Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:53 pm
You are going to pay the installer for the amount of material ordered unless you purposely order extra. You can also expect to pay extra for stairs and rollover edge.
I am looking for a good carpet guy as I install carpet about twice a year at our various rental properties.
1. First guy was incredible - then he retired.
2. Second guy was one of my tenants - a union guy. I bought the carpet through his employer. He did a shitty job and didn't pay his rent.
3. Home Depot Contractor intentionally over estimated amount of carpet needed. Didn't tighten the carpet sufficiently and wanted to charge me $150 to fix it.
4. Fourth guy was an arrogant SOB. I worked with him for a while, but last time I ordered extra for the stairs so I could do that later and he wanted to charge me for that material. He also wanted to charge me extra for waiting around when he showed up 1.5 hours early without calling.