I have just finished painting some built in cabinets I made for my livingroom. (I had to have somewhere to put my new plasma tv!!!) My question is:Should I remove the carpet before I install the cabinets or would it be okayto install them over the carpet? The cabinets are ten feet long and willbe screwed to the wall. I have three bookcases that will go on top of thecabinet. They will screwed to the wall also. What do yall think? I'mleaning towards removing the carpet but I'm not sure.

Removing it now will make replacing what's left a lot simpler in thefuture.

This is the best reason of all. The carpet under the cabinet can wickmoisture from other places and mold even if the rest of the carpet looksdry.Larry Jaques wrote:

Remove carpet before cabinet install?

Feb 26, 2006 21 Replies

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Mike Berger 20 years ago

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jo4hn 20 years ago

Sigh. Figure out where the cabinets will go. Put some carpet tacks or better yet, some staples outside that dimension. Cut the carpet out. Cut the tack strip out. Put in your cabinets. The carpet stays in place and you don't have the problems with rotting carpet and wobbly cabinets as others have discussed. When the time comes to replace the carpet, it will not be a big deal for the carpet guys to pull the staples and put in new tack strip. It'll be OK. yours curmugeonly, jo4hn

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