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Santa Clara County · CA

Carpet Removal in San Jose, CA

Water-damaged or pet-damaged carpet removed from San Jose properties, fast.

  • Free on-site estimate
  • Upfront volume pricing
  • We do all the lifting
  • Licensed & fully insured

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Free carpet removal quote in San Jose

Tell us what you have and where it sits. Most San Jose quotes are settled in a two-minute call.

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Mon–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
35 cities
Across the Bay Area
8 counties
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& fully insured
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Professional carpet removal for San Jose homes and businesses

Pulling up carpet looks simple until you are halfway through it. Under the carpet there is padding stapled to the subfloor, and around every edge there is tack strip nailed down with hundreds of exposed nails. Then you are left with rolls of carpet that are far heavier than they look and will not fit in any bin.

We do the whole tear-out for San Jose homes: carpet up, padding up, staples pulled, tack strip removed, subfloor swept and ready for the new flooring to go down.

Because everything from Willow Glen bungalows and Rose Garden Spanish revivals to sprawling Almaden and Evergreen tracts with three-car garages in San Jose, we frequently find hardwood underneath that the owner did not know was there — and older homes can also have pre-1980 adhesives and underlayment that need appropriate handling rather than a crowbar and optimism.

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Flooring we tear out in San Jose

  • Vinyl and linoleum sheet flooring
  • Tack strip, staples and nails
  • Carpet padding and underlay
  • Wall-to-wall carpet and area rugs
  • Commercial carpet tiles
  • Pet-damaged and odour-affected carpet
  • Water-damaged and mould-affected carpet
  • Laminate and engineered flooring
  • Baseboard and transition strips
  • Plywood and particle board underlayment

Carpet Removal across San Jose — what we typically see

Every city produces a different version of the same job. Here is what carpet removal in San Jose typically looks like in practice.

  • Worth knowing locally: San Jose's zero-waste goal and the Newby Island recovery park mean incoming mixed loads are mechanically sorted, with metal, wood and cardboard pulled for recycling.
  • Disposal: loads from San Jose go to Newby Island Resource Recovery Park in San Jose, where recoverable material is separated before anything is landfilled.
  • Almaden Valley: the local housing stock is everything from Willow Glen bungalows and Rose Garden Spanish revivals to sprawling Almaden and Evergreen tracts with three-car garages — which shapes what a carpet removal job involves, water-damaged and mould-affected carpet included.
  • Willow Glen: carpet removal jobs here regularly include commercial carpet tiles.

How carpet removal works in San Jose

  1. 1

    Measure the area

    Tell us the rooms or approximate square footage when you call 877-536-7941. Carpet pricing in San Jose is straightforward once we know the area.

  2. 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. 3

    Padding, strip and staples

    Padding lifted, tack strip pulled, staples removed. This is the tedious part and it is included, not extra.

  4. 4

    Swept and ready

    We sweep the subfloor so your flooring installer can start immediately. Material goes to Newby Island Resource Recovery Park in San Jose.

Working in San Jose, CA

San Jose sits in Santa Clara County, and our crews cover it as part of their regular weekly route.

San Jose is everything from Willow Glen bungalows and Rose Garden Spanish revivals to sprawling Almaden and Evergreen tracts with three-car garages, and that determines how a carpet removal job actually runs.

Access is the other factor. In San Jose, San Jose is largely flat with wide streets and good driveway access, which keeps labour time — and therefore cost — lower than in San Francisco.

Everything we collect in San Jose is routed through Newby Island Resource Recovery Park in San Jose rather than the nearest convenient hole in the ground.

It is also worth knowing that San Jose's zero-waste goal and the Newby Island recovery park mean incoming mixed loads are mechanically sorted, with metal, wood and cardboard pulled for recycling.

County
Santa Clara County
ZIP codes served
95110, 95112, 95116, 95125, 95128, 95136
Neighbourhoods covered
Willow Glen · Almaden Valley · Japantown · Rose Garden · Evergreen
San Jose, CA — the Santa Clara County area served by Bay Area Junk Hauling

San Jose customers on our carpet removal

We use them on every remodel now. They come when they say, they sort the load, and the site is clean enough to walk a client through the same afternoon.
Tony M. · San Jose, CA
Carpet out of the whole downstairs the morning my flooring guy started. Tack strip, staples, everything gone and the subfloor swept. Zero delay.
Sandra L. · San Mateo, CA
Emptied a two-bedroom in Palo Alto for a probate sale. Documentation was thorough enough that the attorney had no follow-up questions.
Howard J. · Palo Alto, CA

Carpet Removal in San Jose — your questions answered

The questions we are asked most often about carpet removal in San Jose and the surrounding Santa Clara County area.

How much does carpet removal cost in San Jose?
Carpet is quoted by floor area rather than by the load. Pulling the padding, tack strip and staples is included in that number rather than added afterwards, which is the most common place other quotes grow. Tell us the rooms or rough square footage when you call 877-536-7941 and we will price it immediately.
Do you remove the tack strip and staples too?
Yes, and it is part of the quoted price. Leaving tack strip in place is the most common shortcut other services take, and it means your flooring installer either charges you to finish the job or works around a hazard.
Can you take water-damaged carpet?
Yes, and urgency genuinely matters. Wet padding traps moisture against the subfloor and mould can establish within 48 hours. Water-damaged material is bagged on site to limit spore spread rather than dragged through the house loose.
Will you find hardwood underneath?
Often, in older San Jose homes. Because everything from Willow Glen bungalows and Rose Garden Spanish revivals to sprawling Almaden and Evergreen tracts with three-car garages, there is frequently original hardwood under mid-century carpet. We will tell you what we find as we go, and we pull staples carefully where there is a floor worth saving underneath.
Do you handle commercial carpet?
Yes. Office carpet tile, glued broadloom and commercial underlayment are all within scope, and San Jose commercial jobs can be scheduled evenings or weekends so your business keeps operating.
How soon can my flooring installer start?
Immediately. We sweep the subfloor before we leave, so there is no gap between our crew finishing and your installer starting. Many San Jose customers book us the morning of the installation day.
Do you cover all of San Jose?
Yes — every neighbourhood, including Willow Glen, Almaden Valley, Japantown, Rose Garden and Evergreen. We also serve the surrounding Santa Clara County communities, so if you are just outside the city line we can almost certainly still help. Call 877-536-7941 and we will confirm in a moment.
How soon can you schedule carpet removal in San Jose?
Same-day is often possible in San Jose. Because our disposal point is Newby Island Resource Recovery Park in San Jose, we can usually fit an extra San Jose stop into an existing route.

Ready to clear it out in San Jose?

Old carpet out, subfloor swept, installer ready to go. Carpet removal in San Jose done in a single visit.

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Other services we offer in San Jose

We are a full-service hauler, so most San Jose jobs combine more than one of these into a single visit and a single price.

Carpet Removal near San Jose

We cover the whole of Santa Clara 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 Jose and Santa Clara County

Our carpet removal crews cover Willow Glen, Almaden Valley, Japantown, Rose Garden, Evergreen and every ZIP code in between (95110, 95112, 95116, 95125, 95128, 95136). 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.

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