Rug cleaning
in Lafayette.

Lafayette did not incorporate until 29 July 1968, and the census explains why so much of the housing looks the way it does: 7,114 residents in 1960 became 20,484 by 1970, a rise of 187.9 percent in ten years. That decade filled Burton Valley with single-story ranch houses on wide flat lots, and the rugs we collect there are usually large, bought to cover a long living room and left in place for decades. Higher up in Happy Valley and Reliez Valley the parcels are older and bigger, with pre-war farmhouses standing among later estates, and the pieces tend to be hand-knotted and inherited. Two local conditions shape the wash. Lafayette runs hot and dry in summer, with July and August highs around 87°F against roughly 19.58 inches of rain a year, so wool that sits in afternoon light through a ranch-house window loses color on one side and cotton foundations turn brittle. The oak woodland that gives the town its character adds the other problem: leaf litter and tannin-heavy grit walk indoors on shoes and settle into the pile. Our twelve-step cold-water immersion wash rinses that out without stripping the lanolin that keeps wool supple, and vegetable dyes stay where the weaver put them. We collect around the Lafayette Reservoir and in Downtown Lafayette as readily as on the hill roads. Narrow driveways are normal here; say so when you book and we bring the smaller van.

Call or text (650) 675-8160 between 8am and 8pm on any day of the week, and we will agree a collection window with you and confirm it quickly rather than pointing you at a route day. The same team that lifts the rug into the van washes it in Newark and carries it back in. Most pieces return within seven to ten days, and we tell you upfront when yours will take longer.