In a 1930s bungalow we lift a corner inside a closet first. If the strip oak is sound, we say so before you pay to cover it.
Older Kensington stairs are narrow and closed in. We take every tread, riser and nosing measurement, then cut tack strip to fit each step.
Near the town centre we park close and carry the roll through the front door. We pad the trim and the door casing on the way in.
Stairs set the tone in an older Kensington home. We measure every tread and riser, because runs built in the 1920s and 1950s are rarely equal. Then we agree on a waterfall or a capped finish, run the pile in one direction so the treads wear evenly, and hold the pattern repeat straight down the flight. New tack strip goes down and fresh cushion goes under it. Ask for a free quote and we will walk you through the numbers.
The shaded area is Kensington 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.
The streets around the town centre and the antique row are full of detached homes and bungalows built between the 1920s and the 1950s. Under worn wall-to-wall there is often strip oak. We lift a corner inside a closet before you decide anything. If the boards are sound, we tell you, and we will price refinishing instead. If they are patched, stained or peppered with old tack holes, new carpet is the cheaper answer and we say that too. Either way you see the numbers first. Room-by-room carpet work covers the rest of the house.
Kensington stairs are usually narrow, boxed in, and older than the floor beside them. We measure every tread and riser rather than multiplying one step by fourteen. Then we cut the runner so an even margin of wood shows on each side, and we keep the pattern repeat running straight down the flight. Fresh tack strip goes down, split stair nosing gets replaced, and the cushion we use is rated for stairs. Our stair runner page shows how we handle winders and a turn at the bottom.
In bedrooms and halls we place seams away from the doorways you walk through, run the pile in one direction across the landing, and power stretch the carpet so it stays flat. Rooms in these houses are modest, so a single roll width often covers a bedroom with no seam at all.
Start with the carpet and flooring cost calculator for a rough range. Your real Kensington price comes from measured rooms, the stair count, pattern waste, removal and haul-away, any subfloor repair, and a transition strip at every doorway. The quote itself is free.
We move the furniture, pull the old carpet and cushion, sweep the subfloor and screw down the boards that squeak, then install. Plaster walls and painted trim get protected before the roll comes in. We tell you which rooms you can walk on that evening. Service is confirmed address by address, so send us the street with your room list.
Often, yes. Houses here built from the 1920s to the 1950s were commonly laid with strip oak. We lift a corner in a closet and look before you decide whether to carpet over it or refinish it.
Usually. We measure tread depth, riser height and the nosing, then set the runner width so the wood shows evenly on both sides. Winders and a turn at the bottom change the cut, so we check those at the house.
We confirm each address before we book anything. Send us the street and your room list and we will tell you straight away whether we can take the job.