Carpet Cleaning in South Shields
Merlin's Carpet Cleaning covers South Shields and the villages around it — seaside terraces, inter-war semis and family homes within walking distance of sand. 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 South Shields
Living this close to a sand beach has one guaranteed consequence for a carpet, and it is not staining. Sand is quartz. It is hard, it is angular and under a microscope it looks like broken glass, which is exactly how it behaves in the base of a pile. Every footstep presses it against the fibre and takes a little off.
So the carpets we see in Westoe, Harton and the streets up towards the Leas are rarely marked. They are flat, and the owner assumes they have simply worn out. Sometimes they have. More often there is a winter's worth of sand sitting underneath, holding the pile down and dulling the colour, and it comes out.
Keeping it out is mostly about the first metre inside each door. A coarse mat outside and a proper absorbent one inside catches a surprising share of it. After that, vacuum slowly - two or three passes in the same direction does far more than one quick sweep, because sand has to be lifted, not pushed.
Areas and villages we cover from South Shields
What it costs in South Shields
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 South Shields
Carpet Cleaning in South Shields
Lounges, dining rooms, bedrooms, halls, stairs and landings.
See carpet & pricesUpholstery Cleaning in South Shields
Sofas, armchairs, cuddle chairs, footstools and dining chairs.
See upholstery & pricesMattress Cleaning in South Shields
A deep sanitising clean that lifts stains, dust and odours.
See mattress & pricesRug Cleaning in South Shields
Wool, synthetic, hand-made and antique rugs, cleaned to suit the fibre.
See rug & pricesSouth Shields and the area around it
We cover NE33 and NE34 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.
South Shields questions
The things people in South Shields ask us most often.
Can you get beach sand out of a carpet properly?
Yes. Extraction flushes it up out of the base of the pile rather than skimming the top. We make dry passes afterwards to pull it away with the water, which is the part a domestic machine cannot really do.
Which areas of South Shields are you in?
All of NE33 and NE34 - Westoe, Harton, Horsley Hill, Whiteleas, Simonside, Tyne Dock, Cleadon Park and Marsden - plus Cleadon and Whitburn. No travel charge and no call-out fee.
How often should carpets be cleaned if we are on the coast?
Every nine to twelve months for the hall, stairs and lounge if sand is coming in regularly. It is an abrasion problem, so cleaning on a cycle genuinely buys you extra years on the same carpet.
Will cleaning make my old carpet look worn?
It can show you the true state of it, which is a fair question to ask. If a pile is genuinely abraded down we will tell you before we start rather than take the money and leave you disappointed.
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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.