Carpet Cleaning in Abingdon
Merlin's Carpet Cleaning covers Abingdon and the villages around it — period property in the old centre and family housing out towards the river. 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 Abingdon
Abingdon has a compact old centre of period property with a good deal of twentieth-century family housing spreading out from it towards the river and Radley. Between the two there are more rugs here than in most towns we cover - a period room tends to get a rug rather than a fitted carpet - and rugs are very much their own trade within the trade.
The first job with any rug is working out what it actually is. Wool and good synthetics clean well in the house. Viscose, which gets sold as art silk or bamboo silk, marks with plain water and goes stiff and yellow if it is treated like wool. Cotton flatweaves shrink. So we check the fibre, the backing and the dyes in a corner before anything wet goes near the middle.
Rugs start at £25 each and most people do two or three at a visit, which makes good sense of the £50 minimum. They are cleaned in place where there is room to work, on a protective sheet so the floor underneath stays dry, and once they are done it helps to get some air under them rather than leaving them pressed flat against a cold floor.
Areas and villages we cover from Abingdon
What it costs in Abingdon
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 Abingdon
Carpet Cleaning in Abingdon
Lounges, dining rooms, bedrooms, halls, stairs and landings.
See carpet & pricesUpholstery Cleaning in Abingdon
Sofas, armchairs, cuddle chairs, footstools and dining chairs.
See upholstery & pricesMattress Cleaning in Abingdon
A deep sanitising clean that lifts stains, dust and odours.
See mattress & pricesRug Cleaning in Abingdon
Wool, synthetic, hand-made and antique rugs, cleaned to suit the fibre.
See rug & pricesAbingdon and the area around it
We cover OX14 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.
Abingdon questions
The things people in Abingdon ask us most often.
We have a rug sold as art silk - can you clean it?
Art silk is viscose, and viscose is the one fibre we treat with real caution. It marks with plain water and can go stiff and yellow. We test a corner first and will tell you honestly if it should not be wet cleaned at all.
How much for three rugs?
From £25 each, so £75 for three, and the £50 minimum applies to the visit rather than to each rug. It is a sensible thing to combine with a carpet or a sofa while we are already set up.
Do you cover Abingdon and the villages around it?
Yes - Radley, Drayton, Marcham, Steventon, Culham, Sutton Courtenay, Shippon and Kennington, along with Northcourt and Caldecott in the town itself. Nothing is added for the distance, and a village job is priced exactly as a town one is.
Do rugs take longer to dry than fitted carpet?
A little, because they sit on a hard floor that holds the damp against the underside. Get some air moving and lift the edges if you can. Touch dry in a few hours, fully dry the same day in most rooms.
We also cover these towns
Carpet cleaning in Didcot
OX11 — very large modern estates alongside the older part of the town
Visit the Didcot pageCarpet cleaning in Cholsey
OX10 — village houses on the edge of the downs and older cottages along the lanes
Visit the Cholsey pageCarpet cleaning in Wallingford
OX10 — period town houses and family homes beside the Thames
Visit the Wallingford pageReady when you are, Abingdon
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.