Carpet Cleaning in Marlborough
Merlin's Carpet Cleaning covers Marlborough and the villages around it — Georgian town houses on the wide High Street, downland cottages and homes towards Savernake. We are family run with over ten years behind us, our prices are the ones on the list with nothing added afterwards, and every quote is free.
Cleaning carpets in Marlborough
Marlborough sits on the Kennet with the downs rising on both sides and Savernake Forest to the south-east. The High Street is unusually wide and lined with Georgian frontages, and a great many of those houses and the cottages in the lanes behind them still have open fires or wood burners going all winter. That shows up on the carpet.
Soot and fine ash are a particular nuisance because they are greasy as well as dark. Ash scattered out of a grate, or blown back when a door opens, settles down into the pile, and the oily element in it bonds to the fibre. Rubbing it produces a grey smear that spreads a very long way from where it started out.
The right approach is to vacuum extremely carefully with no beating action, and then let us flush it with a degreasing pre-spray and heat. The hearth rug usually needs the most attention of anything in the room, and rugs are from £25 each. Do not put water on fresh soot - it is the one thing that turns a dusting into a stain.
Areas and villages we cover from Marlborough
What it costs in Marlborough
The same list everywhere we work. No call-out fee, no travel charge and no extras added at the end.
Carpet cleaning
- Loungefrom £40
- Dining roomfrom £35
- Bedroomsfrom £30
- Hall£20
- Stairs£35
- Landing£20
- Other roomsPrice on request
Upholstery
- Dining chair, seat only£10 each
- Dining chair, seat and back£15 each
- Footstool£25
- Armchair£35
- Cuddle chair£45
- 2 seater sofa£50
- 3 seater sofa£80
- 4 seater sofa£105
- 5 seater sofa£130
- 6 seater sofa£150
Our services in Marlborough
Carpet Cleaning in Marlborough
Lounges, dining rooms, bedrooms, halls, stairs and landings.
See carpet & pricesUpholstery Cleaning in Marlborough
Sofas, armchairs, cuddle chairs, footstools and dining chairs.
See upholstery & pricesMattress Cleaning in Marlborough
A deep sanitising clean that lifts stains, dust and odours.
See mattress & pricesRug Cleaning in Marlborough
Wool, synthetic, hand-made and antique rugs, cleaned to suit the fibre.
See rug & pricesMarlborough and the area around it
We cover SN8 and every village on this map, at the same prices, with no charge for the travel.
Check out our work
Real jobs in real customers' homes. Click any photo to enlarge it.
Marlborough questions
The things people in Marlborough ask us most often.
There is ash on the carpet in front of the fire - should I damp it down?
No. Water on fresh soot sets it into the fibre. Vacuum it gently without a beater bar, lifting rather than pushing, and leave the greasy part to a degreasing pre-spray and hot water extraction.
Can a hearth rug be cleaned in the room or does it have to go away?
Nearly always in the room. We check the fibre, the backing and the dyes in a hidden corner first. Wool and synthetic rugs are fine in place from £25 - viscose is not, and we will tell you so.
Do you come out to the downland villages around Marlborough?
Yes - SN8 covers Mildenhall, Manton, Preshute, the Ogbournes, Ramsbury, Aldbourne, Great Bedwyn, Burbage and the Savernake side. No travel charge and no call-out fee to any of them, wherever the lane ends up.
Why does soot smear instead of lifting off?
Because it carries an oily fraction from incomplete burning. The dry part vacuums out and the oily part needs a degreaser and heat. Pressure and a cloth simply spread the oil across a wider area.
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OX18 — service family housing, quarters and the estates built up around the airfield
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Tell us your rooms and we will give you a firm price on the spot. No call-out fee, no travel charge and no pressure — just an honest quote from a family firm that has been doing this for over ten years.