A whole-house job is several full rolls. We check that the truck can get up your driveway and turn, and where we can stage material out of the weather.
Large lower levels take the widest roll we can get so you carry fewer seams across an open rec room. On slab we check for damp and pick cushion to match.
Five bedrooms, two flights and a bonus room add up fast. We measure each room, plan the roll layout, and show you where every yard goes.
Most houses out here have a main flight and a back flight to the basement. They rarely match. We measure both, keep the pile direction running down each one, and use the same runner so the house reads as one job rather than two. Landings get their own cut with the pattern lined up to the flight above. If you want carpet edge to edge on the stairs instead, we will price both and you pick.
The shaded area is Darnestown as OpenStreetMap draws it. We work across it and well past the edges, but a boundary on a map is not a promise about your driveway. Access, parking, elevator rules and the size of the job all count. Send us the address with the rooms you want looked at and we will tell you straight away whether we can get there and when. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors.
Darnestown sits on larger lots with newer detached houses, and the jobs match. A whole-house carpet order here can be several full rolls plus cushion, delivered at once. Before we book a date we check the simple things: can the truck get up and turn on your driveway, is there a garage or covered spot to stage material, and how far is the carry to the front door.
We also ask which rooms have to stay usable. Most people want the upstairs done first while they keep the main level, then swap. That sequence is easy when we know it in advance and awkward when we find out on the morning.
The lower level is where these houses earn their keep, and it is where flooring gets tested. If your rec room is on slab, we check for moisture before we choose anything. That reading decides the cushion, the backing and whether carpet or a click-lock plank is the better bet for the space. Basement carpet installation covers the below-grade side in detail.
Open lower levels also want the widest roll we can source, so you are not looking at seams across the middle of the room. Where a seam has to land, we put it out of the sightline from the stairs.
Upstairs, the numbers are just larger versions of the same job. Five bedrooms, a hallway, two flights and a bonus room over the garage. We measure each room, draw the roll layout, keep the pile direction the same across connected spaces so the color reads even, then stretch it in with a power stretcher. Residential carpet installation explains fiber and pile choices for rooms that get daily traffic.
Want a ballpark before we come out? Put your square footage into the carpet and flooring cost calculator. We will confirm the real number at the house, and the measure is free.
Usually yes, and it is cheaper per yard than doing it in pieces. We do need to know which rooms have to stay usable. We can run upstairs first, then the main level, so you are never locked out of the house.
We test the slab for moisture, then choose a cushion and backing that can live with it. Carpet works well down there. So does luxury vinyl plank if you want something you can wipe down after a spill.
Give us the address and the dates you have in mind and we will confirm. We would rather tell you no on the phone than cancel on you the week of.