Priced by size
What It Costs to Clean a Rug in Coquitlam
Rug cleaning is charged by area, so a tape measure tells you most of what you need to know before you call.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Area rug cleaning | $10 per 10 sq ft |
| Pet urine treatment | Priced separately |
About the price
The price is confirmed at your door, after we've seen the job, and nothing is added to your bill without your agreement.
Up the hill and by the stations
Two Kinds of Coquitlam Home, Two Kinds of Visit
Most of Coquitlam is single-family houses, much of it climbing the slopes toward Eagle Ridge and Burke Mountain, while the city's towers are clustered near the SkyTrain stations. A rug visit plays out differently in each.
On Westwood Plateau and Burke Mountain
Houses here tend to be larger and newer, and the rugs follow the rooms: a big rug under the sectional in the family room, a runner on the upstairs landing, another rug in the basement. Tell us each rug’s rough size and which level it’s on, so the technician sets aside enough time for all of them.
A large, thick rug sits at the long end of the usual 4 to 8 hours to dry, so it helps to clean it on a day the room can stay clear until evening.
Near the Evergreen Line
In the towers around Burquitlam, Coquitlam Central, Lincoln and Lafarge Lake-Douglas stations, the rug is cleaned in your suite, so it never has to ride the elevator. What we need from you is the building’s side of it: whether contractors book the elevator or sign in at the desk, where a service vehicle can park, and the buzzer number.
Winter on the hills
Salt, Grit and the Rug by the Front Door
When a cold snap is forecast, the city salts the main roads on Westwood Plateau and Burke Mountain ahead of it, because higher ground is where wet snow lands first. That salt, and the grit that travels with it, comes inside on boots and ends up in the rug nearest the door.
Salt in a rug shows up as a white, chalky haze or stiff patches, usually in a band just inside the entrance. Salt also draws moisture from the air, so a salted rug can feel damp and pick up dirt faster than the rest of the room. Grit does slower damage: it settles at the base of the pile and wears it down with every step.
A few habits make the winter easier on that rug:
Put a mat outside the door:
Most of the salt stays on the step instead of reaching the rug.
Vacuum the entry rug slowly and often:
Loose grit comes out before it's walked deeper.
Blot slush, don't rub it:
Rubbing pushes salty water down toward the backing.
Book the entry rug after the last cold snap:
Cleaned once the salting season is over, it stays clean longer.
The same slopes catch more of the region’s rain, so through fall and winter a rug cleaned in a closed-up house dries toward the slow end. Running the bathroom and kitchen fans and keeping interior doors open helps.
In your living room
How a Rug Is Cleaned Without Leaving the House
Every rug goes through the same four steps. What changes from rug to rug is how much water and heat each step uses.
Inspection, front and back
Fibre, construction and backing are checked, and anything hand-made or brightly dyed gets a colour test before any product goes on.
Pre-treatment
Traffic lanes, spills and pet spots get a product matched to the fibre, with time to work. Pet urine treatment is priced separately.
Cleaning
Synthetic rugs handle hot water extraction. Wool, hand-tufted and older hand-made rugs are cleaned with low moisture, and wool with WoolSafe Approved products.
Grooming and drying check
The pile is groomed so it dries evenly, and you get a drying estimate for that rug in that room.
Before we start
Rugs We Look at Twice, and What Cleaning Can't Undo
It's easier to hear this at the door than after the work is done.
Rugs we look at twice
Viscose ("art silk") and silk
Water can yellow viscose and flatten the pile, so we check first whether it can be cleaned at all.
Hand-knotted rugs that fail the colour test
If a dye bleeds on the test spot, it would bleed across the rug.
Rugs with a brittle or rotted backing
Cleaning puts weight and moisture on the backing, and a weak one can tear.
If one of these can’t be cleaned safely in your home, we’ll tell you before we start.
What cleaning can't undo
Pile worn down by grit
An entry rug that has taken years of hillside winters can look cleaner but stay flatter in the traffic lane.
Dye that has already run
If colours bled during an earlier wash or spill, cleaning can't move them back.
Urine that reached the floor
We treat the rug, but if urine soaked into the pad or the floor beneath, the smell can keep coming from there.
When you call
Five Things to Have Ready When You Book
These let us quote on the phone and turn up with the right plan.
- Size and level of each rug: Length by width, and whether it’s on the main floor, upstairs or in the basement.
- A photo of the back: It shows how the rug was made, and a label, if there is one, tells us the fibre.
- Parking and access: Where a service vehicle can park, or the building’s elevator and buzzer details.
- Winter history: Mention it if it’s the entry rug and the marks showed up after snow.
- Pets: Pet urine needs a different treatment than a spill, and it’s priced separately.
Same visit
Add the Sofa or the Carpet While We're There
One visit means one parking spot, one elevator booking and one afternoon of drying.
Upholstery cleaning
Sofas and chairs, with the fabric code checked before anything else.
Three rooms and a hallway for $129, with extra rooms and stairs priced separately.
Everything else we do in the city is on carpet cleaning in Coquitlam.
Across the city
Where We Clean Rugs in Coquitlam
Coquitlam runs from the Fraser River at Fraser Mills up to the slopes below Coquitlam Mountain, and we clean rugs across all of it. Our office is on Seymour Street in downtown Vancouver.
- Near the stations: City Centre and Burquitlam
- South slope: Maillardville, the city’s oldest neighbourhood, and Fraser Mills
- Central plateau: Austin Heights
- Hillsides: Westwood Plateau, Eagle Ridge and Burke Mountain
Next door, we also clean rugs in Port Moody and Port Coquitlam, and there’s a page for rug cleaning in Burnaby.
Other areas we serve
Book a visit
Get a Price for Your Rug
Measure the rug, take a photo of the back, and call or send the form. You'll have a price on the phone, confirmed at your door.
