Carpet in Sunnyvale, TX

Usually, yes. Additions are common in Sunnyvale because the acre lots leave room to build, and they rarely land dead level with the original slab. Depending on the size of the gap we either build the subfloor up, feather the slab, or design a clean transition at the doorway. We measure the difference at the estimate so you know which one you are getting before we start.

Frequently more than one layer. Carpet and pad over sheet vinyl, sometimes vinyl over an older vinyl, all of it bonded to the original slab. We would rather pull back a closet corner during the free estimate and see it for ourselves. Knowing the layers tells us the real demo cost, and demo is usually the biggest single variable in an older Sunnyvale house.

Yes. Stoney Creek lots generally start around two-thirds of an acre and the slabs are modern and flat, so those jobs move fast. Homestead Estates is the same story. We work out of the showroom at 10 Mustang Court in Forney, bring full sample boxes to the house rather than chips, and can usually get a job started within about two days.

Density, together with the twist of the yarn. Face weight only counts the ounces of fiber in a square yard, and a mill can hit a high number with loosely twisted yarn that mats down quickly. Bend a sample backward: if the backing shows easily through the pile, it is not dense. Tightly twisted tips that hold their shape are the best predictor of a carpet that still looks right in year five.

A solution-dyed fiber over a moisture-barrier pad, in a low, dense cut pile. Solution-dyed means the color runs through the fiber, so an accident can be cleaned aggressively without bleaching a pale spot into the floor. The barrier pad stops liquid reaching the slab, which is what causes odor that never quite leaves. Avoid loops if you have cats, since a claw catches a loop and pulls a run across the room.

We advise against it, and most manufacturers will not warranty it. Old pad has already been compressed in exactly the pathways you walk and has absorbed whatever was spilled over the years, and new carpet laid on a pad that has lost its density starts wearing from underneath immediately. New pad goes down with new carpet as a matter of course.