Carpet Cleaning UK is a free resource and service providing you with information, advice and help with selecting a reputable professional carpet cleaner or carpet cleaning company. Most of these companies also undertake other cleaning services including rugs, upholstery (including leather), curtains and even mattresses.

Where possible we'll give you an indication of the prices you can expect, All you need to know is how many rooms and the size of carpets or rugs you want cleaned then simply request a quotation and book direct. It could not be any easier to arrange, we only deal with reputable and established companies so you can be sure of impeccable service. When employing a carpet cleaner or carpet cleaning company always look for the NCCA logo.

Why clean Your Carpet:

Carpets usually experience a great deal of use, its why we recommend taking care of your investment with regular professional carpet cleaning, which will keep your carpet looking new for longer and get rid of all those nasty bacteria and bugs which can cause bad odours and breathing problems. Carpet cleaning will also remove any unsightly spots/stains you may have in your carpet.

Not regularly having your property carpet cleaned, will leave harmful mites and bacteria to breed unchecked. The carpet cleaning costs are low when you consider the replacement cost of carpets and furnishing, so annual carpet cleaning makes sense.  Soil and grit will, when repeatedly trodden into your carpet, damage the carpet fibers and will reduce its life.

Chemicals, pollens, bacteria, dust, dirt, mould, dust mites <more>, smoke, grease, food/drink stains & pet stains <more> can all be removed.

How often should you clean your carpets?

Good quality carpets are a major investment and it pays you to look after them… but just how often they should be cleaned depends on your household. Every household is unique! The number of adults, children and pets in the home is a major consideration, as the more feet, the more soil!

Carpet Cleaning Methods:

Dry cleaning

There are many methods of carpet cleaning... Carpet cleaners may use a dry cleaning system where they spread a low moisture cleaning solution or granules on your carpet and then vacuum them up. The benefits of this are that there is no real downtime of your carpets as they don't get wet and people can walk on them straight away. How ever the actual cleaning ability of this method is minimal when compared to other methods of carpet cleaning.

Rotary Cleaning Systems

The carpet cleaner will 'work' in a cleaning (liquid) solution into the carpet with a rotary machine with a soft carpet brush...again this a low moisture cleaning method so downtime is reduced. The carpet cleaner would then absorb the cleaning solution and what ever foam the shampoo/detergent has produced, using a bonnet mop (giant flannel) on the bottom of a rotary scrubbing machine. This leaves the carpet almost dry and is usually cheaper than some other methods. This method can be effective but if you imagine washing your hair with shampoo and then towel drying the shampoo out, this isn't a very appealing prospect as the shampoo residues will remain stuck to your hair and continue to attract dirt and grime. So always ask your carpet cleaner if he is sure this is the appropriate method to choose.

Hot water extraction cleaning

(often inaccurately referred to as steam cleaning) This is by far and away the best method of carpet cleaning there is. No question! The carpet cleaner will apply a pre spray to the carpet, this is the cleaning solution, and the cleaner should let the pre spray dwell on the carpet for up to 10 minutes, maybe working it into the carpet with a special rake. Then the professional carpet cleaner would then hot water extract the cleaning solution from the carpet. It does this by spraying at high-pressure rinse water onto the carpet at high pressure and then sucking it back up. This method completely rinses out the detergents or other cleaning solution used and leaves the carpet dry in a few hours.

Most problems with carpet cleaning come from over wetting of the carpet, or from not rinsing out/removing the cleaning solution properly. If the solution is not properly removed from the carpet then the residues will continue to attract dirt and soil and the carpet will rapidly deteriate and look worse than before they were cleaned. It is important to make sure your carpet cleaner has a powerful extraction machine, this is the important part as carpets that are left too wet will go mouldy  and shrink and there could be browning from the carpets backing.

Locations:

England

Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy)
Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham, Abingdon)
Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham, High Wycombe)
Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Wisbech, Ely, March, Whittlesey, Chatteris, Linton)
Cheshire (Chester, Stockport, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Crewe)
Cornwall (Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay)
Cumberland (Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith, Keswick, Brampton)
Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Swadlincote, Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne)
Devon (Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Newton Abbot, Tavistock)
Dorset (Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster, Shaftesbury)
Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Washington)
Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colcheter, Harlow, Brentwood, West Ham)
Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury)
Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, Newport)
Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard, Kington)
Hertfordshire (Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hatfield)
Huntingdonshire (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley)
Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich)
Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness)
Leicestershire (Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth)
Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Boston, Grantham, Stamford, Skegness, Louth)
Middlesex (City of London, Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, Potters Bar, Westminster )
Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton)
Northamptonshire (Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough)
Northumberland (Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell)
Oxfordshire (Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Bicester, Henley-on-Thames, Carterton, Thame)
Rutland (Oakham, Uppingham. Cottesmore)
Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Ludlow)
Somerset (Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Wells, Glastonbury)
Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield)
Suffolk (Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury, Haverhill, Bungay)
Surrey (Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Kingston-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton) <click-here>
Sussex (Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Horsham)
Warwickshire (Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Westmorland (Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale)
Wiltshire (Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Warminster)
Worcestershire (Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Malvern, Evesham)
Yorkshire North Riding (Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Whitby) East Riding (Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea, Filey) West Riding (Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate) York (within the Walls)

Wales

Anglesey (Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai Bridge)
Brecknockshire (Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells)
Caernarfonshire (Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno, Conwy, Pwllheli, Porthmadog)
Carmarthenshire (Carmarthen, Llanelli, Ammanford, Llandovery, Kidwelly, St. Clears)
Cardiganshire (Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron)
Denbighshire (Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, Abergele, Llangollen)
Flintshire (Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's Quay, Holywell, Buckley, St. Asaph)
Glamorgan (Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Barry, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd)
Merioneth (Dolgellau, Bala, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Barmouth, Harlech)
Monmouthshire (Monmouth, Newport, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Tredegar)
Montgomeryshire (Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Machynlleth, Llanidloes)
Pembrokeshire (Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Tenby, St. David's)
Radnorshire (Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton, Rhayader, New Radnor)

Scotland

Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Huntley, Ellon, Turriff)
Angus/Forfarshire (Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir)
Argyllshire (Inveraray, Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Tobermory)
Ayrshire (Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Largs, Troon, Cumnock)
Banffshire (Banff, Buckie, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy, Dufftown)
Berwickshire (Greenlaw, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder, Coldstream)
Buteshire (Rothesay, Millport, Brodick, Lochranza)
Cromartyshire (Cromarty, Ullapool)
Caithness (Wick, Thurso, Halkirk, Castletown)
Clackmannanshire (Clackmannan, Alloa, Tillicoultry, Tullibody)
Dumfriesshire (Dumfries, Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Sanquhar, Langholm, Gretna)
Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire (Dumbarton, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh, Alexandria, Kirkintilloch)
East Lothian/Haddingtonshire (Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton)
Fife (Cupar, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland)
Inverness-shire (Inverness, Fort William, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Portree)
Kincardineshire (Stonehaven, Banchory, Laurencekirk, Inverbervie)
Kinross-shire (Kinross, Milnathort)
Kirkcudbrightshire (Kircudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, New Galloway)
Lanarkshire (Lanark, Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Carluke)
Midlothian/Edinburghshire (Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg)
Morayshire (Elgin, Forres, Rothes, Lossiemouth, Fochabers)
Nairnshire (Nairn, Auldearn, Cawdor, Ferness)
Orkney (Kirkwall, Sromness, Balfour)
Peeblesshire (Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton)
Perthshire (Perth, Crieff, Pitlochry, Callander, Blairgowrie, Rattray, Coupar Angus, Kincardine)
Renfrewshire (Renfrew, Paisley, Greenock, Johnstone, Port Glasgow, Barrhead, Kilmalcolm)
Ross-shire (Dingwall, Stornaway, Tain, Alness, Invergorden)
Roxburghshire (Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh)
Selkirkshire (Selkirk, Clovenfords, Galashiels)
Shetland (Lerwick, Scalloway, Baltasound)
Stirlingshire (Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan, Denny, Alva)
Sutherland (Dornoch, Helmsdale, Brora, Golspie, Lairg, Durness, Tongue)
West Lothian/Linlithgowshire (Linlithgow, Livingston, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Whitburn, Armadale, Bathgate)
Wigtownshire (Wigtown, Stranraer, Newton Stewart, Whithorn).