Carpet Cleaning in Thatcham
Merlin's Carpet Cleaning covers Thatcham and the villages around it — post-war and modern estates with a lot of pale developer carpet. 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 Thatcham
Thatcham grew enormously from the nineteen sixties onwards and then again in the last twenty years, so a very large share of the carpet here went down as part of a new house rather than being chosen in a shop. Developer carpet is a particular thing and it behaves in a particular way, which is worth understanding before you decide it has failed.
It is nearly always light coloured polypropylene with a short pile. Polypropylene is almost immune to water-based staining, which is why builders like it, but it is oil-loving. Greasy soil from skin, cooking and the road sticks to it and will not rinse off with water alone. The carpet goes evenly dull rather than spotty, and people read dull as worn out.
The answer is a degreasing pre-spray, time to work and proper heat, then a thorough rinse. Done that way a four year old developer carpet usually comes back a long way towards where it started. Done with cold water and no pre-spray it looks briefly better and is dull again in a fortnight, which is what puts people off having it cleaned at all.
Areas and villages we cover from Thatcham
What it costs in Thatcham
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 Thatcham
Carpet Cleaning in Thatcham
Lounges, dining rooms, bedrooms, halls, stairs and landings.
See carpet & pricesUpholstery Cleaning in Thatcham
Sofas, armchairs, cuddle chairs, footstools and dining chairs.
See upholstery & pricesMattress Cleaning in Thatcham
A deep sanitising clean that lifts stains, dust and odours.
See mattress & pricesRug Cleaning in Thatcham
Wool, synthetic, hand-made and antique rugs, cleaned to suit the fibre.
See rug & pricesThatcham and the area around it
We cover RG18 and RG19 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.
Thatcham questions
The things people in Thatcham ask us most often.
The carpet in our new house has gone dull in three years - is it ruined?
Probably not. Pale polypropylene holds greasy soil rather than staining, so it dulls evenly and looks older than it is. A degreasing pre-spray with proper heat normally brings most of the colour back. It is worth trying before you price a new floor.
Why did it look better for a week and then go dull again?
Residue, usually. If the greasy soil is loosened but not fully rinsed out, or detergent is left behind, it attracts dirt back quickly. A proper rinse with nothing left in the pile is the difference between a fortnight and a year.
Which parts of Thatcham and the villages nearby do you reach?
All of RG18 and RG19, including Dunston Park, Henwick and Crookham, plus Cold Ash, Midgham, Woolhampton, Brimpton, Bucklebury and Upper Bucklebury. No travel charge and no call-out fee, wherever you are in the town.
Is it worth cleaning carpet that only cost the builder a few pounds a metre?
Yes, because cleaning is what makes a cheap carpet last. Most of what kills it is grit grinding the fibre down, not stains. A lounge from £40 and a hall at £20 is a good deal less than relaying a floor.
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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.