The contractor placed the flooring but there are a lot of dips.
Is quarter round necessary with replacing carpet.
For the quarter round experts.
Some special painting process so it was put in before us.
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Quarter round is inappropriate base shoe is the proper stuff but not with carpet.
I hope to keep it that.
If you are not intending to install quarter round or base shoe the baseboard.
Kwfloors dec 9 2011 14.
I had lv plank flooring installed on my second floor replacing the carpet.
Furniture pushed to the wall can cause the quarter round to move and so can shoes heels.
While quarter round can be installed along the bottom of baseboard trim carpenters and homeowners tend to prefer the sleeker look of shoe molding which is taller and narrower than its curved.
If you install the quarter round on top of the carpet the quarter round is not as stable because the carpet is soft whereas the floor subfloor is rigid.
Anywho i haven t seen quarter round and carpet combination in many years.
Baseboard installed on top of carpet should be installed at approximately the same height with this exception.
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.
I have one wood floor installer who insists on using quarter round plus the baseboard for my floor installation whereas my contractor and another floor installer say it s not necessary.
It is raised up off the floor so we can tuck.
Trims are usually very straight on the horizontal plane while the floors especially in older houses can have high and low spots.
The quarter round flexes more than the moulding and can hide any gaps.
The home we are working on now has quarter round installed before the carpet.
Not very good when tucking and it moves on the base because it wasn t nailed on enough.