Area Rug Cleaning in Astoria, Queens

Wood floors are the norm in Astoria's older buildings, so rugs do a lot of work here. A runner in a long railroad-style hallway, a big rug under the dining table, a soft rug in a child's room. They take the dirt from the street, the grit from the park, and every spill.

A rug cleaned on the floor only gets a surface clean. We roll it up, carry it down your stairs, and take it to our plant, where it gets a full wash all the way through the pile and the backing.

Many Astoria apartments are long and narrow, with rooms in a row. A runner in that kind of hallway gets walked on dozens of times a day, and it often looks gray down the middle and fine at the edges. A full wash evens that out.

Pickup and delivery are free. We bring the rug back to your door, carry it up, and lay it down again, so you never have to drag a heavy wet rug down three flights.

We set a pickup time that works for you. The crew rolls each rug, wraps it, and carries it down. In a walk-up with a tight turn at the landing, we roll the rug narrow so it does not hit the walls or the banister.

At the plant, we test the fiber and the dyes before washing. Wool, cotton, jute and synthetic rugs each need a different method. Then the rug gets a full-immersion wash, a rinse, and controlled drying, which keeps it from shrinking or curling at the edges.

Pet urine is a common problem in apartments where a dog or cat cannot go outside often. We treat urine spots in the wash, not just on top, which is the only way to remove the smell for real.

Most rugs are back within about a week. If you have more than one rug, we pick them all up in one trip and bring them back together.

When the rug comes back, we can add a new rug pad if the old one has gone flat or sticky. A good pad keeps a rug from sliding on wood floors and helps it wear evenly.

Summer in Astoria means open windows, a fan running and soot from the street settling on everything near the window. Rugs by the front windows of a walk-up often look dull gray on one side. That film washes out at the plant, and the rug looks even again.

If a rug is hand-knotted, Persian or very old, it goes into our separate hand-wash process. You can read about it on oriental rug cleaning in Astoria.

To schedule a rug pickup in Astoria, 11102, call 1-800-589-4364 or ask for a free quote online. Your first cleaning is 10% off. While we are there, we can also clean the wall-to-wall carpet in the bedrooms; see carpet cleaning in Astoria.