Carpet cleaning with pick-up in Čiekurkalns - for wooden workers' houses and post-war panel buildings

Wooden workers' houses and panel buildings side by side

Čiekurkalns is a historic workers' and residential neighbourhood between the railway, Brīvības gatve and Mežaparks. It formed as a suburb of small wooden houses for workers and carters. Today, wooden workers' houses, post-war panel buildings and industrial development stand side by side.

The range of development includes wooden and brick low-rise houses, apartment buildings, warehouses and office complexes. In a wooden house a room can be small, and a wool rug can lie in it for years. A flat in a panel building can have a large synthetic rug or a fitted carpet that must be cleaned on site.

If you do not know which option to choose, tick “Not sure” in the “Where to clean?” field and add photos of both sides. From the photos, a specialist will advise how to clean it.

A wool rug that lies in a room for years

If a wool rug lies in one place for years, dust can build up in it. Cleaning reduces the dust in the rug, but it is not a treatment for allergy, and mites return while the air humidity is high. The Health Inspectorate (Veselības inspekcija) notes that the recommended indoor air humidity is 40–60%.

It is not advisable to wash wool yourself at home: hot water with rubbing or the movement of a washing machine makes wool felt, and the rug can shrink. This usually cannot be reversed. For a wool rug the price is from €10/m² with pick-up. See wool rug cleaning and can you wash a wool rug.

Stairwell and the property manager

In an apartment building cleaning of the stairwell carpet can be ordered by the property manager or the co-owners. For businesses and property managers the price depends on the area and the volume, and the unit prices are the same “from” prices. Write the area and when the stairwell is free.

If the covering is one fitted carpet, it is cleaned on site. In more detail: carpet cleaning for property managers.

Fitted carpet in a flat or an office

The neighbourhood also has office complexes, which can have a fitted carpet. Up to 100 m² the price is from €4/m², and over 100 m² from €2.50/m² for the whole area: 120 m² × €2.50 = from €300. In a flat 40 m² is 40 × €4 = from €160.

In the request, write the area, the number of rooms and when the premises are free. Read fitted carpet cleaning.

Heavy curtains and sheers in a wooden house

In a wooden house the curtains can be shorter than in tall pre-war windows, but they can have a lining or a blackout coating all the same. Heavy, night and double curtains are from €3.70/m² of fabric, and thin and day curtains and sheers from €2.30/m². An example: 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.

If a curtain has a lining, describe both fabrics, and mention a blackout coating if there is one. See curtain dry cleaning.

Before you submit: what to do about a fresh stain

If something has spilled on a rug, blot up the liquid with a clean cloth rather than rubbing it: rubbing pushes the stain deeper. Then place clean absorbent material on the spot and weigh it down with something heavy until the spot dries. Use cold water for blood, because hot water sets it.

For a coffee or tea stain, foam from a washing-up product, blotting and checking the care label help. Do not use chlorine bleach or strong cleaning products, because they change the colour. An old stain comes out worse than a fresh one. In more detail: how to remove a stain from a rug.

Access to Čiekurkalns

Brīvības gatve, the railway lines and Gustava Zemgala gatve provide a good connection. The nearness of the railway and main roads can make access harder in places, so in the request say where a car can stop near the house and which floor the flat is on.

For a wooden house, also say whether the stairs are narrow, and give the size of the rug in metres without the fringe. If curtains also need cleaning, put them in one request: from €2.30/m² for thin and day curtains, and from €3.70/m² of fabric for heavy curtains. See curtain cleaning.

Before cleaning at home, take chairs, small tables and flower pots off the rug. Mention heavy furniture on the rug in the request. If a rug in a wooden house fills a room from wall to wall, say so, and say whether it is fixed to the floor: if it is, it is a fitted carpet.

Prices in Čiekurkalns

The minimum order is €45, and if the sum is smaller, the charge is €45. Travel in Čiekurkalns is included in the price; pick-up and return costs €10 (both ways together). An example: a 2 × 3 m wool rug is 6 m² × €10 = from €60 plus €10 pick-up, from €70 in total.

For a short-pile synthetic rug, cleaning at home is from €6/m². A soaked-in stain on an old wool rug may stay.

Nearby neighbourhoods

Next to it are carpet cleaning in Teika, carpet cleaning in Brasa, carpet cleaning in Mežaparks and carpet cleaning in Sarkandaugava. The whole city: carpet cleaning in Riga.