Most townhouses here run two narrow flights with a turn at each landing. That is the hardest carpet in the house and where we spend the most time measuring.
Around Olde Towne the houses are older and the rooms are smaller. Expect tired tack strip, a squeaky subfloor, and sometimes wood worth uncovering.
Newer construction gives us square rooms and flat subfloor, so the job moves fast. The decisions there are about fiber, cushion and how hard the room gets used.
In a three-level townhouse the upstairs hall is the busiest strip of floor you own. Everyone walks it, and they all walk the same line. We run the carpet down the length of the hall so the pile lies with the traffic and there is no seam across the middle. Then we stretch it in with a power stretcher so it stays flat instead of rippling by the bathroom door. Pick a denser pile here and it will still look right in five years.
The shaded area is Gaithersburg 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.
A big share of Gaithersburg is townhouses, and in a townhouse the stairs are the hardest carpet in the building. Two flights, a turn at each landing, and treads that are almost never identical once a house has settled. We measure every tread, riser and nosing rather than cutting from one template.
Then we decide the finish with you. A waterfall drop is quicker and fine for a back flight. A cap-and-band, where the carpet wraps the nosing and pulls in under the tread, looks tighter and holds up better on the flight you use all day. Either way the pile runs down the stairs, not across, so the wear stays even.
The upstairs hall is the other pressure point. We run the carpet along its length so there is no seam across the walking line, then stretch it in properly.
The age of the build changes what happens before the carpet goes down. Near Olde Towne the houses are older and smaller. We expect worn tack strip, a squeaky subfloor and the odd surprise once the old carpet lifts. Screws into the joists, new strip, low spots flattened. Sometimes we find sound wood under there and tell you to keep it.
On the newer streets around Kentlands the subfloor is usually flat and square, so the job runs quickly and the real choices are about fiber, cushion and how hard the room gets used. Residential carpet installation walks through that.
Offices and suites are a different animal. Carpet tile can be laid a section at a time so your floor stays usable through the week, and one damaged tile gets swapped instead of the whole area. Commercial carpet installation covers broadloom and modular.
Use the carpet and flooring cost calculator for a first figure, then let us measure. That part is free.
Yes, and we measure every tread and riser because they are seldom identical. Narrow flights with a turn need each winder cut on its own. We keep the pile running down the flight so both look the same from the bottom.
Tell us your quiet hours and we build the sequence around them. Carpet tile lets us do a section at a time so your floor stays usable while the rest gets replaced.
We confirm each address and date rather than claiming the whole city. Call with the address and we will tell you what we can do and when.