Replace My Living Room Carpet
The cost falls between 25 to 75 per room for carpet cleaning or an average of 51 per room according to angie s list members.
Replace my living room carpet. Recently purchased a home and there is carpet in this living room and in all of the bedrooms. Carpet removal costs 1 to 1 50 per square foot including labor cleanup and waste disposal. All of the carpet needs to be replaced so we want to get it done before moving furniture in. The kitchen and hallway to the bedrooms has hardwood which we don t love the color of but don t have money to refinish at the moment.
This equals 48 to 72 per hour because it usually takes 3 hours to remove carpet from a 12 by 12 foot room including extracting the tack strips and staples. Hallway carpet and stair runners can also be installed to create additional décor and comfort in high traffic areas of. In some warm climates such as florida wood. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.
The layout of your living room will likely impact the cost of installation more than its actual size. The average hourly rate is 60 per hour so expect to pay 180 in total for a contractor to remove and dispose of 12 by. Carpet just doesn t cut it for many buyers. While a carpet pad is not always necessary it will add to the durability of the floor with a range of 1 to 5 per square foot.
Stained or dated carpet is a huge turnoff to potential buyers especially if you have pets. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Often a professional cleaning is enough to get it ready to show but sometimes that just won t do the trick.
On average the cost of labor to put in each square foot of carpet is 0 50 to 1. The home depot s qualified carpet installers can perform whole house installation services or lay high quality new carpet in just a room or two. Most buyers expect to see hardwood floors at least in the main areas says ted moore a builder at little harbor homes in marblehead ma. Fold back about 3 ft.
Larger whole house cleaning projects can cost more than 550. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Replace old carpet if you have old or stained carpet you should consider replacing it before putting it on the market.