It can be ordered together with curtain cleaning in Riga and the Riga region. There is no fixed price per metre of rail: the price depends on the situation and is given once the rail and the curtains can be seen.
What the take-down and rehanging price depends on
- The length and height of the rail: a low rail in a flat and a rail at a height of 4 m are different jobs.
- The number and weight of the curtains: one sheer curtain and a heavy lined night curtain are a different load.
- The type of fixing: hooks, eyelets or tracks.
- Whether a ladder or scaffolding is needed.
That is why the price is given from photos and measurements. The cleaning itself is priced by fabric area, as shown below.
Hooks, eyelets and tracks: what to know
Curtains with hooks hang from a tape sewn into the top edge of the fabric. Hooks are small and easily lost: if you take the curtains down yourself, put them in a bag. Curtains with eyelets are threaded onto a rod, and they can usually be taken down only together with the rod or by pulling the rod out. On track rails the curtain is fixed to gliders that move in the track.
Add a photo of the top edge of the curtain and a close-up of the rail to the request. From it the fixing can be seen, and the price can be given more precisely.
What to prepare before the job
- Measure the rail The length of the rail and its height from the floor in metres. If the window is above a staircase, write that.
- Count the curtains How many curtains at each window and what kind: sheer, night, lined, blackout.
- Clear the space Take plant pots and objects off the windowsill and clear the space under the rail. Mention heavy furniture by the window in the request.
- Label and stains If the curtain has a care label, photograph it. Also write about stains, yellowing or smoke smell, because that affects the cleaning, not the take-down.
- Access Write the floor, whether there is a lift and where a car can stop.
If you take the curtains down and rehang them yourself
If the rail is low and the curtains are light, you can take them down yourself. Before that, photograph how the curtains hung and mark each curtain, so that after cleaning they go back to the same window. Put hooks and rings in a bag. In the request, write that you only need cleaning and that the curtains are already down.
On a ladder or a windowsill with a heavy curtain in your hands it is easy to lose your balance. If the rail is high, write the height in the request.
How much the curtain cleaning itself costs
For thin and day curtains, sheers, from €2.30/m². For heavy, night and double curtains from €3.70/m². The area is the width of the curtain fabric times its length. Example: two heavy curtains, each 1.5 × 2.6 m of fabric: 7.8 m² × €3.70 = €28.86, so the charge is €45 (the minimum order).
The €45 minimum order applies only to the cleaning; the pick-up and return charge and the travel charge are added. Pick-up and return in Riga costs €10 (both ways together); in the Riga region up to about 15 km from the Riga boundary it is also €10, and further out another €10 is added. The take-down and rehanging price depends on the situation. All prices: prices.
What usually comes out and what may stay
Usually comes out
- dust and greyness on curtains that have hung for years;
- fresh stains;
- smoke and kitchen smell may fade.
May stay
- a damaged rail, pulled-out wall plugs or broken gliders: we do not do rail repair or installation;
- shrinking or a wavy edge after earlier washing;
- sun fading.
