Carpet to hardwood, LVP, or tile. Done end-to-end.
If you're tired of carpet, pet stains, allergies, dated style, resale concerns, converting to hard surface is one of the highest-return upgrades you can make. We handle the entire conversion: pull carpet and padding, remove tack strips and staples, prep the subfloor, and install your new floor. One crew, one schedule, one quote.
What's included in this service?
- Carpet, pad, tack strip, and staple removal
- Carpet haul-away and disposal
- Subfloor flatness check and patching
- Squeak repair before new floor goes down
- Threshold and transition rebuild
- Conversion to LVP, hardwood, engineered, laminate, or tile
- Stair conversion (separate scope, see Stair Installation)
- Single-day conversions for small rooms (LVP)
When do you need this service?
- You have allergies and the carpet is making it worse
- Pets and carpet are not a sustainable combination
- You're prepping a home for sale or rental
- The carpet is dated and you want a more modern look
- You inherited a home with old carpet you do not want
What do homeowners ask about Carpet Conversion?
How much does it cost to switch from carpet to hardwood?
Demo, prep, and disposal of carpet is $1.50 to $3 per square foot. Add the cost of the new floor (LVP $5 to $9 installed, hardwood $9 to $16 installed). For a typical 1,000 sq ft conversion to LVP, plan for $7,000 to $12,000 all-in. Hardwood runs $11,000 to $19,000.
What is under the carpet?
In most San Diego homes, plywood subfloor on a wood-frame floor, or a concrete slab on slab-on-grade construction. We don't always know exactly what's down there until we pull a corner of carpet at the in-home consult. We check for asbestos in pre-1980 homes (occasionally there's a vinyl tile under the carpet that needs abatement).
Does new flooring add value to the home?
Hard-surface flooring is consistently in the top 5 ROI home improvements in real-estate listings. Most appraisers and agents will tell you the same thing: dated carpet is a deal-killer, and modern hard surface (LVP or hardwood) shows well. ROI on a quality LVP or hardwood install is typically 70 to 90% of cost at resale.
Can you do this room-by-room?
Yes. Whole-house is more efficient and gives you a continuous transition between rooms, but room-by-room works fine when budget or logistics require it. We coordinate transitions so the eventual whole-house result still flows visually.
Where do we offer Carpet Conversion in San Diego County?
We provide carpet conversion in every city and community in San Diego County. Pick your city for local climate notes and service specifics.
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Homeowners who hired us for this
Examples of the kind of feedback we work to earn on every job. Verified reviews from real customers live on our Google Business Profile and Yelp pages.
Twenty-year-old oak floors that I was about to replace. They sanded, stained, and sealed them, they look brand new. Dust containment was real. Crew was on time every day. Cost a third of what replacement would have been.
Got three quotes for the same LVP. Surface Pro was the only one that probed the slab for moisture before quoting. Two other contractors would have skipped it. Floor's been down six months and there's not a single edge curling anywhere.
Coastal house, slab on grade. They explained why solid hardwood was a bad call here and walked me through engineered options. Picked European white oak, glue-down install. Looks like real wood because it is real wood, but handles the humidity.
Need carpet conversion in San Diego County?
Call for a free quote. Most work scheduled within the week.