Carpet Cleaning in Greenville

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 Greenville

Greenville sits in the Upstate of South Carolina at the foot of the Blue Ridge, with Falls Park and downtown apartments and condos, older mill-village houses in the neighborhoods around them, and newer subdivisions spreading toward Simpsonville and Greer. Heavy tree pollen in spring, humid summers, real chilly stretches in winter.

Downtown, the condos and lofts around Falls Park are small and mostly hard floors, and getting in means a garage code or a front desk instead of a driveway. Mill-village houses are small and close together, with narrow rooms, painted trim and old sashes and sills that catch dust. Winters get cold enough that the heat runs for weeks straight, which is when vents, baseboards and the dust that settles behind furniture start to show.