Carpet Replacement in Kanata & Ottawa West
Replacing carpet is really two jobs stapled together: getting twenty years of old carpet out of the house, and getting new carpet in without the sub-floor underneath sabotaging it. Kanata Carpet Pros does both in one visit — tear-out, disposal, sub-floor triage, fresh underpad, new carpet stretched and seamed, furniture back where it started. Most Kanata and Ottawa West homes are finished the same day, and the number on your written quote is the number you pay whatever we find under the old pad.
- Old carpet lifted and hauled away
- Sub-floor checked before new pad
- Squeaks screwed down as standard
- Premium 8-lb underpad included
- Most homes finished in one day
- Fixed written price before tear-out
From tear-out to walk-through in one visit
Tear-out and haul-away
Drop cloths down, standard furniture moved, then the old carpet and underpad come up, get rolled, and leave in the van.
Sub-floor triage
With the floor bare we walk it, screw down squeaks, pull leftover staples and tack strip, and flag anything that needs more than a screw.
New pad, new carpet, same day
Fresh underpad stapled, carpet rolled out and power-stretched, seams heat-bonded, edges tucked, furniture reset, floor vacuumed.
Signs your Kanata carpet is past repairing
Replacement is not always the answer, and we lose work saying so. But when two or more of these are true, spending money on repairs is spending money twice.
The traffic lanes have gone shiny and flat
Look down the hall and at the top three stairs. If the pile there is crushed and reflective while the carpet under the bed still stands up, the fibre in those lanes has been worn past recovery. Cleaning will not lift it and a stretch will not hide it — that carpet has spent its wear life.
The smell survives the cleaning
Deep pet or water staining that has soaked through the pad into the sub-floor keeps coming back a week after every cleaning. At that point you are paying to chase something that lives below the carpet, and pulling the whole assembly is the cheaper end of the arithmetic.
The backing has gone brittle
Residential carpet is built for roughly ten to fifteen years. Past that the latex backing hardens, seams start splitting on their own, and the carpet will not hold a stretch — it tears at the tack strip instead of tightening. A re-stretch on brittle carpet buys weeks, not years.
What to move before the replacement crew arrives
We move standard furniture at no charge — beds, dressers, sofas, tables. What genuinely helps is clearing the small, fragile and personal things the night before, because a room that is ready is a room that gets finished before dinner.
- Empty closet floors in rooms being carpeted
- Lift lamps, plants, and anything breakable
- Unplug and coil electronics cabling
- Take doors off if they were cut for old carpet
- Pen the dog or cat somewhere off the floor
- Clear a path from the front door to the room
Tell us in advance about a piano, a gun safe, an aquarium, or a wall unit that is anchored to studs. Those need a plan and sometimes a third pair of hands, and we would rather bring the help than discover it at eight in the morning.
Room-by-room carpet replacement pricing in Kanata
Replacement prices sit slightly above a bare install because the old floor has to come out and go somewhere. These are the all-in bands we quote most often — material, underpad, removal, disposal and labour together — and they read the same in Stittsville, Barrhaven and Nepean as they do in Kanata.
| Project | Typical size | Replacement price range |
|---|---|---|
| Single bedroom | 12 x 14 ft | $600 – $1,000 |
| Living / dining | 16 x 20 ft | $1,200 – $2,200 |
| Stairs + upstairs hall | ~250 sq ft | $1,100 – $1,900 |
| Whole upstairs (3 beds) | ~900 sq ft | $3,400 – $6,200 |
| Basement | 600 sq ft | $2,000 – $3,600 |
Your written fixed-price quote confirms the exact number before work begins.
Carpet replacement questions
When is replacing cheaper than repairing in a Kanata home?
Once the fibre is worn through, matted flat in the traffic lanes, or the backing has gone brittle, repair money is wasted — a patch in a dead carpet still looks like a patch in a dead carpet. Replacement wins from that point on. If the carpet is structurally sound and only rippled, seamed, or spot-damaged, we will tell you to repair it instead.
Do you remove and dispose of the old carpet when you replace it?
Yes. Lifting the old carpet and underpad, rolling it, carrying it out, and disposing of it responsibly is built into every Kanata replacement quote. There is no dumpster on your lawn and no separate haul-away fee at the end.
Can a Kanata carpet replacement be done in one day?
Most homes under 1,500 sq ft are torn out and re-carpeted in a single working day, including sub-floor prep. Whole-home projects and houses with multiple staircases can run into a second day; whichever it is, the timeline is written into your quote before you approve it.
Will my sub-floor need work once the old carpet comes up?
You find out the moment the old carpet is off, which is why we check it before the new pad goes anywhere near it. Minor squeaks and loose staples are screwed down and cleared as part of the job. Anything larger — a soft panel, water staining, a failed patch — is priced in writing and shown to you before we carry on.
Time to tear out the old carpet?
Free in-home measure, old carpet hauled away, and a fixed written price before a single staple moves.