Carpet in Brooklyn, from bedrooms to brownstone stairs
Wall-to-wall carpet for Brooklyn bedrooms and living rooms, and runners for the long stairs of brownstones, row houses and walk-ups.
In Brooklyn, carpet is often about the people downstairs as much as the feel underfoot.
In a two-family house or an apartment, footsteps on a hard floor carry straight through old joists to the rooms below. A good carpet over a dense pad is the quietest floor you can put down, which is why so many Brooklyn bedrooms have it, and why many co-op and rental leases ask for most of each room to be covered.
We install wall-to-wall carpet in bedrooms, living rooms, dens and hallways, and fit runners and full carpet on stairs, in houses, co-ops and apartments across Brooklyn. If you have already bought your carpet, we measure and plan the installation around it.
Brownstone and row house stairs
The stairs in a Brooklyn brownstone are long, steep and often the best wood in the house. A runner down the middle adds grip, quiets every step and leaves the wood showing at each side. We fit it tread by tread, fastened into the corner of each step so it never creeps, and we finish the top and bottom cleanly.
On narrower walk-up stairs, or where the treads are worn, wall-to-wall carpet on the stairs can be the better choice. Each step is still fitted and fastened on its own. We count the steps and note the landings and turns when we visit, because that is where most of a stair job's time goes.
The pad decides how quiet it is
Two carpets that look the same can sound very different to the neighbor below. The difference is the pad. A thin pad lets the carpet wear flat in the walkways and does little for sound. A denser pad keeps the pile standing longer and deadens footsteps. In a two-family house or an apartment we lean toward the pad that helps most with sound, and on stairs we use a firm one so each tread keeps its shape.
What a carpet installation covers
Measuring rooms and stairs
We measure each room and count the stairs, landings and turns before anything is cut.
Taking up the old carpet
Old carpet, pad and staples come up and go with us.
Pad chosen for sound
We fit tack strip and the pad that suits the room and the people below it.
Stretched and finished
The carpet is stretched tight, stairs are fitted step by step and every doorway is finished.
A carpet day in Brooklyn
Clear the room
Furniture moves out of the way and the old carpet comes up.
Prepare the floor
Loose boards are fixed, tack strip goes down and the pad is laid.
Lay and stretch
The carpet goes down, seams are joined and it is stretched tight.
Ready to use
You can walk on it as soon as we finish. Most rooms are done in a day.
What moves the price of carpet
The carpet and pad you choose, the size of the rooms and the number of seams set most of the price. Stairs take longer than rooms, because each step is fitted by hand, and landings and turns add more. Taking up old carpet, fixing loose boards and moving furniture add to the work. We measure first and give you one estimate for all of it.
Carpet questions from Brooklyn
My Brooklyn lease says floors must be covered. Does carpet count?
Wall-to-wall carpet covers the whole room, so it meets that kind of clause outright. Many co-op and rental leases ask for most of each room to be covered, often 80 percent, but the exact rule is in your lease or house rules, so check it or ask your managing agent.
Can you fit a runner on my brownstone stairs?
Yes. We fit runners on brownstone, row house and walk-up stairs, fastened on every step so they stay put, with the wood showing at each side. We can also carpet the stairs wall to wall.
Can you install carpet I bought myself?
Yes. Tell us the carpet and pad you bought and the room sizes, and we will check there is enough for the rooms and the stairs before we book the job.
How long does it take to install carpet?
Most rooms take a few hours and a typical apartment or floor of a house is done in a day. Stairs and larger homes take longer. You can use the room as soon as we finish.
Bedrooms or stairs? We will measure them.
Send the rooms and the number of stairs, and we will plan the job.