San Francisco County · CA
Carpet Removal in San Francisco, CA
New flooring going in? We take the old carpet, padding and tack strip out of your San Francisco home first.
- Free on-site estimate
- Upfront volume pricing
- We do all the lifting
- Licensed & fully insured
Free estimate over the phone · Mon–Fri 7am–7pm · Sat 8am–5pm · Sun 9am–4pm
Free carpet removal quote in San Francisco
Tell us what you have and where it sits. Most San Francisco quotes are settled in a two-minute call.
877-536-7941Tap to call — quotes in about two minutesMon–Fri 7am–7pm · Sat 8am–5pm · Sun 9am–4pm
- Free estimate — no obligation
- Firm price before any work starts
- Same-day slots often available
- We do all the lifting and loading
Professional carpet removal for San Francisco homes and businesses
Whether you are replacing worn carpet, dealing with pet damage, or drying out a property after a leak, the old carpet has to leave the building before anything else can happen.
Water-damaged carpet in particular needs to go quickly. Wet padding holds moisture against the subfloor and mould can establish within a couple of days. In San Francisco, Victorian and Edwardian flats stacked three and four units deep, with garage-level storage, light wells and no elevator in most buildings — and damp coastal air makes this worse, not better.
We remove carpet from single rooms up to whole houses and commercial floors, roll and bundle it on site so it loads compactly, and route it to Recology's Tunnel Avenue transfer station in San Francisco. Carpet has recovery pathways that ordinary rubbish does not.
Flooring we tear out in San Francisco
- Wall-to-wall carpet and area rugs
- Carpet padding and underlay
- Tack strip, staples and nails
- Vinyl and linoleum sheet flooring
- Laminate and engineered flooring
- Water-damaged and mould-affected carpet
- Pet-damaged and odour-affected carpet
- Commercial carpet tiles
- Plywood and particle board underlayment
- Baseboard and transition strips
Carpet Removal across San Francisco — what we typically see
Every city produces a different version of the same job. Here is what carpet removal in San Francisco typically looks like in practice.
- Disposal: loads from San Francisco go to Recology's Tunnel Avenue transfer station in San Francisco, where recoverable material is separated before anything is landfilled.
- Worth knowing locally: San Francisco has a mandatory recycling and composting ordinance and requires construction debris to go to a registered facility, so nothing from a city job goes to landfill unsorted.
- The Sunset: this is the hardest city in the region to work — permit parking, one-way streets, 20% grades in Bernal and Noe, and stair-only access to most upper flats.
- Around the Golden Gate Bridge: we allow extra time for staging and access, and we regularly take tack strip, staples and nails out of properties in this part of San Francisco.
How carpet removal works in San Francisco
- 1
Measure the area
Tell us the rooms or approximate square footage when you call 877-536-7941. Carpet pricing in San Francisco is straightforward once we know the area.
- 2
Cut and roll
Carpet is cut into manageable strips and rolled on site, which loads far more compactly than dragging out whole-room sheets.
- 3
Padding, strip and staples
Padding lifted, tack strip pulled, staples removed. This is the tedious part and it is included, not extra.
- 4
Swept and ready
We sweep the subfloor so your flooring installer can start immediately. Material goes to Recology's Tunnel Avenue transfer station in San Francisco.
Working in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco sits in San Francisco County, and our crews cover it as part of their regular weekly route.
San Francisco is Victorian and Edwardian flats stacked three and four units deep, with garage-level storage, light wells and no elevator in most buildings, and that determines how a carpet removal job actually runs.
Access is the other factor. In San Francisco, this is the hardest city in the region to work — permit parking, one-way streets, 20% grades in Bernal and Noe, and stair-only access to most upper flats.
Everything we collect in San Francisco is routed through Recology's Tunnel Avenue transfer station in San Francisco rather than the nearest convenient hole in the ground.
It is also worth knowing that San Francisco has a mandatory recycling and composting ordinance and requires construction debris to go to a registered facility, so nothing from a city job goes to landfill unsorted.
- County
- San Francisco County
- ZIP codes served
- 94102, 94110, 94114, 94117, 94121, 94131
- Neighbourhoods covered
- the Mission · Bernal Heights · the Sunset · Noe Valley · the Richmond
San Francisco customers on our carpet removal
“Called at 9am about a sleeper sofa stuck in a third-floor walk-up and they had it out by 2pm. No damage to the stairwell, no drama, and the price was exactly what was quoted on the phone.”
“Carpet out of the whole downstairs the morning my flooring guy started. Tack strip, staples, everything gone and the subfloor swept. Zero delay.”
“Handled my mother's house after she passed. They set aside a box of photos and her papers that we would have lost, and they never once made us feel rushed. That mattered more than the price.”
Carpet Removal in San Francisco — your questions answered
The questions we are asked most often about carpet removal in San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco County area.
How much does carpet removal cost in San Francisco?
Do you remove the tack strip and staples too?
Can you take water-damaged carpet?
Will you find hardwood underneath?
Do you handle commercial carpet?
How soon can my flooring installer start?
Do you cover all of San Francisco?
How quickly can you get to San Francisco?
Ready to clear it out in San Francisco?
Do not spend your weekend fighting tack strip. Call 877-536-7941 for carpet removal anywhere in San Francisco.
877-536-7941Tap to call · free quote in two minutesFree estimate, no obligation · Mon–Fri 7am–7pm · Sat 8am–5pm · Sun 9am–4pm
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Other services we offer in San Francisco
We are a full-service hauler, so most San Francisco jobs combine more than one of these into a single visit and a single price.
- Light Demolition in San FranciscoSheds, decks, fences, interior walls and partitions taken down and hauled off in one job.
- Construction Debris Removal in San FranciscoJob-site cleanup and C&D debris hauling for contractors, builders and homeowners.
- Junk Removal in San FranciscoFull-service residential and commercial junk removal — we load it, haul it and dispose of it responsibly.
- Furniture Removal in San FranciscoCouches, mattresses, dressers and bed frames removed from anywhere in the property — including upstairs.
Carpet Removal near San Francisco
We cover the whole of San Francisco County and the surrounding area. If your city is not listed, call 877-536-7941 — we very likely still reach you.
Serving all of San Francisco and San Francisco County
Our carpet removal crews cover the Mission, Bernal Heights, the Sunset, Noe Valley, the Richmond and every ZIP code in between (94102, 94110, 94114, 94117, 94121, 94131). Bay Area Junk Hauling Services works across the Bay Area every week, and the person who answers the phone is the person who schedules your job.