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We need new carpet pretty much throughout our house. I did some quick measurements and come up with us needing about 1600 sq feet of carpet. If we did an average carpet, say in a frieze, how much does that typically run installed? There are two stairways included in that price, one with 14 steps, the other with 13 (5 steps, landing, right turn then the rest of the stairs).
We need new carpet pretty much throughout our house. I did some quick measurements and come up with us needing about 1600 sq feet of carpet. If we did an average carpet, say in a frieze, how much does that typically run installed? There are two stairways included in that price, one with 14 steps, the other with 13 (5 steps, landing, right turn then the rest of the stairs).
Varies greatly on what type of carpeting you buy. Typically weight and fiber type is the most common contributors to cost.
Are you doing the tear out?
Is carpet only being placed where there is existing carpet? (Tack strip already in place).
Are you replacing the pad?
Any transitions needed?
Are the stairs Roman Capped and/or pie shaped? Stair open on one side and need to be rolled over the edges with spindles?
Varies greatly on what type of carpeting you buy. Typically weight and fiber type is the most common contributors to cost.
Are you doing the tear out?
Is carpet only being placed where there is existing carpet? (Tack strip already in place).
Are you replacing the pad?
Any transitions needed?
Are the stairs Roman Capped and/or pie shaped? Stair open on one side and need to be rolled over the edges with spindles?
Replacing existing carpeting
Price with and without tear-out please
Pad is 16 years old, probably replace that too?
Transitions meaning going from say carpet to tile? Not really, just at the bottom of the one stairway-goes from carpet to wood flooring. Everything else is just carpet to carpet--oh, 3 doorways into bathrooms I guess too (carpet to vinyl flooring).
I am not sure what "shape" the stairs are, they are stairs, rectangular. No rolling carpet around spindles or anything fancy.
Transitions meaning going from say carpet to tile? Not really, just at the bottom of the one stairway-goes from carpet to wood flooring. Everything else is just carpet to carpet--oh, 3 doorways into bathrooms I guess too (carpet to vinyl flooring).
I am not sure what "shape" the stairs are, they are stairs, rectangular. No rolling carpet around spindles or anything fancy.
Without tear out, including pad you should be looking around $4/sf.
They may charge extra for moving furniture, especially if you have large or specialty furniture.
Tear out you are probably looking at another $0.20 a foot.
Easy way to save money....
Tear out the rug and pad yourself. Move the furniture out of the way. You'll save hundreds.
Also, check out your local flooring store in lieu of big orange or blue. My parents owned a flooring store and my brother still owns one today. Constantly beat those big box stores in price and service.
Without tear out, including pad you should be looking around $4/sf.
They may charge extra for moving furniture, especially if you have large or specialty furniture.
Tear out you are probably looking at another $0.20 a foot.
Easy way to save money....
Tear out the rug and pad yourself. Move the furniture out of the way. You'll save hundreds.
Also, check out your local flooring store in lieu of big orange or blue. My parents owned a flooring store and my brother still owns one today. Constantly beat those big box stores in price and service.
We used to have a guy in our town that installed carpet. He worked out of his house, had deals with warehouses and was about 1/2 of what the big boxes cost. Unfortunately he retired and moved out of state. Hopefully I can find someone else like him.
They're out there.
Drive by the 7-11 nearest the carpet distributor paces in the AM.
Look for the one with rolls of carpet and pad sticking out the back of the van.
No matter what type of carpet you do buy, not not try and save by going with cheap padding. Good padding will increase the life of your carpet, make it look better and will feel really good under your feet. I learned this lesson the hard way. Never buy cheap padding!
Not sure about carpeting for the room but I use a local CL guy to do steps.. My recent carpet replacement for a rental. 19 steps with 3'x3.5' landing. $150 includes everything but I had to remove all old carpeting, staples, padding and strips.
My experience with big box carpet installer in the past was $12 steps for labor only.
I've just gotten quotes myself so I may be of some help. I priced ours at Lowes. They install for $100 period. 1 room or 5. They do charge $7 per step so factor that in. Timing is an issue for us because once we close we have only a few days to be out of our rental and I want the new carpet in BEFORE we move all of our heavy bedroom funiture in. So I'm goingwith instock carpet..less than $1/sqft. I found an awesome one Dupont makes from corn for $2.48 but it's not stock. Padding is $.48 for regular and .68 for the deluxe.
I found that Lowes gave us the best pricing up front. Lowes offers a written quote to us, and then Empire Carpet had the exact carpet we wanted. They beat Lowes pricing. Installation was professional and on time .. only down side was that the padding that was provided seemed a bit lower quality than what Lowes offered. Lesson learned, but we are happy with the carpet and install we got from Empire.
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