Carpet costs? How much are you paying?

[Brandon Turner]

How much are you folks paying for carpet install these days? 

[Laureen Youngblood]

Truth be told - carpet gets bought, sold and installed by the square yard.  Layout in a room means everything!  a 12' wide carpet is 12' wide all day long - so if you have a room that is 13 x 14, you are paying for 26 lf of 12' wide carpet (312 sf) - not the 196 sf that is the size of the room.

That being said $15 sy carpet ($1500 for 900 sf)) is about right for a very inexpensive carpet and pad - much less than that is pretty close to impossible.  If you want to get a better quality carpet at an even better price talk with your local flooring store.  they get overstock - discontinued carpet lists every day from their manufacturers that can get you a $25 sy ($2.77 sf) carpet at that lower $6-8 sy price.  All other things being equal -That is a GREAT deal for very little effort.  Many of them will sell material only, if you want to install or have your own installer.

Carpet pad is another story.  Depends on what you are after long term....more replacements at $1500 a pop, or a carpet that will hold up past two or three normal replacements.  Spend $1800-2200 now and not another $3000-4500 over the next two or three turn overs.