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Area rug cleaning · in your home, in every LocalPro market
Rug Cleaning on Your Own Floor
Your area rug is cleaned where it lies, during the carpet visit, by one of our own trained technicians. Low moisture means the rug is dry in about an hour and nothing soaks through to the floor beneath it. Wool, cotton or synthetic, fringe and all, and satisfaction guaranteed.
- ★ 4.9 · 4,377 Google reviews
- Dry in about an hour
- Love the clean or it's free
- Cleaned in your home
- 100%Satisfaction guaranteedLove the clean or it's free, with a free re-clean of anything you point out.
- 1 hourAnd the room is yours againNot overnight. Furniture back, kids back, dog back in about an hour.
- ZeroSticky residueNothing left in the fiber to grab the next bit of dirt that walks in.
- 0Subcontractors, everEvery technician is our own employee, trained by us and insured.
- 4.9★Across 4,377 Google reviewsPublic, unedited, and written by customers on our own routes.
- $109Starting price for three roomsUp to 450 sq ft, with the price in writing before we start.
What customers say
4.9 stars across 4,377 Google reviews
Customers in all seven markets, in their own words, straight from Google.
★★★★★
Great service and Michele is a great person and cares about what he is doing.Thomas D. 2 months ago · Google
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Excellent customer service. The work performed was very professional and very thorough.Helen A. 4 days ago · Google
★★★★★
We called LocalPro and had Kevon sent out to help my parents clean the upholstery from their cat spraying. He was so kind, prompt, and communicative. I will be calling them for my own home in the near future.Jenna B. 1 month ago · Google
★★★★★
Jacob did a great job! He was very professional and thorough!Linda R. 3 months ago · Google
★★★★★
Walker was amazing and did a wonderful job! I will definitely use them again!Angie Q. 2 months ago · Google
★★★★★
Hunter was very great with my cleaning definitely will be booking…Chiquita M. 1 week ago · Google
Who shows up
One technician, start to finish
The LocalPro employee who measures your rooms is the one who cleans them and the one who walks them with you at the end. Trained by us, insured by us, and used to working around kids, pets and the furniture you would rather not move.
- Our own trained, insured employee
- Respectful of your home, start to finish
- Every rug and sofa handled with care
- Non-toxic solutions, safe around kids and pets
- A final walk-through with you before we leave
The same trained technicians and the same guarantee in all 7 markets we serve.
More about rug cleaning
Why we clean it where it lies
The rug never leaves the room
A rug that goes off to be washed is a rug you live without for a week or more, plus a bare patch of floor and a wait for the delivery. Ours stays home. The technician cleans it in your home, on your own floor, during the carpet appointment itself, and you see the result before the van is packed.
It starts with a close look. Fiber, dyes, fringe, backing and any thin or worn areas all get checked, and you hear what the clean will do before it begins. A rug with a problem an in-home clean cannot fix is pointed out, not cleaned and hoped for.
Fiber by fiber
Synthetic, wool and cotton, each handled its own way
Synthetic rugs
Polypropylene, polyester and nylon rugs are the everyday workhorses under dining tables and in family rooms. They take a thorough clean well, and traffic lanes and food spills usually come out completely.
Wool rugs
Wool hides soil and holds dye beautifully, and it hates being soaked. Our low-moisture approach suits it: the fibers are left barely damp, the colors stay where they belong, and the rug keeps its hand.
Cotton rugs and flatweaves
Cotton soaks up spills fast and shows them. A measured amount of solution and patient pad work lift the soil without saturating the weave, so the rug dries flat and even.
The process on a rug
Low moisture matters even more with a floor underneath
Carpet has a backing and a cushion to hide moisture in. A rug has your floor under it, and nothing should soak through to that. The technician meters the solution to the soil, no more than the rug needs, then works absorbent pads across the pile. The pads pick up the loosened dirt, and fresh ones go on until they come up clean.
The fringe is cleaned gently by hand and combed straight. The pile is groomed in one direction so it dries evenly and looks finished. In about an hour the rug is dry, back under the coffee table, and holding its color the way it did when it was new to you.
Pets and rugs
The accident that happened on the good rug
Rugs catch more than their share of pet accidents, because a rug is where the dog settles. Urine soaks into the fibers and the backing, and a store spray only perfumes the top of it. Our protein and enzyme treatment goes after the source and breaks it down where it lies, so the smell leaves with it.
Every pet treatment carries our 100% pet odor removal guarantee: notice the odor again and we re-treat the rug free. The full story is on our pet stain and odor removal page.
When a rug needs more than an in-home clean
Honest about the rare exceptions
Nearly every rug we see is cleaned beautifully on your floor. Once in a while one needs a full immersion wash at a rug plant: a very delicate piece, or one that has soaked up more than a surface clean can reach. In the Birmingham area, plant washing with free pickup and delivery is handled by our sister company, Rug Runners Rug Cleaning. In every market, your technician tells you which kind of rug you have before any work starts.
Our guarantee
Satisfaction guaranteed, rug included
The rug is covered by the same promise as the carpet it sits on. Show the technician anything you would like done over and it is cleaned again at no charge, and if a second attempt still does not come right, that work costs you nothing. Love the clean or it's free, and that holds in every one of our seven markets.
Rug questions
What people ask before they book
Do you take the rug away to clean it?
No. In every LocalPro market the rug stays on your own floor and is cleaned right there, as part of the carpet visit. You never go a week without the rug in the room, there is no rolling it up for a van, and you watch the result appear in front of you. The technician looks the rug over first and tells you plainly what an in-home clean will and will not do for it.
Can you clean wool rugs with the low-moisture process?
Yes, and wool responds well to a low-moisture clean. Wool holds a lot of water if you let it, and a soaked wool rug can take days to dry, shrink or bleed its dyes. Our process puts in very little moisture, works the soil out with absorbent pads and leaves the fibers damp at most. The technician checks the dyes and the condition of the rug before choosing how to treat it.
What happens to the fringe during a rug cleaning?
The fringe gets its own attention. It is usually cotton, it grays faster than the body of the rug, and it tangles if it is handled roughly. Your technician cleans it gently by hand, combs it straight and lays it flat to dry so it finishes looking like part of the rug again, not an afterthought.
Can you get a pet accident out of an area rug?
In most cases, yes. A rug is a smaller target than a room of carpet, and the protein and enzyme treatment works the same way on it: it breaks the urine down where it soaked in, so the odor goes with it. Pet treatments on rugs carry our 100% pet odor removal guarantee: should the smell return, the rug is re-treated at no charge.
How long does an area rug take to dry?
About an hour for most rugs, no longer than the carpet they sit on, since so little moisture goes in. Thicker wool pieces can take a little longer. Keep foot traffic off the rug until it feels dry to the touch, then put the furniture back and use the room as normal.
Is a rug cleaned with the same process as the carpet?
The same low-moisture process, adjusted for the rug. The technician matches the solution and the pressure to the fiber, works more carefully around fringe, binding and any worn spots, and keeps the moisture low enough that nothing soaks through to the floor beneath. Synthetic, wool and cotton rugs are all cleaned this way in every one of our markets.
While our technician is with you
Everything else we can clean on the same visit
Most people book one thing and remember the rest on the way to the door. Same crew, same trip, one appointment.
Carpet Cleaning
Measured solution, absorbent pads, a room you can walk on in about an hour.
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Upholstery Cleaning
Couches, loveseats, chairs and mattresses, treated the way the care tag says.
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Pet Stain & Odor Removal
A protein and enzyme treatment that works on the cause of the odor, backed by our pet odor guarantee.
Learn more →Allergy Relief Treatment
An add-on that reduces dust mite and dander allergens in carpet and upholstery.
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Commercial Carpet Cleaning
Offices, churches, daycares and rental turnovers, cleaned after hours and open again in about an hour.
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Three-room special
$109
Starting price for three rooms, up to 450 sq ft
Cleaned by our own technicians, dry in about an hour.
Where we work
7 markets, and the same kind of technician at every door
Our technicians live and work in the markets they serve: Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, metro Atlanta and Charlotte. Every home gets the same equipment, the same low-moisture process and the same guarantee.
Service areasBirmingham, Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, metro Atlanta and Charlotte
HoursOffice hours Mon–Sat 7 AM–5 PM Central (8 AM–6 PM Eastern)
Local, Licensed & Insured
Licensed & InsuredCertificate on request
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4.9 ★ Google rating4,377 reviews
Non-ToxicKid and pet safe
The short answer
LocalPro cleans area rugs in your home, on your own floor, during the carpet visit, in all five of its markets. A trained technician checks the fiber and dyes, uses a measured amount of solution and absorbent pads, cleans the fringe by hand, and leaves the rug dry in about an hour. Synthetic, wool and cotton rugs are all covered by the 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Satisfaction guaranteed on every visit.
Low-moisture deep clean, dry in about an hour · Love the clean or it's free.