Large synthetic rugs and fitted carpet are cleaned on site, while wool and delicate rugs go with pick-up. Travel in Aplokciems is included in the price. In the request, write all the rugs and, if there are any, the curtains too, all at once, and add photos of both sides.
Detached and low-rise houses: several rugs at one address
Aplokciems is a quieter residential area of northern Riga by Lake Ķīšezers and around Jaunciems. It has detached houses, plots with garden cottages, low-rise houses, and a few newer residential buildings. The northern part of the neighbourhood has a golf club, and the rest has residential buildings.
In a detached house the rugs are not only in the living room. If the house has a hallway, a staircase to the upper floor, bedrooms and a children’s room, a list of all the rugs with their sizes helps in the request. That way you can decide in one go which to clean at home and which to take with pick-up.
If a rug fills a large part of the room, it can be hard to take out through the door or down the stairs. So large synthetic rugs and fitted carpet are cleaned on site, while wool and hand-knotted rugs are cleaned in a workshop with pick-up.
An example of a list: in the living room a 3 × 4 m synthetic rug, in the hallway a 0.8 × 4 m runner, in the bedroom a 2 × 3 m wool rug. You can see that the first two are home jobs, while the third is a pick-up job. The price for each is set by the size and the fibre.
Stairs, hallway and runners in a private house
Everyone in the house walks over the stair and hallway carpet. If the stairs have a fitted carpet, it cannot be taken off like a runner, so it is a home job. In more detail: stair and hallway carpet cleaning.
Makers such as Shaw advise periodic professional cleaning of a fitted carpet with hot water extraction, usually every 12–18 months depending on traffic. Over-wetting without extraction can cause wrinkles and, in the worst case, delamination. To get a price, give the floor and the approximate number of steps.
The price of a fitted carpet up to 100 m² is from €4/m². For example, 40 m² in a house: 40 × €4 = from €160.
Before cleaning at home, take chairs, small tables and flower pots off the carpet. Write about heavy furniture on the carpet in the request.
A large rug in the living room that cannot be carried out
If a large rug fills almost the whole living room, pick-up can be awkward. For short-pile synthetic rugs, the work on site costs from €6/m². In more detail: large rug cleaning.
How long a rug takes to dry after cleaning depends on the fibre, the pile thickness, the backing, the room temperature, the air humidity and the ventilation. For a thick or long-pile rug, which holds water longer, ventilation matters more, and the price starts from €10/m².
If the rug is round or oval, write its diameter: the price is calculated by the rectangle around the rug, so a rug 2 m across is 2 × 2 m, or 4 m².
If there is a cat or a dog in the house
If there is a cat or a dog at home, a urine smell can spread wider than the visible stain; veterinary sources note that the area of the smell can be up to three times larger than the stain. If urine has reached the backing or the underlay, cleaning the rug may not end the smell. In the case of repeated marking, the question is about behaviour or health, so talk to a vet.
Smell treatment is from €3/m² on top of the cleaning. For example, a 2 × 3 m synthetic rug at home with urine treatment: 6 × €6 = €36 and 6 × €3 = €18, from €54 in total. In more detail: rug urine stain cleaning.
A children’s room rug and everyday stains
If there are children in the house, the rug can also be a play floor. If something spills, blot up the excess liquid of a fresh stain first; do not rub: rubbing pushes the stain deeper. Put clean absorbent material on the spot and weight it down until it has soaked up the liquid. For blood and protein, cold water works, not hot, because heat sets the stain.
Chlorine bleach and strong products can change the colour, and an unsuitable product can make the dyes bleed. A fresh stain usually comes out better than an old one, but paint and bleach marks often stay. More: children’s rug cleaning and how to remove a stain from a rug.
What to write in a request from Aplokciems
Access to Aplokciems is mostly along local streets connecting to Jaunciema gatve. In the request, write where a car can stop near the house, which floor the rug is on and whether there are stairs. Add photos of the top and the underside, the size in metres, and mention a smell, if there is one.
If curtains also need cleaning, write them in the same request: from €2.30/m² for sheer and day curtains, and from €3.70/m² of fabric for heavy curtains. Two heavy curtains, each 1.5 × 2.6 m of fabric, come to 7.8 m² × €3.70 = €28.86, so the charge is €45 (the minimum order). In more detail: curtain cleaning.
Prices in Aplokciems
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Short-pile synthetic rug, at home | from €6/m² |
| Fitted carpet up to 100 m² | from €4/m² |
| Wool or cotton rug with pick-up | from €10/m² |
The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45. Travel in Aplokciems is included in the price. Pick-up and return costs €10 (both ways together). If urine has soaked into wool, the smell may come back.
Nearby neighbourhoods
Neighbouring areas are carpet cleaning in Jaunciems, carpet cleaning in Suži, carpet cleaning in Trīsciems and carpet cleaning in Bukulti. More: carpet cleaning in Riga.
Sources
- The northern part of Aplokciems has a golf club, and the rest has residential buildings checked 7 November 2026
- Makers advise periodic professional cleaning every 12–18 months checked 10 November 2026
- The area of a smell can be up to three times larger than the stain checked 7 November 2026
- Repeated marking is a question of behaviour or health checked 7 November 2026
- Drying depends on the air humidity and the ventilation checked 7 November 2026
- First aid for stains: blot, do not rub; blood with cold water checked 7 November 2026
- Blot, do not rub checked 10 November 2026
- Chlorine bleach and strong products can change the colour; an unsuitable product can make the dyes bleed checked 7 November 2026