Hello, just did a full condo remodel, all came out pretty nice, I am having troubles with the aesthetics of my carpet install.
Perhaps I should not have listened to the contractor, but they decided to install the baseboards about 3/4" off the floor, they used a scrap of baseboard as the guide. It turns out, this is perhaps a little hight for the carpet we got.
The carpet place used a 8lb pad, the carpet is Mohawk and I am not sure the style. I just want to get my facts correct for when they come back out to try to work on it and fix it. I was told by another carpet installer that in these cases, they simply put padding under the baseboard, so when they tuck the carpet in under it, it has some substance under the carpet to push it into the baseboard. My carpet plus padding is over 3/4" so it can fit tight, it is just that there is no padding beyond the tack strip to keep it up.
Options at this point are:
add another baseboard onto of the old one, towards the bottom, perhaps a small strip, to cover this up, this means re-painting carefully and is not entirely what I am into.
Pull the baseboards, get taller ones to cover up the mess I will no doubt make, prime and paint all over, again, last resort.
Pull the carpets back a little, cram some pad under the baseboard, put the carpet back in. I had them do this in one room, as I came home and saw the gaps, this seems to work and look fine. I am told by the carpet company they never do this, and they are pretty unhappy about my request.
I guess I could also trim in strips of new baseboard to bring them down closer to the floor, then have the carpet place come in and fix that edge as well.
Right now, I am looking for the best recommendation to make it look ok, maybe later, when we get new carpets, we can afford much thicker ones, and this wont be an issue, or I can strip in some baseboard material and caulk and paint it into place.
Final question, we have an area where carpet meets a radius of about 9 feet on the kitchen tile. I am not happy with this edge at all, seems when we vacuum over it, over time, it is just asking for wear and damage to the carpet. it is just tack strip and put down. Is there some sort of wrap the carpet under a strip method than can be done here? What are your suggestions for when carpet edges meet tile? The tile and carpet are both on cement floor in this particular case.
thanks
Perhaps I should not have listened to the contractor, but they decided to install the baseboards about 3/4" off the floor, they used a scrap of baseboard as the guide. It turns out, this is perhaps a little hight for the carpet we got.
The carpet place used a 8lb pad, the carpet is Mohawk and I am not sure the style. I just want to get my facts correct for when they come back out to try to work on it and fix it. I was told by another carpet installer that in these cases, they simply put padding under the baseboard, so when they tuck the carpet in under it, it has some substance under the carpet to push it into the baseboard. My carpet plus padding is over 3/4" so it can fit tight, it is just that there is no padding beyond the tack strip to keep it up.
Options at this point are:
add another baseboard onto of the old one, towards the bottom, perhaps a small strip, to cover this up, this means re-painting carefully and is not entirely what I am into.
Pull the baseboards, get taller ones to cover up the mess I will no doubt make, prime and paint all over, again, last resort.
Pull the carpets back a little, cram some pad under the baseboard, put the carpet back in. I had them do this in one room, as I came home and saw the gaps, this seems to work and look fine. I am told by the carpet company they never do this, and they are pretty unhappy about my request.
I guess I could also trim in strips of new baseboard to bring them down closer to the floor, then have the carpet place come in and fix that edge as well.
Right now, I am looking for the best recommendation to make it look ok, maybe later, when we get new carpets, we can afford much thicker ones, and this wont be an issue, or I can strip in some baseboard material and caulk and paint it into place.
Final question, we have an area where carpet meets a radius of about 9 feet on the kitchen tile. I am not happy with this edge at all, seems when we vacuum over it, over time, it is just asking for wear and damage to the carpet. it is just tack strip and put down. Is there some sort of wrap the carpet under a strip method than can be done here? What are your suggestions for when carpet edges meet tile? The tile and carpet are both on cement floor in this particular case.
thanks