I am turning an existing loft space into a bedroom and have a question regarding new walls that I need to build for the closet. The room currently has wall to wall carpet and my question is weather or not to remove the carpet prior to doing the wall installation. In other words should I pull back the carpet frame out the wall and then lay the carpet back down, or can I simply build the wall overtop the carpet without removing it.
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You can build the wall right on top. In the future, if you want to replace the carpet, it will be the same work, having to cut the carpet back, now or later. But you'll save a little by building the wall on top, which will hold the carpet edge in place. If you cut the carpet now you'll have to put new tack strips down to hold it in place.
Great....thanks! This will certainly save time, just wasn't sure if this was an acceptable practice.
You can also just cut the carpet out where the wall will go. Personally, I'd go right over the top of it.