In short
Flying Carpet Cleaning NJ cleans area rugs in Englewood, New Jersey, and across Bergen County. Before any water touches a rug we check the fiber and test the dyes, then choose a method for that rug. Wool, synthetic, Persian, Oriental and shag rugs are all cleaned this way. If a rug is better picked up than cleaned on your floor, we say so before starting.
Rug cleaning in Englewood: what to know
Area rugs do their work on bare floors, and Englewood has floors of every age: about one in four homes was built before 1940 and about one in five since 2000. In a house from the early years the floor under a rug is often wood, so tell us what yours rests on. A rug is cleaned where it lies. Its dyes get a test before it is wetted, and wool, which takes up more water than nylon, is slower to dry. Before you call, look the rug over in good light and note a curled corner, a loose binding along an edge or a patch worn down to the foundation. Cleaning does not mend those, and a weak edge needs gentle handling, so tell us where they are. If what the rug needs is a full immersion wash, we say so before doing anything.
A cleaning visit in Englewood
Tell us first which kind of Englewood home yours is. For a house, that means the driveway, the nearest door and the stairs inside. For an apartment, we need the floor, the elevator or the number of flights, and whatever the building asks of outside workers. On the blocks around Palisade Avenue, say where a work vehicle can stand. When the cleaning is finished, move the air: windows open upstairs and down in a house on a dry day, the air conditioning in an apartment. A few hours is the usual drying time, and the material, the weather and that moving air decide the rest.
How a rug cleaning visit goes
We identify the rug
Fiber, construction, dyes, fringe and backing are checked, and the dyes are tested in a corner.
We remove dry soil
Thorough vacuuming takes out the grit at the base of the pile before any water is used.
We clean to the rug's limits
Spots first, then cleaning with the water and temperature that the fiber and dyes allow.
We groom and dry
The pile is set in one direction and the rug dries flat with air moving across it.
- What we clean
- Wool, synthetic, Persian, Oriental, tribal and shag area rugs
- Where
- In your home, on the floor where the rug lies, or by pickup
- Pickup
- On request the rug is collected from your home, cleaned and returned rolled and wrapped
- First step
- A check of the fiber, the dyes and the condition
- Quote
- Free, based on the size, the fiber and the condition
- When
- Open 24 hours, every day
Rug cleaning in Englewood: questions, answered
I already tried to clean a carpet stain in my Englewood home. Can you still treat it?
Yes, though what went on it matters. Tell us the product and the day you used it. We look at the spot before any cleaning and say what is realistic for it. Until we come, leave it dry and add nothing more, because each new product makes the next step harder to judge.
Do you pick up rugs and bring them back?
Yes. We clean a rug in your home, or we pick it up from your home, clean it and return it rolled and wrapped. Tell us the size of the rug and the floor it is on when you ask for a quote.
Do you clean silk or viscose rugs?
With great caution. Silk and viscose lose their sheen and can be marked by water, so we test first and clean only the surface when the test allows it. Some of these rugs are better left to a specialist in that fiber, and we say so.
Will the fringe turn yellow or shrink?
It should not when it is handled correctly. Cotton fringe is cleaned by hand, separately from the pile, and dried quickly, because slow drying is what browns it.
How long does a rug take to dry?
Usually a few hours for a synthetic rug and longer for wool, which holds more water. Air moving across the rug matters more than heat. Keep furniture and the pad off it until it is dry.