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Post by momstime on Aug 11, 2014 2:21:12 GMT
We would like to remove all our carpet from our new home and put down wood floors everywhere. The question is, how do we get rid of our old carpet? Anyone every remove a large amount of carpet? What did you do with it?
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mochi
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Post by mochi on Aug 11, 2014 2:24:47 GMT
Will your city take it during bulk trash pickup? Ours did.
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Post by twistedscissors on Aug 11, 2014 2:28:39 GMT
They will take it with regular garbage pickup here if you cut in in small pieces. Maybe one foot wide strips, rolled up. Maybe set a couple out each week till it's gone.
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Post by anniefb on Aug 11, 2014 2:32:00 GMT
We would like to remove all our carpet from our new home and put down wood floors everywhere. The question is, how do we get rid of our old carpet? Anyone every remove a large amount of carpet? What did you do with it? Offer it on Freecyle. I haven't used it for carpet but have disposed of desks, a bread maker and all sorts of extraneous things that way  |
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 11, 2014 2:34:45 GMT
My hubby put in wood floors on two levels of our house. He did it room by room and only put half a room in the trash every week. It took four months to get the wood floors in though.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 2:45:00 GMT
The flooring place I talked too would dispose of the old carpet if they did the installation of the new flooring. So maybe ask the place you'll be buying flooring from?
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 11, 2014 3:43:33 GMT
Check if your city or a private agency recycles it. It. An be up-cycled in components for bike paths, walkways, etc. But truth is, we have waaaay more carpet to be recycled then need.
It grosses me out. a neighbor carpeted her kids rooms in carpet pulled from another neighbors home. Lovely eccentric color, they didn't even bother to have it installed. It's like a wall to wall throw rug.
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Post by peasful1 on Aug 11, 2014 4:56:43 GMT
I would just bring it to the dump.
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Post by bdawnb on Aug 11, 2014 6:36:08 GMT
Here Habitat for Hunainty has a resale store that takes used anything from a home including carpet. I can't remember this time of morning what the name of the store is tho. You might check where you live and see if there is something similar.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 11, 2014 11:01:50 GMT
If you can't find a place to donate it, then rent a small dumpster. They'll drop it off on your property for renovation projects like this and then pick it up when you are through. Our neighbors had one for for their kitchen re-do.
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Post by schizo319 on Aug 11, 2014 11:20:03 GMT
We set ours out by the trash and the city picked it up. A friend recently did hers and put it out by the street and someone came along and loaded it up in a pickup truck - carpet/pad and all.
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Post by leannec on Aug 11, 2014 12:38:15 GMT
I would just bring it to the dump. That's what we did ... ours was beat  |
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Post by compwalla on Aug 11, 2014 13:35:15 GMT
This is my favorite life in the military story. (It does actually have to do with carpet!) We were offered base housing in Arizona but they said our house wasn't ready because they were installing carpet. All the housing maintenance had been contracted out to a private company; it was no longer done by military personnel. I asked them not to put down carpet but they insisted. I knew - I just knew - we were going to end up paying for that carpet when we moved out. We spent 13 months in that house. One bedroom was never used and the door stayed closed. One bedroom did have a small stain from red playdough. We had the master bedroom carpet professionally cleaned because our cat had yacked on it a couple of times. There were no visible spot or stains on the carpet; it looked brand new. Move out inspection day. The lady brings a black light, shines it on each carpet and says the carpets are all condemned. Not just in need of cleaning but condemned and we would have to pay for them to be replaced. There is no argument or appeal with these people. I knew quite well that they were not going to replace that carpet. They were going to clean it and pocket the money the Air Force collected from us to replace it. Whatever. We go in, pay for the carpet, and come back a few days later for the last inspection with the receipt for the carpet. And we bring our pickup truck. I ask her again, "You're sure this carpet is condemned and you can't clean it and it will be ripped out and replaced?" Yes. So my husband and I start ripping out the carpet. The lady from the maintenance company starts flipping her shit, screaming we can't do that, we can't just rip out the carpet! She is going to call someone to come stop us. I said, "Lady, I own this carpet. I paid for it and here is the receipt. I bought it and I'm taking it with me." We hauled all three rooms of carpet out to our pickup then we drove it to the animal shelter. They were happy to get three rooms of new-ish carpet which they cut into rectangles and used to make disposable beds in the kennels. And we had a receipt for the actual cash value of our charitable donation which we took off our taxes that year.  |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 11, 2014 13:41:25 GMT
You can try putting it on Craigslist or Freecyle. A couple of years ago my sister was having a tag sale and she had a rolled up carpet next to her garage to go out with the trash. A guy wanted to buy it. She told him it was going into the trash. He still wanted it so she gave it to him.
I know a couple of families who use it between the rows in their garden.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 11, 2014 13:43:51 GMT
Our city trash pick up will take almost anything put out at the curb.
You could check online and see if they will take it.
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Post by snappinsami on Aug 11, 2014 15:55:01 GMT
Call your garbage company. Everywhere we've lived has had some kind of bulk pickup that can be arranged. At our last house, they allowed each home 2 bulk pickups each year with up to 4 items each time.
If that doesn't work, you can probably find a "junk guy" to come get it. They usually don't cost much.
Last idea is to just take it to the local dump. Most areas have one where for a minimal fee you can dump just about anything. You just have to get it there.
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Post by MonkeysInk on Aug 11, 2014 20:26:36 GMT
I used 1800GOTJUNK to pick up some stuff earlier this year. It was easy, and if none of the above listed free suggestions work, you might give that a try.
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