Hand-knotted rug cleaning in New Rochelle, with pickup at your door, fiber and dye testing, a careful hand wash and slow drying.
From North End living rooms to waterfront homes and downtown condos, New Rochelle has plenty of hand-knotted rugs. Some were bought on travels, some were inherited, and all of them deserve more care than a regular rug.
After collection, the rug's fibers are identified, each dye is spot tested, and only then does hand-washing begin. The fringe is washed and combed as part of the price.
You hear the price before the rug leaves your home. It depends on size, materials, age and condition.
Summer air by the Sound is heavy. Wool that never fully dries under a sofa or a piano can turn sour, and that musty note is one of the first things checked at inspection.
Beach grit is the slow enemy of a knotted rug. Each grain works its way down to the foundation and grinds against the wool, so the rug is dusted dry, front and back, before any water is used.
A single unstable red can stain a whole cream field. That is why each color gets its own spot test before the wash.
Silk is the most fragile fiber we see; when a rug turns out to contain it, the wash is slower and milder.
Once rinsed, the rug is laid out in a controlled drying room, never left in the sun, so the edges stay straight.
Moth bites, bald patches or unraveling ends are pointed out to you in person before the work starts.
In high-rise buildings, we coordinate pickup with the management office and use the service elevator.
Rug pads matter more than most people think. A good pad keeps a fine rug from sliding on wood or tile and spreads out the wear, and we are glad to talk through options when we bring the rug home.
Families moving between a downtown apartment and a house often roll up a good rug and store it for months. Clean it before storage, wrap it in breathable fabric rather than plastic, and it will come out in the same shape it went in.
Careful rug work since 2005.
You approve the cost first.
Green cleaning that protects wool and dyes.
Same-day or next-day collection.
Rug collection is available in every New Rochelle neighborhood, 10801 included. Our team takes calls at 1-800-589-4364, or you can use the request form; the estimate costs nothing.
If the rug was made by machine, standard area rug cleaning in New Rochelle costs less. The New Rochelle services page lists the rest, and Rye's oriental rug page covers our work further along the shore.
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