How to Dispose of Carpet and padding

Carpet and padding go straight in a roll-off. The container most people use is a 15-yard, a median of $365 nationally, typically $320 to $425 depending on where you are.

What it costs

Typically $320 to $425 depending where you are, including 2 tons and 7 days before the extras start.

Those are medians of prices companies publish themselves, from 1,395 of them. Your own town's figure is on the price index, and the calculator will add the weight and the days for you.

Where it costs most and least

A $318 difference for the same container.

How much carpet and padding weigh

Carpet with padding is roughly 5 lb per square yard, so a 1,200 sq ft house is about 700 lb.

The rule that catches people

Goes in a standard container.

Worth knowing. Cut it into strips three or four feet wide and roll them tight. Whole-room rolls waste half the container on air.

The cheaper route, if you have one

A few manufacturers run take-back recycling for nylon carpet.

Getting it ready

Roll it, do not fold it, and cut the rolls to about four feet with a utility knife so they stack. Tape each roll so it cannot unravel in the container. The padding underneath is a separate material and takes up more room than the carpet does, and the tack strip along the edges is sharp enough to be worth bagging on its own.

Weight is what turns a quote into a bigger invoice, so how overage works is worth reading if this is going in with a full load. See what else fits in a 15 yard.

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