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Strictly Carpet & Flooring

Carpet Installation in Oswego, IL

CFI-certified installers

Strictly Carpet & Flooring provides carpet installation consultations for homeowners in Oswego and our service area. We come to your home, measure the space and bring samples, then put the work in writing.

Schedule a Free In-Home ConsultationCall (630) 816-4643
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The Installation Relationship

What You Are Choosing When Hiring an Installer

The carpet is one part of the job. Hiring an installer also decides who is responsible for the work around it, before and after the carpet goes down, and whether each piece is written down.

What to settle before work starts

  1. Existing flooringWho removes it, and who takes it away.
  2. SubfloorWhat condition it is in once the old floor is up.
  3. FurnitureWho moves it, and which rooms you clear first.
  4. Doors and thresholdsHow the new carpet meets each door and the floor beyond it.
  5. StairsHow the carpet is finished at every nosing.
  6. Base and trimWhether existing base shoe and quarter round come off and go back.
  7. The estimateWhether each of these appears as its own line.

Strictly Carpet & Flooring itemizes this supporting work in your written estimate, so you can see each line and say which portions you would rather handle yourself.

Documented Scope

What the Installation Includes

Each item below is a line on the measure sheet we use at your consultation. When it applies to your project, we discuss it with you and itemize it on your estimate.

Installer credential
CFI-certified installers
Estimate
Itemized and written
Supporting work is its own line. You can discuss which portions you prefer to handle yourself.
Labor warranty
5-year labor warranty
Applies to carpet installation labor. Carpet manufacturers set their own product warranties.
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Itemized when it applies

Carpet Padding Options

Padding is recorded on the measure sheet with your carpet. Two options are listed, and the sheet also has an Other line for a pad that is not listed.

  • Standard paddingHalf-inch, 8 lb. Masterbond
  • Moisture-barrier optionHalf-inch, 8 lb. moisture barrier padding
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Itemized when it applies

Tear-Out and Haul-Away

Removal, haul-away and disposal of your existing flooring can be accounted for in the project estimate. It is its own item, not an assumption.

Tear-Out and Haul-Away Details
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Itemized when it applies

Stair Installation

Our standard for wall-to-wall carpet on stairs is Hollywood style. The carpet wraps tightly around the stair nosing and is secured beneath it.

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Itemized when it applies

Doors, Thresholds and Underlayment

Doors, thresholds and underlayment each have their own line on the measure sheet because they affect how the new carpet meets the room around it. We note them at the consultation so they are on the estimate when they apply.

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Itemized when it applies

Furniture and Room Preparation

Furniture moving is accounted for separately on the measure sheet. What is moved and what you clear beforehand is discussed and itemized during the consultation.

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Itemized when it applies

Base and Trim Work

Wood base and vinyl base each have a line on the measure sheet. We can remove and reset existing base shoe or quarter round, supply and install new white or stained base shoe or quarter round, and install new baseboards. Painting, nail-hole filling and caulking around base work are left to the homeowner.

Itemized when it applies

Fixtures and Appliances

Toilets and sinks, and appliances, each have a line on the measure sheet. When they apply to a room, they can be discussed and itemized. Not every project involves them.

Photographs on this page illustrate materials and installation details. They do not depict completed Strictly Carpet & Flooring projects.

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Carpet Installation Consultation

Schedule Your Consultation

Tell us about the rooms you want carpeted. We come to your home, measure the space and bring samples.

Schedule a Free In-Home ConsultationCall (630) 816-4643
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