Carpet Cleaning in Barnard Castle
Merlin's Carpet Cleaning covers Barnard Castle and the villages around it — stone houses, wool rugs and open fires in the heart of Teesdale. 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 Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle and the dale around it is a different kind of job to the towns down on the plain. A lot of the property is older stone — cottages, farmhouses, the Georgian buildings along Galgate and Newgate — and the floors are as likely to be a good wool rug over boards or flags as fitted carpet.
Wool needs handling properly. It holds a lot of water, the dyes can be less stable than synthetics, and a heavy-handed clean will shrink or distort it. We test before we start and use the right method and temperature for the fibre, and we would rather do a careful job than a fast one. Rugs start at £25.
Open fires and log burners are the other Teesdale speciality. Fine soot settles over everything and dulls colours gradually enough that people often do not notice until it is lifted. We see a lot of that between Cotherstone, Romaldkirk and Middleton-in-Teesdale.
Areas and villages we cover from Barnard Castle
What it costs in Barnard Castle
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 Barnard Castle
Carpet Cleaning in Barnard Castle
Lounges, dining rooms, bedrooms, halls, stairs and landings.
See carpet & pricesUpholstery Cleaning in Barnard Castle
Sofas, armchairs, cuddle chairs, footstools and dining chairs.
See upholstery & pricesMattress Cleaning in Barnard Castle
A deep sanitising clean that lifts stains, dust and odours.
See mattress & pricesRug Cleaning in Barnard Castle
Wool, synthetic, hand-made and antique rugs, cleaned to suit the fibre.
See rug & pricesBarnard Castle and the area around it
We cover DL12 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.
Barnard Castle questions
The things people in Barnard Castle ask us most often.
Can you clean a wool rug without shrinking it?
Yes, but it needs the right approach. Wool holds water, and the dyes in older and hand-made rugs can move if they are treated like a synthetic carpet. We test a discreet area for colourfastness first, use a fibre-appropriate solution and control how much moisture goes in. If we look at a rug and think the risk is too high, we will say so rather than take a chance with something valuable.
We have an open fire and everything looks grey. Will cleaning help?
Usually a great deal. Soot from open fires and log burners is very fine and settles evenly, so it dulls a carpet or rug gradually rather than leaving an obvious mark. Extraction lifts it and the difference in colour is often the thing customers in Teesdale comment on most.
How far up Teesdale do you go?
Startforth, Cotherstone, Lartington, Romaldkirk, Eggleston, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Bowes, Whorlton, Staindrop and Gainford are all part of our round. If you are further up the dale than that, ring us and ask — we will tell you straight whether we can get to you.
Can you take a rug away and bring it back?
In most cases we clean rugs in the home, which avoids any handling risk and means you are not without it. If a rug really needs off-site treatment we will tell you honestly and talk you through the options first.
We also cover these towns
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DL14 — market town terraces, Cockton Hill semis and the villages all around
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DL10 — a Georgian market town where rugs and period floors are the norm
Visit the Richmond pageReady when you are, Barnard Castle
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.