A synthetic tufted rug can be cleaned at home, but a wool or viscose tufted rug is cleaned in a workshop and brought back. The price is from €6/m² at home, and with pick-up from €10/m² or more, depending on the fibre.
How a tufted rug is built
In a tufted rug, the yarn is pulled through a fabric backing and fixed with latex glue, and a second fabric covers the glue from underneath. A hand-knotted rug has no glued layer. So “hand-tufted” and “hand-knotted” are two different rugs, even if they look similar on top.
How to tell: turn a corner over. If there is a smooth fabric underneath and the fringe is sewn on, it is usually a tufted rug. If there is no glued fabric underneath and the fringe comes out of the backing, see Persian and oriental rug cleaning.
What a glued backing does not tolerate
- Heavy moisture and heat can weaken the glue, and the layers can start to separate.
- Over the years a latex backing can become brittle, crumble or smell.
- Tufts can fall out of a tufted rug.
- A new rug with a latex backing may smell of ammonia at first.
- A latex backing can stick to some new floor finishes, change their colour or crumble.
So do not soak a tufted rug in the bath or wash it in a washing machine. If dust or crumbs are already falling from the underside, photograph it: this kind of backing does not recover after cleaning. About washing at home: can a rug go in the washing machine.
Source: Fibreworks, Latex backing. Checked 10.11.2026.
At home or with pick-up: by fibre
| Tufted rug | Where it is cleaned | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Synthetic, short pile, large | At home or with pick-up | from €6/m² at home, from €10/m² with pick-up |
| Wool | In a workshop | from €10/m² |
| Viscose (bamboo silk) | In a workshop | from €15/m², price from a photo |
If you do not know the fibre, in the form field “Where to clean?” choose “Not sure, please advise” and add photos. A wool tufted rug has the same wool risks: wool rug cleaning. For a viscose rug: viscose rug cleaning.
Before cleaning
Add to the request photos of the top and the underside, a photo of the label if there is one, and the size in metres. Write whether there are stains, smell or pets, and whether crumbs fall from the underside. If the cleaning will be at home, take chairs, small tables and plant pots off the rug first, and write about heavy furniture on the rug in the request. Also write which floor the room is on, whether there is a lift and where a car can stop.
For a fresh stain, only blot with a clean cloth without rubbing, and do not pour a lot of water on it: moisture that reaches the glue can weaken it.
How much tufted rug cleaning costs
- Synthetic rug with a short pile, cleaned at home: from €6/m².
- Rug with pick-up, cleaning in a workshop and return (synthetics): from €10/m².
- Wool or cotton rug (with pick-up): from €10/m².
- Silk, viscose, hide, hand-made and Persian rugs (with pick-up): from €15/m², price from a photo.
Example: a 1.6 × 2.3 m synthetic tufted rug at home is 3.68 m² × €6 = €22.08. The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45. Travel is included in Riga and up to about 15 km outside the Riga boundary; further out it is from €10. With pick-up: 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. All prices: carpet and rug cleaning prices.
What to expect from tufted rug cleaning
Usually comes out
- dust and everyday dirt in the pile;
- fresh stains that have not soaked down to the backing.
May stay
- a crumbling or brittle latex backing;
- tufts falling out;
- smell from the backing, if it comes from old glue;
- places where the layers have already separated.
Before the job, a specialist tells you what to expect from your rug.
