Mobile carpet showroom · Renton, WA

Carpet installation in Renton, WA — pick your carpet at home, not in a store

Searching for carpet installation near me in Renton? Half flights, a landing, bedrooms up and the family room three steps down — that's the Renton split-level, and it's most of what we carpet here. The van carries all three pad grades along with 20+ carpet samples, laid out on the very stairs and floors in question. We measure the whole house and leave a written price before we go.

Carpet, pad and labor from a single Renton crew — one invoice, one warranty behind it
Most Renton homes, split-levels included, done in a day
Free measure, free quote, and nobody talks you into anything

Serving all of Renton plus Skyway, Newcastle, Tukwila, Kent & Maple Valley · Usually bookable within the week

OC Flooring's mobile showroom van parked at a Renton split-level, with full-size carpet samples laid out by the front steps
Since 2013
1,000+ floors installed since 2013
How Renton skips the carpet store

A split-level deserves a store that makes house calls. Ours does — and it leaves the exact price on your counter.

A carpet square reads one way on a store rack and a different way on your stairs at six in the evening. So the van comes loaded: 20+ full-size samples spread against your own paint and trim, every room, landing and half-flight measured, and an itemized price written out while you watch. One trip. One number. No store to drive to, no counter to haggle at.

1 visit
samples, measurements and a firm price — about an hour of your day
$1.49/sq ft
carpet installation from — a real line on your quote, not an asterisk
1 day
one day on site finishes most Renton homes, stairs included
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What does carpet installation cost in Renton, WA?

Around Renton, carpet installed end-to-end prices at $4–$7 per square foot — labor, carpet, the pad, fresh tack strip and hauling the old stuff away are all inside that number. One bedroom generally pencils out at $600–$1,000; add two more bedrooms and a hallway and you're usually at $2,400–$3,900. Grade swings the total harder than anything, and in a split-level you're choosing it for stairs and bedrooms at once — easier done with full-size samples lying on your own floor.

Bedroom · 12×12
$600–$1,000
3 bedrooms + hall
$2,400–$3,900
Stairs · 13 steps
$235–$400
Stretch one room
$99–$180

Renton pricing observed August 2026. The governing total is written at your free in-home measure.

Book online

Set up your free at-home carpet estimate

Claim a time and the commuting is done for you. The visit wraps with samples vetted in your rooms, all levels taped, and one figure that doesn't move.

All three pad grades, 20+ carpet samples, down on your own stairs and landings
Rooms, closets, stairs and landings all measured in the same trip
The price is written out before the visit ends — and it stays the price
Evenings & Saturdays available · free, no pressure

Prefer the phone? Call Bohdan at (425) 595-1079 — you'll get an installer, not a call center.

OC Flooring mobile carpet showroom van on a residential street in Renton, WA
How it works

How a mobile showroom visit works in Renton

1

Grab a time slot

Book online or call. We keep evening and Saturday windows open across Renton, so a 737 shift or a day job doesn't have to bend around carpet shopping.

2

The van parks out front

Onboard for every Renton run: berber, patterned styles, plush, wool, frieze and pet-rated nylon, plus each pad grade — set down on the very floors they'd cover.

3

Free measure & written quote

Rooms, closets, half-flights and landings measured while you watch, itemized on paper — and the total holds.

4

Install day

Furniture out, old carpet up and hauled off, new carpet power-stretched tight — then everything back in place. One day for most Renton houses.

Materials & labor

Carpet services & honest Renton prices

Starting numbers, not finals — carpet grade, stair shape and how much furniture stands in the way all move the figure. Yours arrives in writing during the visit.

Carpet & pad supplied

Carpet and cushion bought straight from the mills. No Rainier Ave storefront rent baked into your price.

from $2.49
/ sq ft

Carpet installation

The floor stays tight because the prep isn't skipped: new tack strip each time, heat-set seams, and a stretcher pass in all rooms.

from $1.49
/ sq ft

Carpet on stairs

Stairs priced per step, waterfall or cap-and-band. Split-level half-flights, landings and pie turns are in the quote from the start.

from $18
/ step

Carpet stretching & repair

A power stretcher pulls ripples and buckles back out and the trip hazard goes with them. Good carpet keeps working for a fraction of the price of new.

from $99
/ room

Old carpet removal & haul-away

Old carpet, pad, staples and the dump fee — it all leaves with us, not to your curb.

from $0.50
/ sq ft

Furniture moving

Our crew carries out the beds, dressers and couches and carries them back. You handle the small and breakable things.

included
on most jobs

Pet-friendly carpet pad

A moisture-barrier pad keeps accidents out of the subfloor — which is where pet odor actually lives.

from $0.65
/ sq ft

Rental turns & property managers

Flat turn pricing for Renton rentals and duplexes — one point of contact, photos when the unit's ready, and scheduling that works around move-outs.

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What's in the van

The carpet styles that ride to Renton in the van

Eight styles cover most of what Renton's houses ask for, from 1940s Highlands originals to new townhomes near The Landing. Want a look we didn't pack? We'll order from the mills and come back with the closest matches.

Plush saxony carpet sample

After All II

Smooth and soft underfoot. Bedrooms and rooms nobody runs through.

Textured cut pile carpet sample

Clever Choice

Hides footprints and vacuum marks. The safe answer for a whole house.

Frieze twist carpet sample

Frieze Twist

Tight curl that shrugs off traffic. Hallways, stairs, houses with kids.

Berber loop carpet sample

Rustique Vibe

Flecked, dense, cheap to live with. Basements, bonus rooms, rentals.

Pattern loop carpet sample

Vintage Flair

Quiet geometry for the stairs and hallway guests actually look at.

Best for pets
Pet-proof solution-dyed nylon carpet sample

Game Changing II

Sealed backing, bleach-cleanable fiber. Dogs win, the carpet survives.

Wool blend carpet sample

Cozy Harbor II

Natural fiber, deepest color, ages the best. Primary bedrooms.

Commercial level loop carpet sample

Finely Detailed

Flat and dense — the lowest cost per year of use. Offices and turns.

Pad grades — the part of the job you can't see but can feel

Thin pad is why young carpet goes flat underfoot. All three grades come on every visit — stand on each and pick.

Standard
6 lb rebond

Fine for guest rooms and rentals.

Recommended
8 lb rebond

Keeps the plush feel and the mill warranty.

Pets & kids
Moisture barrier

Spills stay on top of the pad, not in the plywood.

Carpet cost calculator for Renton

Ballpark your carpet cost before you book

Rooms and stairs go in, a range comes out. Take it as reconnaissance, not commitment — it runs on the rates we actually charge.

Stretch or replace

Carpet restretching vs. new carpet in Renton

A lot of the 'time for new carpet' calls we take from Renton turn out to be restretch jobs — about a fifth of the price. We say so when that's what we find, even though the smaller job means a smaller invoice for us.

Stretch it

Ripples and waves, pile still standing
Pulled loose at a doorway or wall
Color you still like, under 8 years old
Backing intact, pad still springy

Replace it

Matted traffic paths that won't fluff back
Pet odor that survived cleaning
Seams splitting or backing delaminated
Pad flattened to cardboard

Can't tell which one your carpet needs? Two phone photos are enough — one right down on the worst buckle, which in a split-level is usually the landing, and one of the whole room. An estimator says which it is, a $99 restretch or a replacement, then emails a written price the same business day. It all happens over email: no appointment, no pitch.

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"The installers were great! The floor is exactly what we wanted. They also did the stairs, which were carpet. We worked with OC Flooring previously — highly recommend!"

Deborah C. · stairs & refinishing · Google
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"They placed plastic sheeting over the cabinets to contain the dust, so we noticed hardly any. The floors look as good or better than new. Would definitely recommend."

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"We chose them because they were professional and top-notch. The work was smooth, fast and cost-effective — such skill and precision!"

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Straight answers

Carpet questions Renton homeowners ask us

Something not here? Call Bohdan at (425) 595-1079 — you'll get an installer on the phone, not a call center.

How much should I budget for carpet installation in Renton, WA?

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Most Renton homes land between $4 and $7 per square foot installed — that price carries the carpet, the pad, labor, new tack strip, and the old carpet hauled off. One bedroom works out to roughly $600–$1,000; three bedrooms and a hall generally run $2,400–$3,900. Grade is the biggest lever on that spread, and you pull it at home from full-size samples laid across your own stairs and floors.

Does your mobile carpet showroom come out to Renton?

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Highlands, Benson Hill, Kennydale, the blocks around The Landing — all of it sits inside our normal working radius. The van pulls up carrying all three pad grades plus 20+ carpet samples, which go down on the stairs and floors they'd actually cover. Then we measure the house and write the price before leaving. No showroom to drive to, and the visit costs nothing.

What does it cost to restretch carpet in Renton?

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Most rooms fall in the $99–$180 band; $99 per room is the floor. A power stretcher hauls the slack back out — ripples, buckles, the ridge you catch a toe on — and runs about one-fifth the price of new carpet. On a split-level with a half flight between rooms, that's the right spend as long as the pile stands up and the color still works.

What do carpeted stairs cost in a Renton split-level?

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Half-flights are Renton's signature, and most of our stair work here — from $18 per step in waterfall or cap-and-band, with a full staircase typically $235–$400. Landings and pie turns are taped at the measure and locked in the written quote.

How many days does carpet installation take?

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The classic split — bedrooms up, family room down, stairs between — is one crew-day. Furniture across every level adds a second, and your quote declares it before a single tool comes out.

Do you move furniture, or do I?

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Heavy lifting comes with the job: beds, dressers, sofas and tables out and back. Your pre-work stays light — closet floors, lamps, electronics, breakables — and doing it the night before keeps the day on rails.

How do I know whether to restretch or replace?

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Four things decide it: pile that still stands, backing that's still sound, seams holding, color you can live with. All four true, and a $99-per-room stretch handles it — no new floor. Any one failing — lanes matted flat on the half-flight stairs, seams letting go, backing turning to dust, pet odor that outlived a professional cleaning — and you're replacing. We look before quoting either job.

Which Renton neighborhoods do you work in?

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All of them — Downtown, the Renton Highlands, East Renton Highlands, Kennydale, Benson Hill, Talbot Hill, Rolling Hills, Tiffany Park, Liberty Ridge, Maplewood, Cascade, Earlington, President Park and Fairwood, plus Skyway, Newcastle, Kent, Tukwila and the rest of South King County. On the edge of the map? Ask — the van travels.

What carpet holds up best with pets?

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Start with the pad — that's where odor is won or lost. A moisture-barrier pad keeps accidents out of the subfloor, which is where permanent odor lives. Above it, solution-dyed nylon with a sealed backing takes a diluted-bleach cleanup without going pale. In a Renton split-level, one accident upstairs can travel down the stairs. Barrier pad starts at $0.65 per square foot, and a sample rides in the van.

What warranty covers the installation?

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There are two pieces of paper behind the job. The mill covers the carpet itself against wear and staining, typically 10 to 25 years depending on the grade you choose; OC Flooring's 1-year workmanship warranty covers how it went down — seams, stretch, and the stair wraps a split-level lives on. Your written quote states both. Because a mill can tie its coverage to the pad underneath, all three pad grades come to the appointment.

No appointment needed

Skip the appointment — upload a few photos of your carpet and we'll email you a written price.

A few phone photos are enough for us to price new carpet installation, carpet stretching and repairs anywhere in Renton, WA. An estimator reviews them and emails a written price the same business day. No visit to schedule, no sales call to sit through.

Put the mobile showroom in your Renton driveway this week

One free visit: full-size samples next to your own walls, every room and half-flight measured, and a written price in your hand before the van door shuts. There's no obligation to decide on the spot.

Carpet installation in Renton, WA · Licensed, bonded & insured · WA Reg # OCFLOFL852KQ · 1-year workmanship warranty

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