Carpet Cleaning in Caversham
Merlin's Carpet Cleaning covers Caversham and the villages around it — period villas north of the Thames, wool carpet and rugs on boards. 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 Caversham
Caversham sits on the far bank of the Thames from the town and has a distinctly different character because of it - Victorian and Edwardian villas, solid inter-war housing up towards the Heights, and a great many houses with original floorboards and rugs on them rather than fitted carpet running wall to wall. That changes what we get asked to clean and how a visit here is usually put together.
Rugs are from £25 and most of them can be cleaned in the house. What decides it is the fibre, the backing and the dyes, all of which we test in a hidden corner before anything wet goes anywhere near the pattern. Wool and good synthetics are straightforward. Viscose, some cottons and older vegetable dyes are not, and we will say so rather than find out halfway through.
A rug also has a floor underneath it, which is worth thinking about before you book. One that has been down for years usually has clean carpet or clean boards beneath it and a darker ring around the outside where all the traffic has gone. Doing the rug and the surrounding floor in the same visit is what stops a room looking patchy once everything is back in place.
Areas and villages we cover from Caversham
What it costs in Caversham
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 Caversham
Carpet Cleaning in Caversham
Lounges, dining rooms, bedrooms, halls, stairs and landings.
See carpet & pricesUpholstery Cleaning in Caversham
Sofas, armchairs, cuddle chairs, footstools and dining chairs.
See upholstery & pricesMattress Cleaning in Caversham
A deep sanitising clean that lifts stains, dust and odours.
See mattress & pricesRug Cleaning in Caversham
Wool, synthetic, hand-made and antique rugs, cleaned to suit the fibre.
See rug & pricesCaversham and the area around it
We cover RG4 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.
Caversham questions
The things people in Caversham ask us most often.
Can you clean rugs in the house?
Most of them, yes, from £25 each. We test the fibre, the backing and the dyes in a hidden corner first. Wool and good synthetics are fine in place; viscose and some older dyed cottons are not, and we will say so.
Should the floor under the rug be done too?
Usually. A rug that has been down for years leaves clean carpet beneath it and a darker ring around the edge. Doing both together is what stops the room looking patchy afterwards.
Do you work on both sides of the river?
Yes - Caversham, Emmer Green, Caversham Park Village, Lower Caversham and the Heights, as well as Reading and Sonning across the water. All inside our area with nothing charged for travel.
Is wool carpet cleaned differently from synthetic?
Quite differently. Wool takes a neutral pH, less moisture and a careful rinse; synthetics need an alkaline degreaser and more heat. Using the synthetic method on wool dulls it, and that cannot be undone afterwards.
We also cover these towns
Carpet cleaning in Reading
RG1, RG2 and RG30 — Victorian terraces, town-centre flats and a very large rental market
Visit the Reading pageCarpet cleaning in Sonning
RG4 — period village property, brick and flint cottages and narrow staircases
Visit the Sonning pageCarpet cleaning in Tilehurst
RG30 and RG31 — a large hillside suburb of mixed eras above the Thames
Visit the Tilehurst pageReady when you are, Caversham
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.