Carpet · Pad · Tack Strip · Stairs · Temecula & Southwest Riverside County
Carpet Removal in Temecula
We pull the carpet, pad, tack strip and staples, haul all of it off on our trailer, and leave the subfloor swept for your installer. Carpet removal in Temecula starts at our $195 minimum and tops out at $595 for a full 12-yard trailer, priced by how much room the rolls take up, not by the square foot. Text photos of the rooms to (951) 837-8072 and you get a firm price before we roll out.
Family-owned in Temecula since 2021 · Licensed & insured · 5,000+ loads since 2021
Wild West Junk Removal · 41713 Niblick Rd, Temecula, CA 92591 · (951) 837-8072 · Mon to Sat: 7AM-7PM · Sun: Closed · Family-owned and operated by Weston Molitor since 2021
Carpet Removal Cost
How Much Does Carpet Removal Cost in Temecula?
Carpet removal in Temecula costs $195 to $595 with Wild West, set by how much of our 12-yard trailer the carpet, pad and tack strip fill. The $195 quarter load is the minimum, there's no per-square-foot rate, and pulling the carpet up is part of the job, not an extra line.
Quarter Load
3 cubic yards
$195
About one and a half full-size pickup beds. Our minimum.
Half Load
6 cubic yards
$350
About three full-size pickup beds.
Three-Quarter Load
9 cubic yards
$495
About four to five full-size pickup beds.
Full Load
12 cubic yards
$595
About five to six full-size pickup beds.
Best Value per Yard
Every price includes a two-person crew, cutting and rolling the carpet, pulling the pad and the staples, lifting the tack strip if you want it gone, carrying it all out, fuel, the disposal fee, and a sweep of the subfloor before we leave.
What Can Add to a Carpet Removal Price?
- Stairs
- $150 when a load under 7 cubic yards comes down a flight of stairs, $300 for a load of 7 cubic yards or more. The $300 replaces the $150, it doesn't stack. No stair charge if there's an elevator we can use.
- Extra loading time
- A full load includes one hour of loading. Past that, $75 per hour per crew member. Glued-down pad on a slab is where this comes up, and it's in your firm price before we start.
- Appliances
- $30 each for a fridge, freezer, or AC unit going out with the carpet.
- Mattresses
- $15 per mattress. Box springs carry no fee but count toward the load volume.
A full load is 12 cubic yards in our 12ft × 8ft × 4ft dump trailer, loaded by a two-person crew.
Text a photo and you get a load size and a firm price before we roll out. On site we confirm what the photo showed: if it comes in smaller, you pay the smaller price; if the pile grew, we re-quote before anything goes on the trailer. Nothing is added after loading starts. No deposit.
Flooring stores price tear-out by the square foot because they're pricing labor in a room they're about to re-carpet. We're pricing the haul, so we go by volume. Carpet compresses hard once it's cut into strips and rolled tight, so a whole floor usually takes up less of the trailer than it looks like it will when it's still on the ground.
Here's how the stair charge works on a real number. A half load carried down from a second-floor bonus room is $350 plus $150 for the stairs, so $500 total, and you'd see that $500 before anything moves.
Wild West prices as of October 2026: $195 quarter load, $350 half, $495 three-quarter, $595 full 12-yard trailer. See every rate and surcharge on our junk removal prices in Temecula page.
What We Take
What Carpet and Flooring Will We Haul Away?
We haul wall-to-wall carpet, pad, tack strip, staples, stair runners, carpet tile and area rugs out of homes and businesses from Temecula to Menifee, plus anything else in the room that's going. If it's flooring and it isn't hazardous, it rides.
Does the Pad Come Out With the Carpet?
Yes, every time. Foam, rebond and fiber pad all come out with the carpet. Stapled pad peels off plywood and we pull the staples. Pad glued to a concrete slab gets scraped, which is slower, and I'll tell you which one you've got from the photos.
Will You Pull the Tack Strip?
That's your call. If new carpet is going back down, the strip usually stays and your installer reuses it. If you're going to LVP, tile or hardwood, we pry it up with flat bars so the slab or the plywood underneath doesn't get chewed up.
Can You Pull Carpet Off Stairs?
Yes. Treads, risers, nosings and the waterfall wraps on the landing, plus the staples in every one of them. Stairs are the slowest square footage in the house. The stair charge is about carrying the load down, and it's quoted up front.
Do You Take Carpet Tile and Commercial Carpet?
Yes. Office suites, retail spaces and apartments between tenants. Commercial carpet is usually glued straight to the slab and covers a lot more floor, so bigger jobs get their own look before I quote. We work Monday through Saturday, 7AM to 7PM.
What About Area Rugs and Runners?
Any size. Rugs smaller than 11 by 15 feet can't go into California's carpet recycling program, so a small rug goes out with the rest of the load. If it's clean and someone could use it, tell me and we'll set it aside for donation.
Can You Take Wet or Pet-Soaked Carpet?
Yes. We wrap or bag it at the room so it doesn't drip or smell its way through the house, and it goes to disposal, not recycling. If you're still deciding whether to dry it, read can wet carpet be saved first.
What Won't We Touch on a Carpet Job?
In a house built before 1980, the black adhesive under glued-down carpet or old vinyl can contain asbestos. If that's what's under your carpet, get it tested before anybody scrapes it. We won't disturb suspected asbestos material, because that's licensed abatement work, not hauling. Grinding leftover adhesive off a slab is a flooring trade too, and it comes after us.
Adhesive cans, solvents and floor-finish chemicals are household hazardous waste, so they can't ride in the load at any price. The full list is on our junk we take page.
How It Works
How Does a Carpet Tear-Out Work From Photo to Bare Floor?
A carpet tear-out in Temecula runs in five steps and usually one visit: you text photos, we confirm the firm price on site, then we cut, pull, load and sweep.
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What Do You Need From Me First?
Photos of each room, a count of the stairs, and a peek under one corner of the carpet in a closet so we know whether the pad is stapled or glued. If an installer is coming, give me the date and we'll schedule backward from it.
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How Do You Get It Up Without Wrecking the Walls?
We score the carpet into strips three to four feet wide with a utility knife before anything gets pulled. Strips roll tight, clear doorways and don't take the drywall corners with them. Dragging a full-width roll down a hallway is how walls get gouged.
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What Happens to the Pad and Staples?
Stapled pad peels up off plywood and the staples get pulled. Pad glued to a slab gets scraped. That's the step that turns a quick room into a long one, which is why I ask about it before I quote.
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Does the Tack Strip Stay or Go?
New carpet going in, it stays. Anything else, it comes out with flat bars, gets bundled nails-in, and goes on the trailer so nobody steps on it in the driveway.
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What Is Left When You Leave?
A bare subfloor, swept, ready for your installer. Everything we pulled is on the trailer, and if you added a dresser or the garage fridge, that's gone too.
Most of our carpet calls come from three directions: a flooring change that's already booked, a rental getting turned over, or a leak that soaked a room. For rentals between tenants, our tenant turnover cleanout page covers keys, lockboxes and working around a cleaning crew.
Furniture still in the room isn't a deal-breaker. We'll move what's staying out of the way and put it back, or haul what you're done with while we're already backed up to the house.
What Changes the Price
What Makes a Carpet Job Cost More or Less?
Volume sets the price of carpet removal in Temecula, and two things can add to it: stairs and glued-down pad. Everything else is just how many rooms it is.
Does the Pad Make the Load Bigger?
Yes. Thick rebond pad rolls up bulkier than the carpet that sat on it, so a house with heavy pad fills a little more of the trailer. Thin foam pad barely moves the number.
When Does the Stair Charge Apply?
When the load comes down a flight of stairs to get to the trailer: $150 under 7 cubic yards, $300 at 7 or more. A single-story house has no stair charge.
Why Does Glued Pad Cost More Time?
Every strip has to be scraped instead of peeled. A full load includes one hour of loading, and time past that is $75 per hour per crew member, quoted before we start.
Is Wet Carpet Priced Differently?
No. It goes on the same volume ladder as dry carpet. It's heavier and we wrap it at the room, but the price is still set by how much of the trailer it fills.
What doesn't change the price: the square footage on your flooring estimate, the brand of carpet, or how ugly it is. We price what we haul, and a 1990s builder carpet in Redhawk fills the trailer the same way a newer one in Harveston does.
Free Options
Can You Get Rid of Old Carpet for Free in Temecula?
Sometimes you can, because City of Temecula residents get two free CR&R bulky-item pickups a year, booked ahead at (800) 755-8112, and one room of cut, rolled carpet is a good way to use one.
- ✓One bedroom and you've got a free pickup left this year? Call CR&R first. That's cheaper than us, and I'll tell you so on the phone.
- ✓Buying new carpet? Ask your installer whether pulling and hauling the old carpet is already in their bid. Get it in writing before you sign.
- ✓Clean, dry carpet can go to a carpet recycling drop-off if you've got a truck and a free morning.
- ✓Pulling a whole house, carrying it down stairs, or working against an installer's date? That's when a crew makes sense.
We wrote a full guide on how to get rid of old carpet, with every route from the free curb pickup to the landfill and what each one really costs you.
Where It Goes
Where Does Old Carpet Go After We Haul It?
Clean, dry carpet from a Temecula tear-out can be recycled through California's carpet stewardship program. Carpet that's been wet, burned or smoke-damaged can't, and it goes to disposal.
California shoppers have paid a stewardship assessment on every new carpet since July 2011, and CalRecycle oversees the program that money pays for. The manufacturers' group that runs it, CARE, won’t take area rugs under 165 square feet or carpet damaged by water, smoke or fire at its drop-off sites.
That's why sorting matters at the room, not at the dump. The wet rolls get wrapped and kept apart so they don't ruin the clean ones.
The national picture isn't great. EPA counted 3.4 million tons of carpets and rugs thrown out across the country in 2018, and most of it was buried. I'm not going to tell you every roll we pull gets recycled. Keeping the clean, dry carpet separate is what gives it a chance.
California tightened the rules in 2024. AB 863, signed in September 2024, keeps the stewardship program running with more auditing and bigger fines, and calls for carpet to be sorted at approved collection sites by 2028.
Whatever comes out of a house in good shape, like a clean rug or the dresser you added to the load, goes to donation first. Our where your junk actually goes page lists the charities and recyclers we use.
Who Shows Up
Who Shows Up to Pull Your Carpet?
A two-person crew from Wild West Junk Removal does, and I'm usually the one who quotes it. We're family-owned in Temecula since 2021, licensed and insured, with 5,000+ loads hauled since then.
Who Is Weston Molitor?
Founder · Wild West Junk Removal · Temecula, CAI started Wild West in 2021 and we work out of 41713 Niblick Rd. We pull floors all over the valley, from Paseo Del Sol and Wolf Creek out to Vail Ranch, Old Town and De Luz, and up into Murrieta and Menifee.
I give the price myself, in writing, before anything moves. Stairs, glued pad and anything else that changes the job get priced up front, not found later with the crew already inside your house.
"The carpet is never the hard part. It's the tack strip on a stair nose, the pad somebody glued instead of stapled, and the installer showing up Thursday. We work backward from that date."
What Do Customers Say About the Cleanup?
★★★★★
Best junk removal service. I was renovating my home, & they took care of all the construction debris. Definitely will call them back. Thank you Wild West Junk Removal!
★★★★★
These guys hit a home run with the service they provided for us. I found them to be very professional, very personable and hard working. I will definitely use them again. They arrived when they said they would. They quickly were able to remove the junk we had piled up and they cleaned up the mess made when they broke down the cabinet they remove. Kudos to Weston, Tex and Mac!
★★★★★
Theses guys were so professional, they came in the same day picked up everything then cleaned the floor. Highly recommend them
FAQ
What Else Do People Ask About Carpet Removal?
A single cleared bedroom is usually a quick in-and-out. A whole house with stairs is closer to half a day, and glued-down carpet on a slab runs longer than tacked carpet because every strip gets scraped. You'll get a realistic window with the quote, before the crew starts.
Most days, if you text photos before noon. Book a few days ahead when your installer's date is fixed, because Saturdays and the week before holidays fill up first.
Someone needs to show us what stays, or mark it clearly, before we start. After that you can leave a door code, approve anything by text, and pay when the floor is bare.
Yes. Rolled carpet and pad sitting in the garage or the driveway is a haul-only job on the same volume ladder, starting at $195.
Then we tell you before we start, not after. If the job on site isn't what the photos showed, we re-quote before anything goes on the trailer, and nothing is added once loading starts.
We pry tack strip with flat bars and pull staples by hand to keep damage to a minimum. If we find a soft spot, water staining or rot under the pad, we stop and show you before we keep going.
Yes, at the same prices. We cover Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Wildomar, Winchester, French Valley, Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake and Hemet, plus De Luz, Rainbow and Fallbrook. See junk removal in Murrieta and junk removal in Menifee.
Yes. Old sheet vinyl, laminate planks and the baseboard that came off with them load right alongside the carpet. A bigger remodel pile is covered on our construction debris removal in Temecula page.
Yes. Tell me which units and I'll quote each one. Our junk removal for property managers page covers lockboxes, tenant notices and working between turnovers.
Guides
What Should You Read Before Pulling Carpet?
Start with the guide that matches where you are: deciding whether to replace it, deciding whether a wet room can be saved, or deciding how to get rid of it.
- GuideHow Long Does Carpet Last?Lifespan by fiber and grade, and the ten-minute check that tells you whether yours is done.
- GuideCan Wet Carpet Be Saved?The 48-hour window, clean water versus sewage, and why slab-leak carpet usually comes out.
- GuideHow to Get Rid of Old Carpet in TemeculaFree bulky pickup, installer haul-away, recycling drop-off, the landfill, a dumpster, or a crew.
- ServiceConstruction Debris Removal in TemeculaDrywall, cabinets, flooring and the rest of a remodel pile.
- ServiceFire, Flood and Water Damage CleanoutRuined contents and soaked flooring hauled out after a leak or a fire.
- ServiceFurniture Removal in TemeculaThe couch and dressers that come out before the carpet does.
- ServiceJunk Removal for Property ManagersTurnovers, evictions and listings for managers, Realtors and landlords.
- PricingJunk Removal Prices in TemeculaThe four-load ladder and every surcharge.
At a Glance
| Provider | Wild West Junk Removal, family-owned since 2021 |
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| Owner | Weston Molitor |
| Address | 41713 Niblick Rd, Temecula, CA 92591 |
| Phone | (951) 837-8072, call or text |
| Hours | Mon to Sat: 7AM-7PM · Sun: Closed |
| Starting price | $195, the quarter-load minimum |
| Load ladder | $195 quarter · $350 half · $495 three-quarter · $595 full |
| Surcharges | Stairs $150 under 7 cu yd, $300 at 7 or more · $75/hr per crew member past the included loading hour · $30 per fridge, freezer, or AC · $15 per mattress |
| Included | Cutting, pulling pad and staples, tack strip on request, loading, disposal, sweep |
| Not accepted | Household hazardous waste; suspected asbestos material is not disturbed |
| Service area | Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Wildomar, Winchester, French Valley, Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake, Hemet, De Luz, Rainbow, Fallbrook |
Ready to See the Subfloor This Week?
Text a photo of each room and tell me about the stairs. You'll get a firm price back, and most days we can come the same day.
Mon to Sat: 7AM-7PM · Sun: Closed
Sources & References
- calrecycle.ca.govCalRecycle: Carpet Materials ManagementCalifornia’s carpet stewardship program and its oversight.
- carpetrecovery.orgCARE: California Carpet Drop-off SitesDrop-off map, the 165-square-foot rug rule, and the water, smoke and fire exclusion.
- epa.govEPA: Durable Goods, Product-Specific DataNational figures for carpets and rugs in municipal solid waste.
- a04.asmdc.orgAB 863 signed: carpet recycling program overhaulAnnouncement of the 2024 law that changes California’s carpet program.
- temeculaca.govCity of Temecula: Residential Trash and Recycling FAQTwo free bulky-item pickups a year for city residents through CR&R, (800) 755-8112.
- wildwestjunkremoval.comJunk Removal Prices in TemeculaThe ladder, the surcharges, and how the firm price works.
Written by Weston Molitor, owner of Wild West Junk Removal. Last reviewed and updated October 16, 2026 · Prices current as of October 2026.
Wild West prices as of October 2026: $195 quarter load, $350 half, $495 three-quarter, $595 full 12-yard trailer, priced by volume. Stairs, extra loading time, appliances and mattresses are quoted before loading. Recycling acceptance is set by CARE and its drop-off sites, not by us.