Carpet cleaning
Carpets that come back clean, not just damp.
Hot water extraction for houses, flats and stairs across Toronto and the GTA. Dirt out of the pile, not pushed further into it.
From $40 a room
What hot water extraction actually does
A rented machine wets the top of the pile and pulls some of it back. A truck or a professional portable does something different: it puts heated solution into the carpet under pressure and removes it again with enough suction to bring the soil with it. The difference shows up in the recovery tank, and it shows up three weeks later when the traffic lanes have not greyed over again.
Most carpets in Toronto homes are not dirty so much as loaded. Grit from the street works down to the backing, where vacuuming does not reach it, and acts like sandpaper every time somebody walks across the room. Getting it out is why a cleaned carpet lasts longer, not just why it looks better.
Houses, flats and stairs
The work is usually rooms and stairs, scheduled in the day while the place is empty. We work across Toronto, North York and Vaughan, and each of those has its own page, because a downtown condo with no driveway and a Vaughan house with a garage side door are not the same job to set up.
Stairs are priced separately and are slower than they look. A flight has more edge work, more vertical passes and more drying time per square foot than any room in the house.
Offices, retail units and condo common areas work differently: they are priced per square foot and scheduled after you close. That is all on commercial carpet cleaning.
What it costs, and the honest limits
Small to medium rooms run $40 to $60 each, with a minimum service fee of $100 to $150 because the van, the water and the setup cost the same whether we clean one room or three. A three to five room house lands between $200 and $1,000 depending on size, fibre and condition.
Three things we will tell you rather than quietly charge for:
- Paint, bleach and dye damage are not soil. No cleaning method removes them.
- A carpet with delaminated backing can come apart under extraction. We will say so first.
- Pet urine that has reached the underlay is a sub-surface job, not a surface one, and it is priced differently.
The solutions we use are eco-friendly and safe around children and pets once the carpet is dry. If anyone in the house has a sensitivity, say so when you book and we will tell you exactly what is going down.
How it goes
The order of work.
Walk the rooms
We look at the fibre, the backing and the stains, and tell you what will lift and what will not before a machine comes off the van.
Dry soil removal
A proper vacuum pass first. Skipping it turns loose grit into mud the moment water touches the pile.
Pre-treat and dwell
Solution on the traffic lanes and the spots, then left to work. Most of the cleaning happens while nothing appears to be happening.
Extract and dry
Slow overlapping passes with heat and suction, then dry strokes over the same ground so you are not left with a wet carpet.
How long does a carpet take to dry?
Four to six hours in a normally ventilated room, sometimes longer in a basement or in humid weather. We finish with dry passes to pull most of the moisture out, and we can leave air movers running if the room needs it.
Will the stains come back?
Some do, and it is worth knowing why. Wicking happens when a spill soaked through to the backing and rises again as the carpet dries. If that happens, call us and we will come back and treat it properly rather than telling you it is permanent.
Can you clean wool and natural fibres?
Yes, with a lower temperature and a pH-appropriate solution. Tell us what the carpet is when you book, or let us look at it on arrival. Wool treated like synthetic is how carpets get ruined.
Do you move the furniture?
We move what two people can safely lift and slide, and we put it back once the pile is dry. Pianos, full bookcases and anything on a delicate floor we work around instead.
