Rug cleaning
in Union City.

Union City is two old towns joined in 1959, and the rugs still divide roughly along that seam. Old Alvarado holds buildings of historical merit dating from the 1880s through 1930, with single-family homes of the same period on the streets north of the Smith Street core, and the city has kept design guidelines over the district since 1989. Those houses have wood floors and narrow rooms, and rugs get folded or turned back to fit; the fold is where the foundation cracks, so it needs blocking during drying rather than a harder scrub. Decoto grew out of an 1867 land sale to the railroad and stayed a working neighborhood, so what arrives from there is more often machine-woven wool and hard flatweave with kitchen traffic driven into the base. East of Mission Boulevard the land climbs; roughly half the city’s area is that eastern slope, and the Hillside Area houses are newer and carpeted wall to wall, with decorative silk-and-wool pieces laid over the carpet. All three go through one twelve-step cold-water immersion: cool water leaves the lanolin alone and vegetable dyes stay where the weaver put them. Where a pet has soaked through, we break the residue down with enzymes first. Collection is short work from here. Text or call, choose a window, and our team drives seven miles up the freeway to your door.

Our line is open 8am to 8pm every day of the year on (650) 675-8160, by phone or text. We agree a collection window with you and confirm it inside a day. Union City borders Newark, so the van has a short run in both directions and we can usually offer a choice of times. Pickup and return cost nothing. Our own staff wrap the rug at the house and stay with it end to end. Climate-controlled storage is available while you wait.