Rug cleaning with pick-up in Daugavgrīva - for apartment buildings from the 1950s and 1960s

Flats that replaced wooden housing

Daugavgrīva is a coastal and port neighbourhood where the Daugava flows into the Gulf of Riga. Most of the wooden housing in Daugavgrīva was demolished and apartment buildings were built, and today multi-storey residential buildings from the 1950s and 1960s dominate. Alongside them there is also low-rise residential development, as well as port and military heritage sites.

If your flat is in one of these buildings, the rug may be, for example, a wool rug in a room, a synthetic rug in the living room or a runner in the hallway. Describe your rug in the request.

To choose where to clean, first look at the underside of the rug and the care label: GINETEX symbols with a cross mean “not allowed”, while a letter in a circle names the professional process. A short-pile synthetic rug can be cleaned on the floor. Wool, cotton, hand-made and silk rugs are a job with pick-up.

What to write in a request from Daugavgrīva

The neighbourhood is reached via Daugavgrīvas šoseja and through Bolderāja. In the request, give the exact address, the floor and whether the building has a lift. Also write where a car can stop by the building.

Add the size of the rug in m² or the length and width, photos of the top and the underside, and a note if the rug has fringe. If there are several rugs, write the size of each. If curtains also need cleaning, the same request can be used for both jobs. Before cleaning, photograph any existing damage, such as worn edges or holes, so that it can be described in the request.

A wool rug that has been in use for years

A wool rug in a flat may lie in one place for a long time, so dirt and dust build up gradually. The Canadian Conservation Institute advises turning the rug from time to time so that it wears evenly. The Institute also writes that heat strips wool of its natural oils and weakens the threads, while high humidity can make dyes bleed.

That is why a wool rug needs controlled cleaning, not washing in hot water. If wool is rinsed in hot water and rubbed, the fibres tangle and the rug may shrink; this usually cannot be reversed. More about this kind of rug: professional wool rug cleaning.

Sheers and day curtains in a small flat’s window

If the windows have sheers or thin day curtains, they are exposed to the sun. Light dries out the fibres and fades the colours, and yellowing cannot always be removed. The cause of yellowing may be sun, smoke or kitchen fumes. Cleaning can improve the look, but we cannot promise that the sheers will be as white as before.

For thin curtains and sheers the price is from €2.30/m² of fabric, and it is calculated by the m² of fabric, not by the window. If one sheer curtain is 1.4 m wide and 2.5 m long, its fabric is 3.5 m², and 3.5 × €2.30 = €8.05, which is under the minimum, so you pay €45. In more detail: sheer curtain cleaning. Heavy night curtains are priced from €3.70/m² of fabric: for a curtain 2 m wide and 2.5 m long that is 5 m² × €3.70 = €18.50, and here too you pay €45.

A cat or dog in the flat

If there is a cat or a dog in the flat, urine or hair can get into the rug. Veterinary sources write that the area of the smell can be up to three times larger than the visible patch. If the urine has reached the backing, the smell may come back even after cleaning.

Urine or odour treatment is an extra line from €3/m². For a synthetic 2 × 3 m rug at home that is 6 × €6 = €36 and 6 × €3 = €18, from €54 in total. In more detail: rug cleaning for urine.

A large rug that cannot be carried out

If a room has a large synthetic rug that covers almost the whole floor, taking it out can be awkward. Such a rug can be cleaned at home, on the floor, and then the pick-up charge does not have to be paid. Clear chairs, small tables and plant pots off the rug, and write about heavy furniture in the request. In more detail: large rug cleaning.

Prices in Daugavgrīva

A wool or cotton rug with pick-up costs from €10/m². A 2 × 3 m wool rug is 6 m², so 6 × €10 = €60, plus pick-up and return €10, from €70 in total. A short-pile synthetic rug at home costs from €6/m²; a 1.6 × 2.3 m rug is 3.68 m² and €22.08, so under the minimum, and you pay €45.

The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45. Travel in Daugavgrīva is included in the price. Pick-up and return costs €10 (both ways together). Old urine that has soaked into wool can leave a smell: it can be reduced, but we cannot promise that it will disappear. If a rug has a long or thick pile, the price starts from €10/m². After you fill in the form, a specialist contacts you and gives the price based on the size, the fibre and the photos.

Services in Daugavgrīva

You can request rug cleaning with pick-up in Daugavgrīva, rug cleaning at home in Daugavgrīva, wool rug cleaning in Daugavgrīva and curtain cleaning in Daugavgrīva. Prices: prices. Rug and curtain jobs can be described in one request, and then a specialist sees the whole volume at once.