Carpet Installation in Minneapolis
Bedrooms, basements and stairs, with the old carpet hauled away.
Carpet installation is the removal of your old carpet and pad and the stretching, seaming and trimming of new carpet in its place, and Top Notch Floors has done it in Minneapolis homes since 1990. We handle the haul-away too. You come home to a finished room.
Hard surface is everywhere now, but carpet still wins in certain rooms. Bedrooms feel warmer on a January morning. Basements lose the concrete chill. Stairs get safer underfoot. And carpet absorbs sound, which matters in a split-level, a townhome, or any house with kids upstairs.
Fiber decides how the carpet lives. Nylon is the toughest and springs back after furniture and traffic, so it belongs on stairs and in hallways. Polyester is soft and resists stains well, and it costs less, but it mats faster in heavy traffic. Olefin shrugs off moisture and bleach, which makes it a basement fiber. Wool is beautiful, natural and expensive. With kids or pets, get nylon with a solution-dyed stain treatment.
The pad underneath matters as much as the carpet on top. A cheap pad lets the backing flex and the carpet wears out from below, no matter what you spent on it. Eight-pound density is the floor for a bedroom. Stairs need a firmer pad, not a thicker one. In a basement, use a moisture-resistant pad with a moisture barrier.
Most residential carpet is stretch-in. Tack strip goes around the room, the pad is stapled down, and the carpet is power-stretched tight across the floor. Power stretching is what keeps ripples from showing up in year two. Glue-down goes straight to the slab with no pad and is the right method for commercial floors and rolling chairs.
Stairs are their own skill. Every tread and riser gets wrapped or capped, the nap has to run the same direction the whole flight, and each step gets tucked so the edge stays crisp under years of feet. Winders and open sides take longer. It is slow work and it shows immediately when it is rushed.
We pull the old carpet and pad, sweep and inspect the subfloor, replace bad tack strip, and haul everything away. If we find hardwood in good shape under that carpet, we tell you before we cover it back up.
Call (612) 791-8202Carpet work we handle
Residential and commercial, from one bedroom to a whole floor:
- Bedroom and living room carpet
- Basement carpet
- Stair carpet and runners
- Carpet pad and underlay
- Berber, plush and frieze
- Commercial carpet and carpet tile
- Old carpet removal and haul-away
Ready for new carpet? Call (612) 791-8202 and we will measure your rooms and give you a free in-home estimate.
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Common Questions
- How long does carpet installation take?
- Most houses are done in a day. Two or three bedrooms with a hallway takes a crew about six hours including tear-out. Stairs add time, roughly an hour a flight. Big open areas that need seams laid out carefully can run into a second day.
- Do you remove and haul away the old carpet?
- Yes, tear-out and haul-away of the old carpet and pad are part of the job. We also pull the old staples and replace any tack strip that is rusted or loose. Clear the closets and the small items, and we take care of the rest.
- What carpet is best with pets?
- Solution-dyed nylon with a low, dense loop or a short cut pile. The color goes all the way through the fiber, so it cleans hard without fading, and a short pile does not trap hair. Skip long shag and skip Berber if you have cats, because claws pull the loops.
- How often should carpet be replaced?
- Ten to fifteen years for good carpet over a good pad in a bedroom. Five to eight in a busy hallway or a rental. When the pile stays matted after cleaning, when seams show, or when odor comes back a week after a professional clean, the pad is done and it is time.
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