How do you clean drapes without taking them down?
We clean them where they hang. That covers lined drapes, sheers, valances, swags and fabric shades. You don’t have to find someone to take them down and rehang them, and you don’t live with bare windows for a week.
Most homes take under an hour. A larger house with drapery in most rooms can take 1 to 3 hours. Drapery starts at $79 a window, and we confirm the price on site after we see the fabric. See drapery cleaning.
Can formal-room furniture be cleaned in place?
Yes. Dining chairs, wingbacks and the sofa nobody sits on still collect dust and fade from window light. We check each piece’s fabric and care tag, test a hidden spot, and use steam or low-moisture cleaning depending on what the fabric can take. If a piece shouldn’t be cleaned with water, we say so up front. More on upholstery cleaning.
What should I know before cleaning a wool or silk rug?
Wool and silk need the least moisture the job allows, and some dyes bleed. We check the fiber and test the dyes first. Wool and synthetic rugs are often cleaned right in the room. Silk and delicate rugs usually go with us, get cleaned and come back. Rug pricing is quoted after we see it. See area rug cleaning.
Steam or low-moisture for carpet in a formal room?
A formal living room that sees little traffic usually does well with low-moisture VLM cleaning, which dries in about 30 minutes to 2 hours. The family room, stairs and back entry, where traffic lanes and pet spots build up, often call for truck-mounted steam cleaning. Same house, two methods. Compare them on the steam vs low-moisture page.
A supply line leaked into the finished basement. What now?
Finished basements, ice maker lines and upstairs laundry rooms are where a slow leak does the most damage, because carpet, pad and drywall soak it up quietly. Shut off the water if it’s safe, take photos, and call or text us any hour. We extract the water, dry the structure and take moisture readings until it’s done. See water damage.