Dust mite allergens build up in the settled dust in carpets, bedding and soft furnishings, and mites come back while the air humidity is high. We clean carpets and rugs in Riga and the Riga region at home or with pick-up, a synthetic rug at home from €6/m², a fitted carpet from €4/m².
What carpet cleaning can and cannot give an allergy sufferer
A carpet collects dust, and dust mite allergens are found right in the settled dust. Cleaning reduces this dust in the carpet. However, an overview of combined measures concluded that even several measures together (covers, humidity control, vacuuming) often did not improve allergy symptoms.
So carpet cleaning is best seen as one of the steps of cleaning a home, not as a treatment. For allergy treatment, and for what helps in your case, talk to a doctor.
Dust mites in a carpet and air humidity
The Health Inspectorate (Veselības inspekcija) writes that dust mites multiply in mattresses, bedding and soft furnishings when the relative air humidity is 50–70%. A comfortable humidity in a room is 40–60%. Doctors' practice guidelines state that humidity above 50% helps mites and that acaricides (products that kill mites) are not recommended.
This means that a clean carpet in a damp room will in time become home to mites again. Air the rooms every day and, if you can, monitor the humidity with a hygrometer.
Sources: Health Inspectorate, Health risks, preventive and corrective measures; practice guidelines on environmental control (PMC5156485); an overview of combined measures (PMC12379700). Checked 07.11.2026.
How to deal with dust mites in a carpet
- Keep the air humidity at 40–60% and air the rooms every day.
- Vacuum the carpet regularly. Allergy UK advises a vacuum cleaner with a high-efficiency filter.
- Plan on several measures together: Allergy UK writes that one measure alone is usually not enough.
- In the bedroom, where the allergic person spends the most time, plan the carpet cleaning together with the bedding and the mattress.
Source: Allergy UK, House Dust Mite Allergy factsheet. Checked 07.11.2026.
Which carpet to clean at home and which with pick-up
The type of cleaning is decided by the rug, not by the allergy. We clean a fitted carpet and large synthetic rugs at your home. Wool, cotton, silk, viscose and hand-made rugs are cleaned with pick-up in a workshop and brought back. A smaller synthetic rug can also be cleaned with pick-up if that is easier for you. In the form, under “Where to clean?”, choose what suits you, or “Not sure, please advise”.
High humidity helps both mites and mould, so after cleaning at home air the room. How long a rug takes to dry depends on the fibre, the thickness of the pile, the humidity of the room air and the ventilation.
What to write in the request
The size of the rug in m², the fibre if you know it, and photos of the top and the underside. Say whether there are pets at home, and if there is hair in the carpet, see also cleaning cat and dog hair from a rug. If the carpet smells of damp, see the page carpet smell cleaning.
How much carpet cleaning for allergy sufferers costs
There is no separate price for allergy sufferers: the ordinary cleaning by type of rug applies. Synthetic short-pile rug, cleaning at home: from €6/m². Fitted carpet (soft floor covering) up to 100 m²: from €4/m². Rug with pick-up, workshop cleaning and return (synthetics): from €10/m². Wool or cotton rug (with pick-up): from €10/m².
Example: a 40 m² fitted carpet at home in Riga is 40 × €4 = from €160, travel included. The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45. Travel is included in Riga and up to about 15 km outside the Riga boundary; further out it is from €10. Pick-up and return in Riga costs €10 (both ways together). All prices: prices.
What to expect
Usually comes out
- less dust and dirt in the carpet;
- less hair and dust in the pile;
- a cleaner carpet before an allergic person moves in.
May stay
- allergy symptoms: cleaning is not a treatment;
- mites that come back while the air humidity is high;
- allergens in the bed, the mattress and soft furnishings.
Sources
- Dust mites multiply at humidity of 50–70%; comfort 40–60%; air every day checked 7 November 2026
- Mite allergens in the settled dust in carpets, bedding, furniture; humidity above 50% helps mites; acaricides not recommended checked 7 November 2026
- Combined measures often did not improve clinical results checked 7 November 2026
- Several measures are needed; a vacuum cleaner with a high-efficiency filter checked 7 November 2026
