Carpet Cleaning Footscray

Footscray carpet cleaning, homes to offices

We clean carpet in Footscray cottages, apartments, townhouses and workplaces, by hot water extraction or low-moisture dry cleaning depending on the carpet and how soon you need it back. Stain treatment and deodorising are part of every clean. Send the rooms or the floor area through the quote form, or call 1300 841 383, for a fixed price before we start.

• Price Fixed quote before we start
• Drying Dry in 1 to 3 hours
• Hours Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm
• Book 1300 841 383

Workers’ cottages and new apartment blocks

Footscray, in the City of Maribyrnong, is one of the older parts of the inner west. Many streets are lined with Victorian and Edwardian workers’ cottages, now sitting beside new apartment buildings and townhouses. Victoria University has a campus here, so there are plenty of renters and students too.

The cottages are often narrow, with no driveway and a single hallway running from the front door to the back. Carpet in that hallway takes every step, and in many of these homes the bedrooms are carpeted while the living areas are boards. Apartments bring other logistics: lifts, loading areas and buildings where we need to know where to park. Tell us about access when you book, and we plan the hose run and parking before we arrive.

Wet carpet and drying it out

Wet carpet needs fast action. Whether it is a burst flexi hose, an overflowing washing machine, a leaking roof or water coming in under a back door in a heavy storm, the longer carpet stays soaked, the higher the chance of odour, mould and delamination of the backing.

What to do first: stop the water, turn off power to any affected area if it is safe to do so, lift furniture off the carpet or put foil under the legs, and get air moving with windows, fans and heating. Then call us. We extract as much water as possible, clean and deodorise the carpet, and advise whether the underlay needs replacing. Badly contaminated water, such as sewage or floodwater, is a different situation. Our guide to flooded carpet cleaning explains what can and cannot be saved.

For routine cleaning, steam cleaned carpet is dry in one to three hours, and dry-cleaned carpet can be walked on straight away.

Commercial carpet in the inner west

Footscray has plenty of small offices, shops, clinics and community spaces with carpet tiles or broadloom. Commercial carpet takes concentrated traffic around desks, entries and kitchens. Low-moisture cleaning lets staff walk on it straight away, and we can work early or on Saturdays to stay out of the way. See our commercial carpet cleaning page for details.

Restoring tired carpet

People sometimes ask about carpet restoration. Often what they mean is carpet that looks finished but is not: grey traffic lanes, flattened pile, a few old stains. A proper clean with pre-treatment and thorough extraction often brings it back further than expected, because most of the dullness is soil rather than wear. Truly worn, burnt or torn carpet cannot be fixed by cleaning, and we will say so. Our stain removal page covers which marks respond well.

If you are deciding whether to replace carpet before selling or re-leasing, it is worth cleaning first and then deciding. Clean carpet photographs far better than dirty carpet, and a fresh-smelling hallway changes the feel of an inspection. If the carpet still looks worn after a clean, you have lost little and you know for certain. If it comes up well, you have saved yourself the cost and the wait of new flooring, and the old carpet can stay down for a few more years.

Questions from Footscray customers

Do you provide a receipt for end of lease cleaning?

Yes. We provide a receipt for the agent or landlord. See end of lease carpet cleaning for what to expect.

Do you cover Maribyrnong and the rest of the inner west?

Yes. We cover the whole inner west and the rest of metropolitan Melbourne, with no travel charge.

Is steam cleaning safe for wool carpet in an old cottage?

Yes, when it is done with the right products and temperature. Wool needs a pH-balanced clean and controlled moisture. We check the fibre first and adjust the method.