flooring is then covered over with quarter round or base molding.

The cabinets will last longer than the carpet and will just be a mess when it s time to install new carpet. When you pull up the carpet and baseboard you ll see the tack strip. What issues might i run into doing this. If the bottom of the cabinet can be set in place on the carpet set it and cut the carpet tight to the cabinet then cut the pad back about 2 1 2 inches from the cabinet then install your tack strip about 1 4 to 3 8 from the cabinet.

Has anyone done something like this. Now install the new flooring but keep it about a inch from the first filler strip. It seems like much less of a headache. Cabinet and millwork installation forum from contributor m.

The flooring will be able to expand and contract beneath the toekick without revealing a gap. Currently it is carpeted and i have seen many recommendations to cut the carpet back for a cabinet install. If you are careful you can re use it but it is cheap to replace. Have you thought about just installing over the existing carpet.

I d want the cabinets secured directly to the floor not through carpet pad. If the carpet is changed later the carpet can be cut around the cabinetry and a new tack strip applied at that time.