Is there a standard height for a baseboard above a subfloor?
I recently bulit a room in my house that now has the sheetrock walls finished and painted. I plan to have wall-to-wall carpet installed but need to put in the baseboards first. Is there a set standard height for these above the subfloor? I would guess 3/4″ but wonder if the spacing might be affected by varying carpet thicknesses. I have installed quite a bit of baseboard in the pastbut always on hardwood floors, so this is new to me.
If anyone can help on this I would greatly appreciate it.
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may not be too crucial...
I don't know if there is a standard, probably, but I use shims of 3/8" [full thickness] or 7/16" osb to space the base off the floor
and the carpet guys are happy.
I ask for feed back too, when possible.
Seems like the type of carpet would vary the requirement but I've never gotten a straight answer on that from an installer.
3/4" definitely sounds too
3/4" definitely sounds too high, unless you have exceptionally plush carpet.
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DanH,
Of course you are right. I said 3/4" without giving it much thought. I do have pretty thick carpeting, but after measuring it, it looks like the 3/8" mentioned by "oldhand" is the way to go.
Many thanks to both of you
Keep in mind that generally the tack strip will be installed over the bare floor, then the pad set inside the boundaries of the tack strip, so there's no pad under the base (unless you use foam-back carpet). And the carpet will be compressed just a hair to slide it under the base. If the carpet has any nap at all you can't see the bottom of the base.
Berg
3/8's and watch for any ups and downs as you go along. 1/2" is pushing it-3/4-hope you have shag or double pad.
or
You will see that one spot that isn't behind the couch, chair, or some other thing that usually covers the base and it will be blank-not bad, but to anyone with any eyesight whatsoever-ugh.
Most piles will be no problem, but the big offender is berber. Another-not so prevalent would be a tight weave.
In addition, watch out for transitions from carpet to hardwood or tile-when they turn, tuck and tack up against the other surface, anything not almost down to the floor will show.
Instead of cutting (narrower) all the base after the transition, add to the bottom of the base at the carpet just b/4 the transition.
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Calvin,
Those are great suggestions. Thankfully I have no transitions to hardwood in this area so no worries there.
Thank you