Replace Wood Floor With Carpet

You can also fix buckled areas of flooring and avoid having to completely refinish your floors.

Replace wood floor with carpet.

Installation prices vary depending on the type of wood you choose. Remove any carpet transition strips which are the metal strips nailed or screwed down in a doorway. Move all the furniture and personal items out of the room you will be renovating. Pry up a loose board in the floor so you can measure the thickness of the wooden plank.

Try to pull the carpeting back starting in one corner of the room. Hardwood falls in the middle on the comfort scale. Measure the thickness of the current hardwood. If your hardwood floor is in generally fine shape with only a damaged spot or two it is easy and economical to make small repairs by replacing a strip or plank of flooring.

You need to know the wood thickness before you can start sawing into the floor to prevent your circular saw from damaging the subflooring underneath. Depending upon your selections the total cost for hardwood floor installation including labor and materials can average up to 4 to 6 per square foot. Most floors use a tongue and groove design. The first step in replacing your carpet with hardwood is removing the old carpet.

Hardwood flooring can also be repaired and refinished unlike other flooring types.