Carpet cleaning in Saulkrasti - for summer houses and seaside detached houses

Summer house garden cooperatives and a rug that stands for a season

Saulkrasti has about 5,400 summer houses in garden cooperatives. If your summer house is used seasonally, the rug lies on the floor in summer, but in winter the house may stand unheated. In that case it is better to clean the rug before autumn and store it in a dry place.

Conservators advise not using cellars and attics, and not folding the rug but rolling it in the direction of the pile onto a wide tube, wrapping it in a cotton cloth and keeping it off the floor. Damp is a risk in storage, because for a wool rug high humidity can damage the fibres and make the dyes bleed. More: how to store a rug.

Moths and dark storage places

In a wool rug moth larvae feed on wool, and they avoid light, so a wool rug stored in a dark cupboard or box is at greater risk. A rug must be cleaned before storage. Pesticides are not an effective solution; in the long term it helps to find the source and to vacuum regularly where the rug is stored.

If the rug already has live larvae, that is a pest control job. Wool rug cleaning is described in more detail on the page wool rug cleaning.

Snow in winter: a yard custom and its risk

In winter many people clean rugs with dry snow. In Saulkrasti this can be tempting if there is a lot of snow in the yard, but street snow can contain sand and road salt, and wet snow soaks in. In a wool rug moisture and rubbing can cause felting and the dyes to bleed, and before rolling up, the rug must be completely dry.

If in doubt, send photos of both sides of the rug. More: cleaning a rug with snow.

A long town along the sea: what to write about the address

Parts of the town are stretched along the sea and the A1, so two “Saulkrasti” addresses can be far from each other. The A1 and the railway line lead towards Riga, Ādaži and the Vidzeme coast. In summer, traffic, parking and access to seaside sites can be harder than in winter. In the address, write the name of the town.

So in your request, write the full street and where a car can stop by the house, and state whether the building is a residential house or a summer house.

• the street name, the house number and the floor;
• the size of the rug in m², without the fringe, and its shape;
• photos of the top, the underside and a close-up of the stain;
• whether the house is heated all year.

Guest accommodation and short-term lets on the coast

Saulkrasti has guest accommodation and seaside residential development. If you let a house or a flat short-term and the rooms must be ready by a certain date, write that in your request and attach photos of each rug and of the stains.

A fresh stain usually comes out better than an old, soaked-in one, but paint and bleach spots often stay. For guest accommodation with fitted carpet over 100 m² the price is from €2.50/m² for the whole area, and then 120 m² is from €300. More: carpet cleaning in a rental flat and hotel carpet cleaning.

Jute and sisal rugs in a summer house

If a summer house or seaside house has a jute or sisal rug, it is cared for differently. Water can make them turn brown, and makers advise cleaning them dry. So for such a rug the price is given from a photo, and it is affected by the size in m², the fibre and the backing, stains and water marks, and pick-up or work on site.

If something has been spilled on a jute rug, blot it with a clean cloth and do not rub. More: jute and sisal rug cleaning.

Stairs to the attic floor and hallway runners

In a detached house with an attic floor, the carpet on the stairs and the hallway runner wear more than a room rug. If the carpet is glued down, it is cleaned on site, and the price is from €4/m²; a movable synthetic runner can be cleaned at home from €6/m². Write the number of steps and the length and width of the runner.

For a small runner the charge can be lower than the minimum, and then it is €45. For example, a 0.8 × 5 m runner is 4 m² × €6 = €24, so you pay €45, and travel from €10 is added. More: stairs and hallway carpet cleaning.

Prices in Saulkrasti

The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45, and it applies only to cleaning. Travel to Saulkrasti is from €10, because Saulkrasti is further than about 15 km from the Riga boundary. Pick-up and return costs €10 and another €10 (distance over about 15 km from the Riga boundary).

Example: a 2 × 3 m wool rug is 6 m² × €10 = from €60, plus €20 for pick-up and return, from €80 in total. A 2 × 3 m synthetic rug at home is 6 m² × €6 = €36, so you pay €45, and travel from €10 is added. Old urine in wool may stay.

Services in Saulkrasti

Rug cleaning with pick-up, carpet cleaning in a private house, fitted carpet cleaning and curtain cleaning. Prices: prices page.