You rarely have to REMOVE the slide completely. You take the inside flanges off and allow the room to over extend with some type of heavy duty support to hold the room in place until the carpet can be installed and stapled. IF you have Carpet and are replacing with Carpet, I have NEVER heard of or had to remove the slide to replace carpet. You do NOT have tack strips like in a house and the carpet is stapled and you just pull it loose and then push the new under the slide inside flange. 3.0 hours to remove a slide and reinstall is a GOOD deal. I don't know of any competent shop that would do that for 3.0 hours. Usually a minimum of 6 to 10 hours depending on the type slide and length of slide and difficulty. Doug
