Wool and hand-made rugs are cleaned with pick-up, while large synthetic rugs can be cleaned on site. Travel to Ziepniekkalns is included in the price, and pick-up and return costs €10 both ways together. Send photos of both sides, and a specialist gives the price.
Housing estate blocks and old Ziepniekkalns
Ziepniekkalns is a large southern residential neighbourhood on the left bank of the Daugava with an industrial and commercial edge. It has both a private house area and blocks of multi-storey residential buildings, and the neighbourhood includes “old” Ziepniekkalns and the Ziepniekkalns housing estate. The buildings are detached houses, apartment-building estates, warehouses, and production and retail sites.
If a room in a flat is small, the rug may take up a large part of the floor. A detached house can have several rugs, as well as a rug on the stairs. Synthetic and fitted carpets are cleaned on site, while wool, silk and hand-made rugs are cleaned in the workshop with pick-up.
Vienības gatve, Ziepniekkalna iela and the request
In Ziepniekkalns the main access roads are Vienības gatve, Ziepniekkalna iela and the connections of Dienvidu tilts. In the request, write at which entrance a car can stop and how far that is from the flat.
In a multi-storey building, state the floor and whether there is a lift. Add the rug size in metres (length × width, without the fringe), photos of the top and the underside, and a note about stains and smell. For a private house, write how many rugs and on which floor. Pick-up and return costs €10 for the trip there and back.
A long-pile or thick rug in a flat
A long-pile (shaggy) rug has long threads or a thick pile. In humid air evaporation is slower, and a thick pile with a backing usually holds water longer, so how long drying takes depends on the fibre, the pile thickness, the backing, the temperature, the air humidity and the ventilation.
Long-pile rug cleaning costs from €10/m², and whether it is cleaned at home or with pick-up depends on the rug’s size and fibre. Example: a 1.6 × 2.3 m rug is 3.68 m² × €10 = €36.80, so the charge is €45. If the rug has to go to the workshop, the pick-up charge is added.
A large rug that cannot be carried down the stairs
If the living room has a large synthetic rug, cleaning it on site can be simpler than getting it downstairs. Large rug cleaning starts from €6/m². Example: a 2.5 × 3.5 m rug is 8.75 m², and 8.75 × €6 = from €52.50. For a round rug the price is calculated by the rectangle around it, so a rug 2 m across is 4 m².
Before cleaning, take chairs, small tables and flowerpots off the rug. Mention any heavy furniture on the rug in the request.
A cat, a dog and urine on a rug
If the flat has a pet, write where the stain or smell is. The area of the smell can be up to three times larger than the visible patch, and any cleaning product must first be tried in an inconspicuous spot. Veterinary sources name enzymatic products as a general approach to animal urine.
Rug urine treatment is an extra treatment from €3/m². Example: a 2 × 3 m synthetic rug at home with urine treatment is 6 × €6 = €36 plus 6 × €3 = €18, in total from €54. If the urine has soaked into the backing or the floor, the smell can return.
Stairs and hallway in a private house
If a private house in old Ziepniekkalns has a first floor, the stairs may be covered with fitted carpet. Stair and hallway carpet cleaning costs from €4/m²: 14 m² × €4 = from €56.
If the hallway runner is a loose wool rug, it is better cleaned with pick-up. Hot water together with rubbing can make wool felt.
Fitted carpet in a stairwell and in a flat
In a flat in a multi-storey building, fitted carpet (carpeting) is a continuous part of the floor that cannot be taken to the workshop. It is cleaned on site. Carpet makers such as Shaw advise professional hot water extraction every 12–18 months, depending on foot traffic, and warn that if too much water soaks into the carpet, it can wrinkle and, in severe cases, the backing can separate.
In the request, write the total area in m² and the number of rooms. Up to 100 m², fitted carpet cleaning costs from €4/m². For a three-room flat with 55 m² of carpet it is 55 × €4 = from €220.
A children’s room rug and a play area
If the children’s room has a rug that children play on, blot fresh stains first rather than rubbing, and use cold water for blood. Chewing gum can be hardened with ice in a bag and scraped off, but paint, felt-tip and bleach marks often stay. A fresh stain usually comes out better than an old one, so in the request write how long ago the stain appeared and attach a close-up photo.
Children’s rug cleaning is priced by the rug’s fibre and size, for synthetics from €6/m².
Prices in Ziepniekkalns
In Ziepniekkalns travel is included in the price. The cleaning minimum is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45, and the pick-up and return charge of €10 (both ways together) is added.
A synthetic rug at home costs from €6/m², a wool or cotton rug with pick-up from €10/m², and a silk and hand-made rug from €15/m² with the final price given from a photo. Old urine in wool may stay. See all prices on the prices page.
Sources
- Makers advise periodic hot water extraction for fitted carpets checked 10 November 2026
- Blot stains, do not rub checked 7 November 2026
- Blood: cold water checked 7 November 2026
- Chewing gum: harden with ice and scrape off checked 10 November 2026
- Ziepniekkalns has both a private house area and blocks of multi-storey residential buildings checked 7 November 2026
- The neighbourhood has old Ziepniekkalns and the Ziepniekkalns housing estate checked 7 November 2026
- Evaporation is slower in humid air checked 7 November 2026
- The area of the smell is up to three times larger than the visible patch checked 7 November 2026
- Veterinary sources name enzymatic products for animal urine checked 7 November 2026
- Wool felting in hot water with rubbing checked 10 November 2026