Do You Install Carpet Or Hardwood First

This is one of the first questions that comes up when choosing between carpet or hardwood floors.

Do you install carpet or hardwood first.

Reason 1 when installing tile you have the risks of making a. Hardwood is a good because high traffic throughways would benefit from a durable low maintenance flooring. It depends on how careful you are in the installation process. If you care about doing quality work and not wasting time you paint the walls then install the hard floors cabinetry doors and trim.

Carpet on the other hand would muffle those high traffic sounds and make for a safer stairway. But generally installing the tile first would be better. When it comes to hard floors ie hardwood laminate tile vinyl etc. You can easily undo it in the future.

There are many legitimate reasons to do construction work in the proper sequence. Which do you install or have installed first carpet or tile. Hallways and stairs benefit from either option. Installing hardwood floors can cost between 9 and 12 per square foot compared with about 3 to 5 per square foot for carpet so some homeowners opt to install hardwood floors only in some.

To protect the hardwood floor from getting grout or glue on it i cover the hardwood floor with a. Then i install the ceramic tile. Install the floor and leave the gap at the first riser without a molding and bring the carpet down the riser and blind edge it. You can have both products in your home some rooms like bedrooms may be covered in carpets while others like the kitchen living room and bathroom should have a resistant hardwood floor.

If you do have hardwood stairs you may want to consider a runner to increase safety. Generally carpet is self edging while hardwood floors are not they usually gap from the wall a bit and call for a molding over the edge. I have done this and i always have the hardwood installed first.