Carpet and curtain cleaning in Suži - for detached houses with gardens by Ķīšezers

Several rugs in one house

Suži is a sparsely built north-eastern neighbourhood dominated by detached houses, gardens and low-rise buildings. The residential buildings there are surrounded by greenery, next to Jaunciema gatve. If sand and soil are carried from the garden into the hallway, the hallway runner takes the first hit, so it may need cleaning more often than a living room rug. It is worth vacuuming the rug thoroughly before cleaning.

A detached house can have more rugs than a flat: a large rug in the living room, smaller ones in the bedrooms, a runner in the hallway, a fitted carpet on the stairs. Each has its own fibre, so one request can end up with both options. Large synthetic rugs and fitted carpet are cleaned in the house, while wool, cotton, silk and hand-made rugs go to the workshop with pick-up, because delicate fibres need controlled wet cleaning and full drying.

If you do not know exactly what your rug is, write that in the request: in the “Where to clean?” field you can choose “Not sure, please advise”, and a specialist will say from the photos which option suits. A photo of the underside helps, because many rugs have no care label.

What to write in the request for a house with a garden

In Suži the main access is Jaunciema gatve and local roads. For a private house, say which floor the rugs are on, how many flights of stairs need cleaning and where a car can stop by the house.

Add the size of each rug in m² (length × width, without the fringe), photos of the top and the underside, and a note about stains or smell. If the house has a cat or a dog, mention that too. Before cleaning, take chairs, small tables and flower pots off the rug in the house, and mention heavy furniture on the rug in the request.

If there are many rugs, write them in one request, largest first. If some have to go to the workshop, see rug cleaning with pick-up: pick-up and return costs €10 (both ways together).

Stair and hallway carpets

In a two-storey detached house, the stairs may be covered with fitted carpet or a runner. Makers such as Shaw advise cleaning fitted carpet periodically with hot water extraction, usually every 12–18 months depending on traffic, and warn that too much moisture without extraction can cause wrinkles. If the stairs have fitted carpet, it cannot be picked up and carried out, so it is work on site.

Stair and hallway carpet cleaning is calculated by area: fitted carpet up to 100 m² costs from €4/m². Example: 12 m² of stairs and hallway is 12 × €4 = from €48. If a runner with a fringe is laid loose on the stairs, mention that, because it is a loose rug, not fitted carpet.

Pets, urine and hair

If the house has a cat or a dog, say in the request where exactly the rug is wet or smells. Veterinary sources state that the area of the smell can be up to three times larger than the visible patch, and that any cleaning product must first be tested on a hidden spot. If urine has reached the rug backing, the underlay or the floor, cleaning the rug may not get rid of the smell.

Urine treatment for rugs is an extra treatment from €3/m² added to the cleaning price. Example: a 2 × 3 m synthetic rug at home with urine treatment: 6 m² × €6 = €36, plus 6 m² × €3 = €18, in total from €54. The smell can be reduced, but we cannot promise it will disappear. The smell can return, especially if the urine is old or has soaked into a wool rug. Pet hair on the rug is best vacuumed up before cleaning. For a long-pile rug the price is from €10/m², and whether it is cleaned at home or with pick-up depends on the rug’s size and fibre.

Sheers and day curtains facing the garden

If the windows face the garden and the sun shines in for most of the day, sheers and day curtains can fade or yellow. The Canadian Conservation Institute writes that light dries out fibres and fades colours. The cause of yellowing in sheers can be sun, smoke or cooking fumes, and not every yellowing can be removed, so whiteness cannot be promised.

Sheer curtain cleaning costs from €2.30/m² of fabric, and heavy, night and double curtains from €3.70/m². The price is worked out on the fabric itself, not the window. Two heavy curtains, each 1.5 × 2.6 m of fabric, are 7.8 m² × €3.70 = €28.86, so the minimum applies, €45.

Prices and travel in Suži

Travel to Suži is included in the price. Pick-up and return costs €10 (both ways together). The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45, and this applies only to cleaning.

A synthetic rug with a short pile at home costs from €6/m², a long-pile or thick rug from €10/m², and a wool or cotton rug with pick-up from €10/m². A hallway runner of 0.8 × 4 m is 3.2 m² × €6 = €19.20, so the charge is €45. May stay: old urine in wool and yellowing in sheers. All prices are on the prices page.