Rug cleaning
in Mill Valley.

The town is named for a sawmill John Reed built here in the 1830s, and the redwoods that fed it still shade half the housing. Blithedale Canyon and Cascade Canyon hold cottages and shingled houses on creek benches under a closed canopy; Sycamore Park and the Alto flats sit in the open a few hundred feet lower. That gap matters. Redwood Canyon on Mount Tamalpais takes roughly 39 to 47 inches of rain a year against 27 to 31 in the drier eastern foothills, and canyon floors here stay cool and shaded long after a storm has passed. Rugs in those houses hold moisture down in the foundation, and wool that never fully dries loses its hand and starts to smell before any stain shows. Sun-side rooms have the opposite problem: hard afternoon light through big glass fades one end of a Tabriz while the rest stays true. We wash cold and by immersion, twelve steps, then dry in a controlled room rather than on a line, which is the part that matters after a canyon winter. For collection, we want to know about the driveway. Streets off East Blithedale and the lanes above Old Mill Park are narrow, some with no turning room at all, so we plan the approach before the van leaves Newark.

Text or call (650) 675-8160 to start; the line is staffed 8am to 8pm every day of the week. We agree a window with you and confirm it a day out, so nothing turns up unannounced. The same team collects, washes and returns the rug, and we carry pads and sleeves for stairs and unpaved drives. If a canyon lane will not take a van, say so and we walk the rug out.