Carpet, rugs, upholstery.
We get the dirt out.
The go to carpet cleaners of Northern Virginia for over a decade.
Truck mounted hot water extraction for the wall to wall, hand washing off site for the rugs that need it, and the same crew doing both.
- Carpet Room by room, stairs, traffic lanes
- Rugs Wool, silk, oriental and antique
- Upholstery Sofas, chairs and curtains
- Pet odor Treated down at the pad, not the surface
Drag it clean. Rugs like this are washed by hand at our shop, never scrubbed with a machine on your floor.
Wall to wall, done properly
Truck mounted hot water extraction. Dry to the touch in about four hours, walkable sooner.
Most of what makes a carpet look tired is not stains, it is grit sitting down at the base of the pile cutting the fiber every time somebody walks on it. That is why traffic lanes go dull first.
We pre spray the lanes, give it time to work, then flush it out with hot water at pressure and pull it back out. What comes up is the part people always want to see.
Furniture: we move what two people can carry and put it back on blocks. Beds, pianos and full china cabinets stay put.
Drag the handle left and right. The dirty half on the left is where we came in.
How a rug is actually washed
Five steps, four to seven days, and it happens at our shop, not in your living room.
Inspect and dye test
We look for dry rot in the foundation, moth damage, old pet damage and previous repairs. Then we wet a hidden corner of every color to see which dyes are going to move.
Dust it out dry
A wool rug can hold pounds of dry soil down in the foundation. That comes out before any water touches it, otherwise you are just making mud in the weave.
Wash by hand, with the pile
Cool water, a wool safe shampoo, and a soft brush worked in the direction the pile lays. Fringe gets its own attention because that is where the gray always is.
Rinse and extract
Rinsed until the water runs clear and the pH comes back down, then squeezed out. Leftover detergent is what makes a rug re soil in a month.
Dry flat, then groom
Dried flat with air moving over it so the foundation does not shrink unevenly. Pile groomed, fringe combed straight, then wrapped for the trip home.
Run a rotary machine over a hand knotted rug in your house. It is fast, it is what a lot of companies do, and it grinds the pile and pushes soil into the foundation where nobody can rinse it out. If someone quotes you a hand knotted rug cleaned in place in an hour, that is what they are about to do.
Everything we clean
The full services page walks through which one you actually need.
- 01 Carpet Cleaning Rooms, stairs, hallways and traffic lanes, cleaned with truck mounted extraction.
- 02 Steam Cleaning and Hot Water Extraction The method itself: hot water at pressure, pulled back out with the soil.
- 03 Rug Cleaning Wool, silk, oriental and antique rugs, washed by hand off site.
- 04 Upholstery Cleaning Sofas, sectionals, chairs and headboards, cleaned to the fabric code.
- 05 Curtain and Drapery Cleaning Panels, sheers and lined drapery, cleaned in place or taken down.
- 06 Pet Odor and Stain Removal Treated down at the pad and the subfloor, not sprayed on the surface.
Jobs we have actually done
More of them, with the before shots, on the projects page.
What people said
Every one of these is a five star review from a home in our service area.
The experience was beyond my expectations. They got out stains I had already given up on.
Best carpet cleaning company around. They turned up when they said and did what they said.
They respected my home and my belongings the whole time they were here.
Five stars for the quality of the work and for the professionalism.
Prompt response, and the service was efficient and courteous throughout.
Two dogs and an old family room carpet. The smell is gone and they were straight with me about what would not come out.
Where we work
Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and the western end of Prince William. If you are just outside the list, call anyway.
McLean
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across McLean and 22101, 22102, 22106.
Tysons
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across Tysons and 22102, 22182.
Great Falls
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across Great Falls and 22066.
Herndon
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across Herndon and 20170, 20171.
Ashburn
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across Ashburn and 20147, 20148.
Sterling
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across Sterling and 20164, 20165, 20166.
Leesburg
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across Leesburg and 20175, 20176.
Purcellville
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across Purcellville and 20132.
Haymarket
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across Haymarket and 20169.
Gainesville
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning across Gainesville and 20155.
Questions we get
How long until I can walk on it?
Socks, about an hour. Shoes and furniture back down, about four hours. Humid days run longer. If it still feels damp the next morning something went wrong and we want to hear about it.
Do you move the furniture?
What two people can carry, yes, and it goes back on blocks so damp carpet does not stain the legs. Beds, pianos and loaded cabinets stay where they are, and we clean around them.
Will the pet smell actually go?
If it is in the pad, surface cleaning will not touch it. We treat down at the pad with an enzyme and give it dwell time. Severe cases need the pad replaced and we will tell you that rather than take the job.
How often should carpet be cleaned?
Every twelve to eighteen months for most houses, and every six to nine with dogs, children or a light colored carpet. Waiting until it looks dirty means the grit has already been cutting the fiber for months.
Why does my rug have to leave the house?
Because a hand knotted rug has to be rinsed until the water runs clear, and there is no way to do that on your floor without soaking the subfloor underneath it.
How far do you travel?
Across Fairfax and Loudoun and out to Haymarket and Gainesville. If you are just past the edge of that, call and ask, because we are often nearby anyway.
Do I need to be home?
For the walkthrough, yes, so we can agree the scope together. After that plenty of customers leave us a key or a door code and go to work.
What will not come out?
Bleach spots, some old dye stains from pet urine, sun fading, and fiber that has already been abraded flat. We point those out before we start rather than after.
Have a look at it in person
Walkthroughs are free and take about fifteen minutes. We agree the scope together and point out anything that will not come out before a hose comes off the truck. Over a decade in Northern Virginia and that has not changed.