Area Rug Cleaning in Riverdale, Bronx

Parquet and hardwood are everywhere in Riverdale, in the pre-war co-ops and in the Fieldston houses alike, so living and dining rooms are usually dressed with rugs instead of broadloom. A single home might have a big rug beneath the dining table, a long runner in the gallery and a few smaller pieces beside the beds.

Those rugs come clean best off the floor. In our plant we can flood them with rinse water, which flushes out the gritty sand that settles at the base of the pile and wears the fibers from below.

Collection and return cost nothing. In a building, our team uses the service car and rolls each rug in the hall; in a house, they go straight out the front door to the van.

On the phone, give us a rough count of the rugs and their sizes. The crew will lift furniture off each one, roll it, tag it with your name and load it. A heavy breakfront or piano sitting on a rug is worth mentioning ahead of time so enough hands come.

At the plant each rug gets a fiber check and a colorfastness check. Then the loose grit is beaten and vacuumed out, the rug is washed with a solution suited to its fiber, rinsed thoroughly and dried flat in a warm room. The fringe is washed along with it.

Many Riverdale families have stayed in the same apartment for decades, and their rugs show it. A wool rug that has never had a full wash often comes back noticeably brighter. If we find thin patches or loose bindings, you will hear about them before we start.

Pets are another reason to wash a rug. Urine travels through to the backing and the pad, and only a full wash reaches it. Accident areas get an enzyme rinse during the wash.

An old pad that is crumbling leaves dust on the floor and lets the rug creep. We can cut a fresh pad to size and bring it back with the rug.

Expect most rugs home in about a week. On the return trip, each one goes back in its spot with the furniture set on top, so the room is finished when we leave.

Runners in long co-op halls take a beating from street shoes and wet umbrellas in the winter months. Washing them once a year keeps the grit from cutting the fibers near the front door.

Hand-knotted Persian and antique pieces go through a separate hand-wash; see oriental rug cleaning in Riverdale.

Set up a rug collection in Riverdale, 10471, at 1-800-589-4364 or with the free quote form; first-time customers save 10%. If the bedroom carpet is due as well, see carpet cleaning in Riverdale.