Area Rug Cleaning in Fort Greene, Brooklyn

On Fort Greene's brownstone blocks, rugs do a lot of practical work. A runner by the front door catches what comes in off the stoop. A big rug under the parlor sofa keeps the old floorboards from scratches and makes a room with very high ceilings feel less echoey. In the newer towers by Flatbush Avenue, a rug is often what turns a white-box living room into a home.

These rugs are cleaned away from your apartment. Each one is rolled up, wrapped in plastic and carried down the stairs or out through the lobby. At our plant it goes through dry soil removal, a wash suited to its fiber, a clean-water rinse and full drying on a rack, then it returns to the spot where it lives.

First we sort out what the rug is made of. Wool, cotton, viscose, polyester and plant fibers like jute behave very differently once they are wet, and we would rather tell you about a limit before washing than after.

Entry runners in a brownstone are often the dirtiest rug in the house, because the stoop and the sidewalk feed them grit every day. They also tend to be the ones that dry stiff if cleaned at home, so they benefit most from a proper rinse.

Taking a rug down a winding walk-up staircase takes two careful people. We wrap it so it does not drag across the wall paint or the banister on the way.

Garden-level apartments sit partly below the street and can run humid in July and August. A rug that has picked up a basement-like smell there usually comes back smelling clean once it has been washed and fully dried.

Spills from dinner parties, wine and candle wax are common on parlor-floor rugs. Wax gets lifted before washing; wine and food get their own pre-treatment.

If a pet has had accidents, tell us at pickup. Urine that has gone through to the backing needs extra steps, and we explain what is realistic.

Antique and hand-made pieces are handled by our Fort Greene oriental rug team instead. The Fort Greene overview has everything else, and we also handle big loft rugs in DUMBO. Book online or call 1-800-589-4364, and we will send a free quote for area rug cleaning in Fort Greene, 11205.