Area rug cleaning in Olympia, WA

Craftsman homes on the South Capitol hill, state-worker neighborhoods of ramblers, student rentals near Evergreen and a downtown of offices and older apartments. Many Olympia homes have at least one rug that matters — a wool rug from a grandparent, a Persian bought on a trip, a shag rug the dog has claimed — and those are the rugs we pick up, wash properly and return. Pickup and delivery in Olympia is included. It is the kind of job that brings us back to Olympia on a regular basis.

What Olympia homes bring us

We batch rug pickups in South Capitol, Eastside and Westside with other jobs in the area, and if you are between homes we will hold the rug until you are ready for it. Olympia customers describe it to us the same way, almost word for word.

For area & oriental rug cleaning in Olympia that means dealing with wool and hand-knotted rugs that have been sitting on damp slab floors or taking a beating from winter grit. About fifty-five thousand live here across zip codes 98501, 98502, 98506, 98512.

Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater and Yelm are the south end of our territory: the state capital's neighborhoods of Craftsman homes and state-worker ramblers, Lacey's retirement communities and Hawks Prairie subdivisions, and Yelm's fast-growing military-family plats. State offices, law firms and downtown apartments make Olympia a good commercial stop; we run Thurston County on set days.

Neighborhood by neighborhood

• South Capitol is on the same route day as the rest of Olympia, and neighbors who book the same week are grouped together.
• We keep notes on repeat customers in Eastside, so the tech knows the closet that never dries and the spot behind the sofa before he walks in.
• Westside customers tend to book us in the spring and again before the holidays, which is the rhythm we recommend for area & oriental rug cleaning.
• Parking and access in Downtown is easy for our vans, so it is one of the Olympia neighborhoods where same-day is most realistic.
• Boston Harbor homes are among the ones in Olympia where the tech is most likely to recommend the whole floor rather than a single room, because the traffic lanes connect.

From Olympia the van usually continues to Tumwater (about 68 minutes from our yard), Lacey (about 62 minutes from our yard), East Olympia (about 68 minutes from our yard), Littlerock (about 78 minutes from our yard) on the same day, which is how area & oriental rug cleaning in Olympia stays at our base rate: the drive is shared across the route.

Why it matters here

Off-site washing is the only way to reach pet urine in a rug's foundation and the only way to remove mildew from the back. If either applies to your Olympia rug, in-home cleaning will not fix it and we will say so. That is a typical week for us in and around Olympia.

Summer beach and lake sand is hard on wool fibers. A rug in a lakefront or waterfront home should be dusted and washed every other year at least. We could tell the same story about a dozen Olympia addresses.

Jobs like yours

A homeowner's rug had been sitting on a slab floor in a daylight basement and smelled of mildew. The back had mildew growth; the front looked fine. It washed out. Dry rot, where the cotton foundation has become brittle, would not have, and we checked for that first. We hear a version of this from Olympia every few weeks.

Locally owned, not a franchise

A franchise sends whoever is on the schedule. We send someone who has been with us for years and knows Olympia — the South Capitol and Eastside area in particular. Customers in Olympia mention that in reviews more than they mention the equipment: the tech who helped carry in groceries, the one who explained drying time before starting, the one who spent longer than expected because the sofa needed it. Locally owned means the reputation is personal.

How the visit goes

The tech starts with a fiber and dye check and ends with a controlled dry, groom, return; what happens in between is on the area & oriental rug cleaning page. What does not change from house to house in Olympia: you hear the price first, and it does not move. Rug pickup pairs naturally with a carpet cleaning at the same address, and with upholstery in the same room. Nothing about that is unusual for Olympia — we see it often.

What we will tell you honestly

Viscose (often sold as 'art silk' or 'bamboo silk') is a fragile fiber that yellows and loses sheen when wet. We clean it dry and tell you the limits up front. Ask any tech on our Olympia route and you will hear the same answer.

Pricing in Olympia

Olympia is about 65 minutes from our yard in South Park, in Thurston County, which is subject to a trip fee on top of the service price. We quote the fee up front on the phone along with the job itself, so it is never a surprise at the door. The number the tech gives you on the walk-through, fee included, is the number on the receipt.