Install Cabinets Over Carpet

If the bottom of the cabinet can be set in place on the carpet set it and cut the carpet tight to the cabinet then cut the pad back about 2 1 2 inches from the cabinet then install your tack strip about 1 4 to 3 8 from the cabinet.

Install cabinets over carpet.

You ll probably want a. If you re installing a very large set of cabinets then seriously consider cutting around the base and taking the foam tack strip and carpet out. Now install the new flooring but keep it about a inch from the first filler strip. Even if it s an unconventional idea there are many advantages at first glance to installing a new carpet over an old one.

Have you thought about just installing over the existing carpet. Has anyone done something like this. I assume i will have to add some carpet holds of some type under the cabinets after i cut the carpet back. The flooring will be able to expand and contract beneath the toekick without revealing a gap.

It seems like much less of a headache. Menards installer center program is a free in store service designed to help our customers connect with local professionals. I am designing and building cabinets to wrap around 3 of 4 walls in my wife s craft room. The ragged edge of the flooring is then covered over with quarter round or base molding.

Saving money is typically why people try carpet over carpet installations. When you pull up the carpet and baseboard you ll see the tack strip. If you layer one carpet over another you won t have to spend time and money ripping out and throwing away the carpet that s already in place. The cabinets will last longer than the carpet and will just be a mess when it s time to install new carpet.

If you are careful you can re use it but it is cheap to replace. We ve got you covered. Ultimately you will have to decide whether. Finally install the cabinets on both strips and attach the toekicks.

I d want the cabinets secured directly to the floor not through carpet pad. What issues might i run into doing this. Installing cabinets on carpet is not recommended because. Consider installing thin floorings such as luxury vinyl laminate or tile which are possible to lay right up to the cabinets.

Cabinet and millwork installation forum from contributor m. Currently it is carpeted and i have seen many recommendations to cut the carpet back for a cabinet install.