This season can make even the grouchiest New Yorker an urban romantic, and encourages local residents and visitors alike to rediscover the museums and monuments we sometimes take for granted. Prepare for good cheer, special programming and big crowds.

Whether youre coming with your family, your friends, your lover or your good old self, youll want to plan ahead when visiting New Yorks unsurpassed arts institutions, and exploring some exquisite smaller museums outside the tourist green zone. Check online before you go: most have shortened hours on Christmas and New Years Eves, and are closed Christmas and New Years Days. (An exception: The Jewish Museum, on Fifth Avenue, is open as usual on Dec. 25 and reliably popular that day.)

Your top priority should probably be the expanded, refreshed Museum of Modern Art, which now has 30 percent additional gallery space and a far more welcoming entrance. So far the crowds have felt palpable but manageable, although weekdays are a tick more peaceful than weekends. If all goes well you wont have to queue too long at the new digital ticket counters, but you can walk right in if you pay at moma.org and show the ticket on your phone. You can save $25 a head by visiting on Friday after 5:30 p.m., but youd better prepare to wait.

Friday and Saturday evenings are an excellent time to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with its Christmas tree festooned with antique Neapolitan ornaments as well as the Met Breuer, the museums under-trafficked satellite. Before the Met vacates the Breuer building next summer, make time now for its finespun retrospective of the Latvian-American artist Vija Celmins; then head downstairs for a drink at Flora Bar, with the smartest by-the-glass wine list on the Upper East Side.

You can explore a new neighborhood, as well as another time period, by visiting a house museum. The grande dame is the Frick Collection on Fifth Avenue, currently presenting Renaissance bronzes by Bertoldo di Giovanni and matter-of-fact painting by Manet. Were also fans of the Morris-Jumel Mansion in Harlem, which dates to 1765 and is the oldest house in Manhattan; the even older Van Cortlandt House in the Bronx, nestled in one of the citys largest parks; and the Merchants House Museum in the East Village, with one of New Yorks very few landmark residential interiors.

Have a look below at a sampling of whats on view right now, or consider following this three-hour tour through some of Midtowns finer small institutions. Dont worry, kids, its not all art: Weve allotted time for a snack.

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VIJA CELMINS: TO FIX THE IMAGE IN MEMORY at the Met Breuer (through Jan. 12). The artists quietly ravishing, brilliantly installed exhibition is one big illusion of reality. Expanses of ocean waves, star-studded night skies, clouds or the moons surface, rendered in graphite, charcoal or muted tones of oil paint can take years to make and are so realistic as to be mistaken for photographs, Roberta Smith wrote in her review. 212-731-1675, metmuseum.org.

AGNES DENES: ABSOLUTES AND INTERMEDIATES at the Shed (through March 22). A photograph of Agnes Denes standing amid her 1982 public work, a two-acre wheatfield that she grew and harvested in Lower Manhattan, speaks to her pioneering spirit. Its among the items in a superbly installed survey of the visionary artists 50-year journey, exploring her focus on ecology, on the fear of present decay and the hope for future survival, Holland Cotter wrote in his review. Well be lucky this art season if we get another exhibition as tautly beautiful. 646-455-3494, theshed.org.

RACHEL HARRISON LIFE HACK at the Whitney Museum of American Art (through Jan. 12). Puzzlement can be fun, and Ms. Harrison has set it as one of the tasks for her work, Mr. Cotter wrote in his review. The artists first full-scale survey examines the past 25 years of her work with assemblage-style sculptures (the kind of accidental urban still lifes you see on New York City sidewalks on trash collection day), photography, and drawing. As you look and ponder, youll see that these works, Mr. Cotter wrote, translate into information about commerce, class, value, accident, appetite, waste, color, shape, zeitgeist even life and death. 212-570-3600, whitney.org.

BETYE SAAR: THE LEGENDS OF BLACK GIRLS WINDOW at the Museum of Modern Art (through Jan. 4). This exhibition concentrates on Betye Saars early years, tracking the experiments in printmaking and assemblage that led to her pivotal piece Black Girls Window. By filling old window frames with a constellation of images, her mystical works essentially became gateways to the mysteries of the universe, Jillian Steinhauer wrote in her review. 212-708-9400, moma.org.

ZILIA SNCHEZ: SOY ISLA (I AM AN ISLAND) at El Museo del Barrio (through March 22). Recently opened, this museum retrospective is the artists first, and it traces her journey from Cuba, where she was born in 1926, to Puerto Rico, where she has lived and worked since the 1970s. Expect to encounter stretched canvases painted with acrylics in muted color palettes, works on paper, sculptural pieces and more. 212-831-7272, elmuseo.org.

Exhibitions for Kids of All Ages

ART OF NATIVE AMERICA at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (ongoing). Dip into this gallery in the American Wing, and youll get a bit of a reprieve from the crowds. Youll also get plenty of history here and dazzling Native art. In addition to intricately engraved ancient ivories, textiles and beaded embroidery, there are Katsina figures, which were created as physical representations of immortal beings that, as the label reads, bring rain, protect, teach, heal, and carry prayers to the spirit world. This is the first significant display of Native art in the American Wing, which was established in 1924. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.

HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOWS at various locations. Fast-moving trains that actually run on time? It must be holiday train show time. And there are several on view across the city, including the Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden (through Jan. 26), which re-creates famous New York landmarks from leaves, bark, acorns, cinnamon sticks and other natural materials. This year the focus is on Central Park, with mini-replicas of structures like Bethesda Terrace and Belvedere Castle. Holiday Express: All Aboard to Richard Scarrys Busytown at the New-York Historical Society doubles as a celebration of the 100th birthday of the Busytown author and illustrator Richard Scarry.

JR: CHRONICLES at the Brooklyn Museum (through May 3). Can you spot Robert De Niro in the sea of 1,128 people in JRs most recent project, The Chronicles of New York City? To create the large-format mural, JR and his crew photographed and interviewed hundreds of people in the five boroughs last summer. The installation includes a range of works, tracing his career from his documentation of graffiti artists as a teenager in Paris to his more recent digitally collaged murals. 718-638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org.

THE LAST KNIGHT: THE ART, ARMOR, AND AMBITION OF MAXIMILIAN I at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through Jan. 5). This exhibition of grand scale and heavy metal plots the relentless rise of Emperor Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire. Though its armed to the teeth with flashy military gear, Jason Farago wrote in his review, youll also find paintings, illustrated books and celebratory images made with the hottest new technology of the late 15th century: printmaking, which allowed the emperor to broadcast his military prowess through books and monumental woodcuts. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.

RAINFOREST V (VARIATION 1) at the Museum of Modern Art (through Jan. 5). The museums fourth-floor Studio space has been devoted to David Tudors strangely wonderful, interactive installation, Alastair Macaulay wrote in his critics notebook. The room is filled with mundane objects (a metal barrel, a wooden box, etc.) that hang throughout the space. Collectively they become a kind of urban jungle, suspended like Calder mobiles with the anti-utilitarian aesthetic of Duchamp ready-mades, Mr. Macaulay wrote. If that werent fun enough, each object emits a unique composition that, once you position yourself to hear, feels like a mini-concert just for you. 212-708-9400, moma.org.

T. REX: THE ULTIMATE PREDATOR at the American Museum of Natural History (through Aug. 9). This eye-opening exhibition gives an up-to-date view of everyones favorite prehistoric pugilist, and also introduces the many other tyrannosaurs that preceded T. rex, some discovered only this century in China and Mongolia, Mr. Farago wrote in his exhibition review. The show mixes 66-million-year-old teeth with the latest 3-D prints of dino bones, and also presents new models of T. rex as a baby, a juvenile and a full-grown annihilator. Wait till you see the fossilized feathers believe it! 212-769-5100, amnh.org.

Treasures From the Artists Vaults

EDITH HALPERT AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN ART at the Jewish Museum (through Feb. 9). According to Ms. Smith, Edith Gregor Halpert was a formidable, feisty and sometimes manipulative self-starter with an ecumenical eye, a passion for art and an inborn instinct for sales and promotion. The story of her influential art gallery and how she willed it into existence is the subject of this show. Nearly all of the paintings and sculptures on view were exhibited or sold by Halperts gallery, or were in her private collection, including works by the proto-Pop abstract painter Stuart Davis. 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org.

HENRY CHALFANT: ART VS. TRANSIT, 1977-1987 at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (through March 8). Henry Chalfants photographs are considered the definitive document of graffiti culture in New York. Now those works are the subject of an exhibition, in which his train panoramas, some blown up to train car-size, have been assembled alongside his street photography of park jams and wall works, and a collection of archives and black books that re-create his SoHo studio, Max Lakin wrote in a preview of the show. 718-681-6000, bronxmuseum.org.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALVIN BALTROP at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (through Feb. 9). Mr. Baltrops photography of the derelict shipping piers along the Hudson River not only serve as architectural studies but also reveal the semi-residential population of homeless people, teenage runaways, sexual adventurers, criminals and artists who found refuge there, Mr. Cotter wrote in his review. They also double as a monument to New York itself during the 1970s and 80s, when the city was radiating creative energy and, in the wake of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, a home base for a new gay consciousness. 718-681-6000, bronxmuseum.org.

PRIVATE LIVES PUBLIC SPACES at the Museum of Modern Art (through July 1) This thought-provoking new exhibition in the galleries outside MoMAs two main movie auditoriums features neglected footage (47 hours) from the museums collection. With little background information available, you get to play historian and detective. The movies constitute a season of programming on their own, Ben Kenigsberg wrote recently, and taken together they run the gamut from amateurism to outsider art, from arcana to valuable additions to the oeuvres of established experimental filmmakers. 212-708-9400, moma.org.

WANGECHI MUTU: THE NEWONES, WILL FREE US at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through Jan. 12). The Kenyan-born artist Wangechi Mutus bronze statues of seated women are a striking presence outside the Met. For the first time in the museums history, it has filled the niches of its Fifth Avenue facade with commissioned works, which also reflects a small step on the museums rocky road toward diversity. Among her sources of inspiration, Nancy Princenthal wrote in a profile of the artist, is a modest Congolese prestige stool in the Mets collection that Ms. Mutu admires for its earthiness the figures knees are on the ground, rather than a pedestal and for the eroticism of her parted thighs. Generally she favors sensuality in her own work, although for the Met she opted for figures that are resolutely chaste. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.

SIMONE LEIGHS BRICK HOUSE at the High Line (through September 2020). At the northern end of the High Line you can glimpse New Yorks shiny future: supertall skyscrapers under construction in Hudson Yards and the shiny, climbable Vessel sculpture just beckoning for your selfies. But just south of all that is a more subdued work, equally impressive from the street level: Brick House, a 16-foot-tall bronze bust by the artist Simone Leigh. In an interview about the commission with The New York Times, Ms. Leigh said she thought the figure, a black woman with cornrows and a dome-shaped torso, would be a great opportunity to have something about black beauty right in the middle of that environment. thehighline.org.

IN PURSUIT OF FASHION: THE SANDY SCHREIER COLLECTION at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through May 17). While you anticipate the red carpet looks at next years Met Gala (the exhibition title: About Time: Fashion and Duration) consider the Costume Institutes recently opened fall exhibition. It highlights about 80 of the 165 promised gifts from the collection of Sandy Schreier, who started amassing fashions (20th-century French and American couture and ready-to-wear gear) as a way of preserving the designs she found to be so creative. There are a range of printed gowns and jackets from Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, Paquin Ltd. and Balenciaga; glittery headdresses and other accessories; and more. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.

PIERRE CARDIN: FUTURE FASHION at the Brooklyn Museum (through Jan. 5). The 97-year-old French designer, still defined by his groovy late 60s fashions, gets a swinging exhibition in Brooklyn. His New Look gave way to thigh-high boots and dresses of heat-molded synthetics, Mr. Farago wrote in his review. The show has 85 ensembles, the earliest dating from 1953 and the most recent from this decade. At its core are the space-age outfits that Mr. Cardin designed in a young, newly prosperous Paris, seen here on mannequins as well as in photographs and films of Jeanne Moreau, Mia Farrow and the cast of Star Trek, Mr. Farago wrote. Some are chic, many are risible; all of it has an exuberant view of the future that marks it as decidedly from the past. 718-638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org.

Rich Palettes and Decorative Arts

ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER AT NEUE GALERIE (THROUGH JAN. 13) To linger on Ernst Ludwig Kirchners lurid biography would be unfair to the mesmerizing technical genius of his style, Will Heinrich wrote in his review of this show. He went on to call this exhibition a generous and essential overview of a peripatetic and unconventional career. (Kirchner, who had an addiction to morphine, Veronal and absinthe, committed suicide in 1938, at the age of 58, after the Nazis had denounced him as degenerate.) At the Neue Galerie, we see up close how he surrounded more or less sober portrait subjects with backgrounds of flat but brilliant color, though it wasnt just a youthful revolt, Mr. Heinrich wrote. It was also an ingenious way to articulate subjective experience in an increasingly materialist modern world. neuegalerie.org.

HENRY ARNHOLDS MEISSEN PALACE: CELEBRATING A COLLECTOR at the Frick Collection (ongoing). Is this collection of ceramic ware impressive enough to make you swoon? Augustus II, King of Poland, was certainly a fan: According to the museum, Augustus was the most important porcelain collector of his time and was enamored with the works that he was said to have been afflicted by a maladie de porcelaine (porcelain fever). The pieces on view here are drawn from the collection of Henry H. Arnhold, a prominent banker and philanthropist who died in 2018. The gallery where these works reside has been turned into an 18th-century porcelain room, with the pieces grouped together by color. frick.org.

ARTISTIC LICENSE: SIX TAKES ON THE GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (through Jan. 12). Displays that artists select from a museums collection are almost inevitably interesting, revealing and valuable. And thats the case with this show for which Cai Guo-Qiang, Paul Chan, Richard Prince, Julie Mehretu, Carrie Mae Weems and Jenny Holzer were invited to select six separate yet cross-talking thematic displays, one per ramp. The result is a rare, dazzling, dizzying cornucopia of objects, viewpoints and agendas, Ms. Smith wrote. 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org.

JASON MORAN at the Whitney Museum of American Art (through Jan. 5) The pianist and conceptual artist Jason Moran turns space and time sideways in his first museum survey, Giovanni Russonello wrote about the show. Here, Mr. Moran engages with the physical history of jazz in collaborations with Kara Walker, Joan Jonas and other art world figures. Its a modest, yet striking installation that is best when activated during weekend performances by renowned jazz musicians. 212-570-3600, whitney.org.

AMY SILLMAN: THE SHAPE OF SHAPE at the Museum of Modern Art (through April 12) Ms. Smith called this iteration of the Moderns Artists Choice series one of its best and among the most valuable of the newly reopened museums inaugural shows. In pulling works from the permanent collection, the New York painter Amy Sillman, who worked with the curator Michelle Kuo, sought out overlooked or excluded artists and unfamiliar works. Her effort reflects a relatively robust visual appetite and the shows dense installation encourages surprising connections. 212-708-9400, moma.org.

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The global market forresidential building construction industrytotaled $4,171.3 billion in 2017 and is estimated to reach $6,800.9 billion by 2022, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.3% for the period of 2017-2022.

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The Chapter One summary presents the reports scope, methodology and structure, as well as brief overviews of each of the reports chapters.

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Chapter three provides a high-level overview of the residential flooring industry, including historical, current and future industry perspectives, as well as a look at current, and anticipated manufacturing issues and trends. The chapter also covers current market conditions in the new construction and renovation residential segments. Chapter three also includes an overview of industry trade organizations, such as the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) and the North American Building Material Distribution Association (NABMDA). The chapter also discusses the key trade shows that residential flooring manufacturers and other industry participants attend, such as one of the industrys largest events, The International Surface Event: SurfacesStonExpo/MarmomaccTileExpo. The chapter also details the primary trade media that cover the industry, such as Floor Covering News.

Product types in the residential flooring industry are in a constant state of evolution and at different stages of innovation in an effort to meet changing market needs and demands. Chapter Four provides a detailed look at seven different residential flooring categoriescarpet, ceramic tile, hardwood, laminates, stone, other resilient and vinylincluding associated new products and technologies, and applicable environmental programs and incentives, as well as government regulations and requirements affecting each flooring type.

Chapter Four provides a comprehensive overview of the residential flooring market size and growth in North America through 2021. A preview of residential flooring value by region is provided here, setting the stage for more detailed breakdowns by distribution channel and by product category, both in this chapter and in Chapter Five: Market Definition.

For the purposes of this report, BCC Research has analyzed Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, Southwest, West regions in the U.S., as well as Canada, to complete our North American residential flooring research.

Chapter Four also includes a breakdown of residential flooring expenditures by flooring typecarpet, ceramic tile, hardwood, laminates, stone, other resilient and vinylthrough 2021 in million squares and million dollars for the six key industry distribution channels: floor covering stores; furniture and home furnishing stores; home improvement centers and building materials supplies dealers; general merchandise stores; electronic and online sales; and direct sales.

Finally, growth projection data analysis for this chapter covers residential flooring volume by product type though 2021 in million squares and million dollars.

For the market definition part of this report in Chapter Five, BCC Research analyzed the two primary residential flooring segments in North America: new construction and renovation.

The residential flooring analysis contains expenditure and share data for the years 2015 and 2016, as well as projections for 2021 along with the compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) for the years 2016 through 2021. We have also provided a detailed analysis on the following six North American regions: Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, Southwest, West and Canada.

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Chapter Seven profiles 30 of the major producers in the seven residential flooring product categories: carpet, ceramic tile, hardwood, laminates, stone, other resilient and vinyl. The major suppliers in residential flooring products offer multiple product lines. Chapter Seven contains the following information about each company profiled (when available): background, recent company news (selected significant announcements within the past 18 months), products, financial performance, strategic direction and distribution.

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The North American residential flooring industry is one of the most diverse of any manufactured product in terms of product type and selection. From broadloom carpet and carpet tile to hardwood and innovative resilient products made from cork and rubber, consumers and others involved in new residential construction and renovation have no shortage of choices to meet their architectural or interior design needs and requirements. Within each flooring product type, there exists a myriad of surface textures, color choices and quality levels, as well as collection upon collection of product with intriguing names like Accord, Hydroment Vivid, VersaBond and Blue Emotion, among others. Other product names are more grounded in familiarity and longevity like the well-known Congoleum brand.

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Flooring products are among the most important building materials and constitutes a versatile market with a wide product portfolio. The flooring market is expected to expand significantly due to strong growth of construction and automotive sectors coupled with increases in home improvement and renovation project activities. The demand for various residential flooring materials is expected to increase considerably in the forecast period. Increasing residential construction and reconstructionactivities in North America is one of the major factors fueling the demand for residential flooring in this region. However, in recent times regulations have been issued against import of lumber due to illegal deforestation. This is one of the primary factors restraining the residential flooring market.

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The hardwood flooring products remain popular despite the advent of a large number of cheaper flooring products such as laminates and resilient flooring. Easy cleaning, better strength and durability, better acoustics and presence of large number of varieties are some of the major factors fueling the demand for hardwood flooring products. Owing to these factors, hardwood flooring is one of the primary choices for a large number of residential constructions.

Vinyl flooring is the fastest growing product category, growing at a CAGR of 7.4% between 2016 and 2021. Although vinyl tile floor is often installed in commercial settings where high traffic is a constant, or where a clean or staticfree environment is desired, it is also a versatile and costeffective choice for any household. Moreover, lower maintenance cost is also one of the primary factors expected to drive the demand for vinyl flooring in the coming years.

In terms of value chain, a high degree of backward integration is being witnessed in the flooring market. Several key players are engaged in the manufacture of raw materials. Amoco, a subsidiary of Shaw Industries, is actively involved in the manufacture of fiber. Amoco manufactures polypropylene fibers, which are used by Shaw Industries to manufacture carpets and rugs. Besides being a key player in the hardwood flooring market, Boral Limited is involved in the timber business. Burke Industries Inc., a major rubber manufacturing company based in California, is owned by Mannington Mills, one of the largest flooring manufacturers in North America.

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Carpet Installation Cost

The average cost to install new carpeting is between $2 and $4 per square foot with most homeowners spending $2.82 per square foot. The average cost to carpet a 10x12 room is $338, whereas an entire home costs about $1,597. Pricing depends on the size and shape of room, carpet style, removing old flooring, labor, and more.

Out of every home improvement project, the floor is the part you will connect with the most every day. If youre looking at your flooring and carpet options, no other flooring option is as nice to walk barefoot on, and next to vinyl or linoleum flooring, carpet is second in affordability.

The average cost of an entire carpet installation project is between $880 to $2,315 with most homeowners paying about $1,597. This comes out to an average price of $2.82 per square foot, or $25.38 per square yard for the carpet, materials, and labor.

Here's the average carpet cost broken down by square foot:

Cost factors that affect your cost are the square footage of the room, carpet selected, previous flooring removal, any repairs, carpet underlay, and the installation labor. The smaller the area you are getting carpeted, the marginally higher your carpet installation prices will be per square foot.

*Many carpet stores and professionals will remove the cost of labor if you buy more than $700 worth of carpet from them.

Carpet installation labor costs about $0.58$0.64/sq. ft. on average and usually includes removing and disposing of old flooring, fixing any flooring issues, and installing padding and carpet, plus clean up. An average-sized living room of 330 square feet will cost about $201 for the installation labor and $112 for the removal and disposal of the old carpet.

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At an average total cost of $2.82 per square foot, it will cost around $282 to carpet a 10 x 10 room, $338 for a 10x12 room, $406 for a 12x12 room, and $634 for a 15x15 room.

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Depending on the type of fiber your carpet is made of, the cost of carpet is between $0.69 and $6.31 per square foot or even $11 a square foot for a pure wool carpet. Choose from the main choices of acrylic, cotton, nylon, polyester, olefin, and wool. Theres no best carpet for everyone, but there is a best carpet for your needs based on the amount of foot traffic and stains you expect, how long you want it to last, and how soft you want it to be. Below is a complete carpet buying guide:

Fibers are either looped through carpet backing or cut. Cut fibers create plush or cut-pile carpets, while looped fibers are tufted. After that, the strands are twisted different amounts and given different heights. A shag carpet, for example, is cut higher than a frieze which is slightly taller than a Saxony carpeta lower cut and smoother carpet.

Carpets are categorized in the following way:

A combined loop and cut pile has a soft, stylish look. Carpet fibers also come in a variety of thicknesses, each creating its own texture. For instance, a thicker yarn is called cable, and it produces a very plush and luxurious carpet. Velvet is cut low with only a small amount of twist, and plush is cut high but retains its twist.

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Carpets are usually constructed from the following fibers. Prices given below are from Carpet Express, Home Depot, and Lowes.

Carpet tiles are different to carpet in that they dont need adhesive or padding to install them, and they can be cut to fit any room. They are reasonably durable and are stain, water, mold, and fade resistant. Choose from the peel-and-stick variety to Berber carpet tiles lined with their own padding.

You can also pick floor carpet tiles in sizes from 12 sq. ft. or rectangular 1 x 2 tiles. Just like carpet, they are available in the pattern, Berber/loop, shag/frieze, and textured styles. Carpet tile installation is a breeze for any do-it-yourself type too.

Carpets are also sold by carpet width, pile height, face weight, warranty type, and PAR-value. [3]

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The cost quoted above doesnt include the cost of furniture moving, baseboard removing, and baseboard replacing, among other expenses when replacing existing carpeting.

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The variety of carpet types are created in either loop pile or cut pile. Some manufacturers create elaborate mixes of the two to create texture.

This carpet type is produced when the fiber is threaded through the backing, giving loops of fiber on the walking surface. The strength created by the loops hides footprints and furniture marks really well.

The material starts out as a loop, but the ends of the loop are cut off, leaving two strands instead of one continuous strand. In addition to being cut, the pile is often twisted to add some structural integrity and to help prevent it being crushed and lying flat. Cut pile that has a heavy twist will result in a textured finish that will also help conceal wear and dirt. The more tightly twisted pile will yield a more durable surface, and the higher the twist, the more direction the pile will lie inproducing a smooth, random texture.

Cut pile is currently the most sought-after type of carpet for homeowners.

Generally speaking, depending on the manufacturer and carpet material, the cut pile is a much softer surface to walk on than loop pile. It is the least likely to show footprints and works well in high-traffic areas.

Because of the contrasts between the different types of pile, this type of carpet can include design features like swirls or square shapes in the finish. Patterns like this on a carpet can create the appearance of a larger room, especially when using a large design in a smaller room.

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On average, carpet padding alone costs between $0.37 and $0.79 per square foot. Carpet padding is made up of foam, fiber, or rebondpadding made from scrap high-density urethane foam. While some carpets come with the padding already attached, most do not.

Padding cushions the floor between the subfloor and the carpet and acts as an insulator, moisture barrier, and noise reduction agent. It also helps the carpet last longer. The max recommended padding thickness is 1/2; any thicker and the carpet becomes too springy or even damages the carpet. Each carpet manufacturer recommends certain types of padding to pair with their carpet lines, and not using it could void the warranty on the carpet.

The density and firmness of carpet padding will affect carpet durability. Along with carpet padding prices below, we recommend the following carpet padding thickness for each type:[5]

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Carpet is the go-to selection for most rooms in the house, other than for the kitchenbecause of the potential for stains from food spills, etc.; but wood flooring is very popular too. Which will work better for you and your home? Figure out what your primary need is first before you choose a type of carpet, deciding in the order of vital to practical to financial.

Hardwood Can last for many decades, even in high-traffic areas. Increases resale value. Absorbs moisture and can warp. With the right finish, its wonderfully stain and odor resistant.

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On average, the life of the carpet in relation to durability and wear will be roughly 8 to 10 years. Carpet has an upper limit in its lifespan of around 15 years. By dividing the cost of the old carpet by its number of years of durability, youll find your investment cost per year. The return on investment will also depend on stain resistance, fading, and wear and tear.

To carpet a flight of stairs, the average homeowner spends around $75$250 of an additional cost to the price of carpet installation. Some carpet installers will charge by the stair at $3$10for a basic set of box stairsor $5$15 per stair if you have spindles from a handrail. If you have wrapped stairs, they require installing carpet over the side of the stairs on one or both sides, which increases the cost per stair.

A carpet installation estimate for a 1,200 sq. ft. house (without carpeting the kitchen or two bathrooms) will cost approximately $2,895, which includes old carpet and pad removal, waste disposal and haulage, underlay/padding, carpet, and professional installation labor. Many carpet stores will include the cost of labor if you buy more than $700 worth of carpet from them.

Old carpet and pad removal costs about $0.34 per square foot and waste disposal and hauling away is about $75.

At $0.60 a square foot, low-density polyester is the cheapest carpet. But matched with the cheapest padding available, your new carpet will only look good for about two years, if that.

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[1] National Home Improvement Estimator 2018

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[3] https://www.lowes.com/projects/build-and-remodel/carpet-buying-guide/project

[4] https://www.homedepot.com/c/carpet_padding_buying_guide_HT_BG_FL

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Professional installation by an experienced crew is now so inexpensive and quick that it's hard to justify doing this work yourself. Carpeting is now often sold with installation costs included since so few consumers want to go through the headache of DIY installation.

It is true that carpeting that is advertised as "free installation" is not really free, since the cost is actually slightly inflated to cover the labor of the team who will come to install it. You can, therefore, save some money by specifying that you want to buy carpeting without installation labor. But by the time you buy or rent the specialty tools, padding, seaming tape, and other supplies necessary, the extra $1 to $1.50 per-square-foot cost for pro installation starts to seem like a bargain. If you've ever gone through the headache of trying to install carpeting yourself, you are unlikely to want to go through the ordeal again. Many installation teams will move furniture, remove and dispose of old carpet, install padding and new carpet, and move the furniture back in placeall within a few hours.

Still, there may be instances where your budget is so tight that saving on installation costs is critical. Or perhaps you are carpeting many rooms at the same time, or have many irregular shapes or stairways that mean your cost savings will be more substantial if you install the carpeting yourself. If so, here are six tips to make DIY carpet installation go more smoothly.

Some DIYers make the mistake of thinking that they can install carpeting just by cutting pieces with an ordinary utility knife and rolling out the pieces over the floor. This is a disaster waiting to happen. While carpet installation will require many standard home-shop toolssuch as a hammer, utility stapler, tin-snips, chalk-line, and utility knifethere will be several carpet-specific tools you will need in order to do the work correctly. These tools, available for lease at tool rental centers and home centers, include a seam iron, power stretcher, and knee kicker. These are expensive tools and it is much more economical to rent these tools rather than buy them, unless you expect to install carpeting often.

While it is possible to install carpeting without a stretcher, the results will look terrible, with wrinkles and lumps quickly forming. Two types of stretchers are essential to a good carpet installation: a long power stretcher that will brace against the walls to stretch the carpeting taut across the entire room, and a knee kicker that will help you push the edges into corners and over the tack strips around the perimeter of the room. Proper stretching is 90 percent of good carpet installation, and if you're not prepared to learn this skill, it's best to hire pros.

Tack strips are strips of wood with sharp pointed tacks. They are attached to the subfloor around the perimeter of the room to provide the anchor point for the edges of the carpeting to be gripped. For novice DIYers, the temptation is to shove the carpet tack strips (sometimes called "tackless strips") all the way against the wall or baseboard. Dont do this. You will need the extra space in order to tuck the edges of the carpet over the strips. The gap between the tack strips should be just a hair less than the thickness of the carpeting so that the tucked portion remains tightly wedged in place.

You will experience more waste with patterned carpet than with non-patterned carpet, since cutting and seaming pieces requires you to match the pattern. Most experts recommend adding 5 percent overage for waste on a non-patterned carpet, and you should add another 5 percent, for a total of 10 percent overage, for patterned carpeting. The larger the pattern, the more waste you will have.

This is a standard rule of carpet installation: Do not lay the padding over the tackless strips. Keep the padding within the inner perimeter formed by the strips. Padding should touch the edge of the tackless strips but should not overlap them. If the padding overlaps, then youll have a fat lump around the edge of your carpetnot very attractive. It is also a good idea to make sure your padding is of very good quality. Even cheap carpeting will perform much better if the underlying padding is of good quality, such as high-density memory foam.

Obviously, if your carpet has a pattern, seaming two pieces requires careful attention to matching the pattern between adjoining pieces. But even for non-patterned carpeting, you can detect the direction of the carpets pile by looking at it from different directions in strong light. Keep carpet pile consistent from piece to piece. Even professional installation teams have been known to get this wrong.

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We see the commercials all of the time, 50% off or free carpet installation. But does it really mean free and 50% off of what? These are advertisement tactics are used all of the time to lure you in and buy from these big box giants many of which have hidden fees behind these freebies.

Theres no such thing as free installation and Im going to show you how its done and how they get their extras to cover their installation cost:

When you take into consideration of the fees above, the term Free carpet installation doesnt seem to free. Its always important to get everything down in writing before hiring a professional carpet installer.

For easy to follow numbers, we are going to price a room measuring 12ft. by 10ft. (120 sq. ft.) to get you the average cost to install carpeting for this project include:

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How does the professional carpet installation process work?

At Crystal Carpet & Flooring Company, we offer full service installation that eliminates unnecessary work for you. You get what we call turnkey carpet installation in the flooring industry. Carpet installation at Crystal Carpet & Flooring Company includes:

Lets explore each of these items in more detail:

After youve called us or visited our showroom, the next step in the carpet installation process is to measure the rooms where your new carpet will be installed. Accurate measurements are key when installing carpet, so a member of our experienced sales team will come to your property to do the initial measurements. After measuring your space, our sales professionals can help you determine exactly how much carpet and padding you will need and how much it will cost. Carpet is manufactured in rectangular sections, so you may need to order slightly more carpet if your room has an unusual shape, or if the carpet needs to extend into a hallway or closet.

Our professional installation team will also move most of your homes furniture. We do ask that you remove any knickknacks, books, or decorative objects before the installation team arrives. Although our professional installers will gladly move any standard furniture (beds, sofas, chairs, tables, entertainment centers, etc.), our team is not able to move specialty pieces like aquariums or pianos.

Theres no need for you to worry about disposing of your carpet safely or whether or not your trash service will accept your old carpet and padding. Our professional carpet installation team will haul your old carpet and padding away and be sure that it is hauled to the proper facility.

While you may not think of your carpet as a piece of artwork, installing carpet requires craftsmanship, experience, and skill. Carpet installation requires professional tools and knowledge about cutting carpet. At Crystal Carpet & Flooring, we work with a group of local installers who have been part of our flooring team for decades. They know how to eliminate common mistakes and minimize seams for a pleasing look. With our carpet installation team, you can be sure that your floors will be installed correctly and quickly.

We warranty our installation for the lifetime of your carpet. If a seam comes loose or the carpet stretches, we will return to correct any problems that can arise with wear and tear at no cost to you. With our years of experience in the Wilmington, NC community and emphasis on affordability and quality, you can trust us with your new carpet installation. Because it is our goal is make sure you are pleased with your floors performance for years to come, we warranty our carpet installation for the life of the carpet. From the underlying layers to the final finish, we can help you make an informed decision about your floors.

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One of the main benefits of modular carpet tiles is the design flexibility they offer. Not only are carpet tiles available in a much wider range of patterns, colors and designs than other flooring types; they can also be installed in a variety of different patterns and layouts, to add an additional design flair to even a subtle choice of carpet tile.

We're looking at several different installation pattern options, for both modular carpet squares and carpet planks - as different shapes of carpet tiles offer different installation patterning opportunities.

The installation options for square carpet tiles are fairly limited, but offer the opportunity to create patterns and designs that can't be achieved with broadloom carpet. Essentially, you can either rotate tiles or offset them to create patterns.

This is the simplest carpet tile installation pattern: all of your carpet tile squares are installed in the same orientation, in neat rows and columns.

The rows of your carpet tile squares are off-set by half a tile's width, creating a brick-like pattern.

This is similar to the brick layout, but rather than off-setting each row by half a tile's width, it's each column that's off-set by half a tile, creating a vertical brick-like pattern.

In this layout, carpet tiles are installed in neat rows and columns, but each tile is rotated 90-degrees compared with the tile before it. This is a popular installation choice for plain colored tiles, as it adds a subtle - but still noticeable - pattern.

Your carpet tile squares are laid with no consideration for orientation or direction of tile patterns. If your tiles have an abstract, organic pattern this can work well, but is less suited to tiles with a more rigid, geometric design.

With rectangular carpet planks you can recreate several of the installation patterns that can be created with square tiles, such as monolithic, ashlar and brick layouts. However, the rectangular plank shape adds greater patterning possibilities. The following layouts can't be recreated with square carpet tiles.

Pairs of carpet tiles are installed at right-angles, to create the instantly-recognizable herringbone arrowhead. This is a popular installation choice for carpet planks, as it creates a distinctive pattern.

Carpet tile planks are installed in interlocking groups of four, so that the pattern resembles a woven pattern. Like herringbone, it creates a very distinctive pattern on the floor, making it a popular choice as a way to add design flair.

As well as laying carpet tiles in different patterns, there are other ways to introduce creativity into your flooring layout.

Mixing in carpet tiles in a contrasting color or pattern at random throughout your floorplan is a great way to add color and interest into your flooring design in small bursts. You may opt for a neutral color for the majority of your carpet tiles, but use accent tiles to add in a bit of branding or personality to the installation.

Alternatively, you could choose two different - co-ordinating or contrasting - carpet tile designs, and mix-and-match across your floorplan. This will strengthen the visual impact of your flooring, and deliver even greater creative freedom.

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