Carpet Cleaning in Los Angeles

What carpet cleaning covers

• Vacuuming the carpet dry first, before any water or solution goes down
• Pre-spray on traffic lanes and stains, left to dwell before extraction
• A hot water extraction pass, followed by a second dry pass
• Sofa cushions, arms and backs worked by hand with a smaller tool
• Foam blocks or foil placed under furniture legs so they do not mark
• The pile groomed afterwards, so it dries standing up instead of matted

What is usually not included

• Stain removal is not guaranteed. Dye, bleach and old pet urine can be set into the fiber for good, and a clean will not lift what has already changed the color.
• The padding underneath. When urine has soaked through the carpet into the pad, that is a replacement job and it is quoted on its own.
• Heavy pieces. Beds, pianos and full bookcases usually stay where they are and the work goes around them.

When to book carpet cleaning

Book this when vacuuming no longer helps, after a spill, or before selling or handing back a property. Fabrics need drying time afterwards, so plan the day around it.

How long it takes

The cleaning is the short part; the drying is what takes the day. Humid weather, closed-up rooms and dense or wool fiber all stretch it, and furniture should stay off the carpet until the pile is dry.

What makes the price go up

• Stairs, which usually get counted by the step instead of falling under a room
• Wool, silk and viscose rugs, which need lower heat and different chemistry
• Pet urine, which has to be found and treated apart from the general clean
• Sectionals, where the price follows the seats and cushions rather than the room

What to ask before you book

• How long until I can walk on it and put the furniture back?
• The pet spots — is treating those in the price, or is it on top?
• Do you move furniture, or do you want the rooms cleared before you get here?

What carpet cleaning looks like in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is not one place. A Spanish bungalow on a flat street, a hillside house that is mostly glass and stairs, an apartment over a garage in between. Neighborhoods sit far apart with freeway between them. Traffic keeps a fine road grit in the air, and when there is a fire in the hills, ash settles on patios, sills and outdoor furniture.

Two things change here. Distance: a job across town is a different day than one two streets over, so the schedule is built around driving. And the housing does not repeat from one street to the next, so the work shifts from hardwood floors in a bungalow to stairs and floor-to-ceiling glass on a hillside.