Rug cleaning
in Emeryville.

Half the housing in this city sits west of the railroad in four large developments — Watergate Condominiums, Pacific Park Plaza, Bay Street and the former EmeryBay apartments — about 2,750 units between them, most of it high-rise. Rugs leave those buildings by service lift, so we bring rolling protection and book the freight elevator with the building manager instead of leaving that to you. East of the tracks the picture changes. Triangle and Doyle Street are low-rise blocks held to a thirty-foot ceiling by the General Plan, older houses with wood floors and small rooms, where a hall runner takes the same footfall every day and thins along one strip. Then there are the lofts. The Park Avenue District and the Horton Street corridor were industrial ground, and buildings such as the Peck and Hills furniture warehouse, rebuilt in concrete in 1922, were turned into live-work units in the 1990s. Loft floors are polished slab, cold and prone to condensation, so wool laid over them has to be genuinely dry before it goes back; we dry flat in a controlled room rather than over a bar. The wash runs to twelve steps, all of them in cold water, which leaves the lanolin in the fiber and the dyes in place. Pet damage gets an enzymatic pre-treatment. Burst pipes and flooding get paperwork an insurer can work from.

Call or text (650) 675-8160 between 8am and 8pm on any day. We agree a collection window and confirm it inside twenty-four hours, which gives you room to reserve a service elevator if your building asks for one. Our own staff make the trip, so no contractor handles the rug. Collection and delivery across the city are free. Climate-controlled storage is there if a loft is being refinished or you are between addresses.