Do You Install Trim Before Flooring

Now i usually tile bathroom floors but i have tiled a few rooms that have had a entry way into another room without a door and it s impossible to match the new base with the old on style alone but with the 1 4 height difference also.

Do you install trim before flooring.

Also laminate is very difficult to cut with a saw without at least minor chipping. That way you don t end up with another floor installed wrong. Both the flooring contractor and trim contractor said to install trim first. In most cases given standard flooring heights you will install the cabinets before the floor covering.

Because of this you have to leave a small quarter inch gap around the outside edge. First hold the base molding against the wall after you cut it to length and look for gaps. Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room. Lengths of scrap baseboard and put 45 degree angles on the ends.

Nail the floor trim to the studs and then tack the braces to the trim with 1 in brads. So unless you are going to buy a special cutter looks like a large paper cutter you are going to want to hide that cut edge. If you see some cut a few braces from 4 to 6 in. No you don t want to trim wood flooring around the bottom of the door jambs really foolish.

Also trim carpentry is a trade that installs the interior doors and the casing and base. Then baseboard fits over the flooring. Most houses i have seen and designed we always put the trim on top of finish floor except for carpeting. This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity.

If you are installing the flooring below grade or in a room like a basement with high humidity or moisture lay down a vapor barrier before you install the flooring. Then apply construction adhesive at the top and bottom. Is this standard practice or just an opinion. I know trim first is easier on the trim contractors they don t have to worry about scribing anything.

They should acclimate for at least 48 hours. The baseboards are then installed to cover the gap. Floor covering or finish flooring is the surface that you see and walk on not the subfloor under the underlayment or underlayment between subfloor and finished layer. You would never make it look right doing it that way.

But if you put new base after the tile is set it makes the entire floor to ceiling look cleaner.