Carpet Cleaning, Maintenance, Resources + Tips, Stains

Is My Carpet Worth Cleaning?

We get lots of customers who have not cleaned their carpet for a long time and are pleasantly surprised, or even delighted by the cleaning results. Unfortunately, this is not the situation with every carpet. Some situations which may cause you to reconsider cleaning and think about replacing would be:

  • Extensive long term heavy soiling – if a carpet has been walked on in soiled shoes or boots over a long period of time, not only will there be a lot of dirt, but the grit from the dirt will have been worked deep into the carpet and have caused damage to the fibres. Even with cleaning, we may not be able to remove all the dirt – and when the carpet is wet, it will wick (move up the wet fibres) to the top of the carpet and look bad. On top of that, the damage/wear from the dirt will make the carpet look worn and dull, even after cleaning.
  • Heavy staining – if you have a lot of different types of overlapping stains that have built up in your carpet over time without regular professional cleaning (even if you have done home spot removal), you will probably not be happy with your cleaning results. It is very hard for us to take appropriate measures when there have been a lot of different things spilled which require different approaches to properly and fully remove.
  • Heavy urine stains – when a carpet has been repeatedly soaked with urine, it is very difficult to fully remove the stains and odours. If you are intent on restoring carpet that has been extensively peed on by a cat or dog, you will want to pull the carpet up, remove and replace the underlay, and have both sides of the carpet cleaned & treated with odour attacking enzyme treatment. We do not provide any warranty or guarantee for this type of cleaning and charge hourly rates.
  • It’s really old, tired or ragged – clean is clean, but it’s not new. Just like throwing your ripped or worn pants in the washer won’t make them new, professional cleaning will not restore damaged and worn fibres to new condition.

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Alberta Carpet Cleaning Reviews

I loved the communication with this company from the day before to the day of. We had an unexpected insurance claim in our home that has been extremely stressful, but these guys were a DREAM to deal with at the tailend of the clean-up! Very professional and got right to it! I was able to book the furnace cleaning with the carpet cleaning immediately after. I didn't catch the names of the furnace team, but they were quick and thorough and double-checked vent counts with me before completion and were very informative. Mark and Marc were my carpet cleaning guys and are an amazing duo. Highly recommend. I'd give a 10 if I could!

- Coral Simmonds

This has been hands down the BEST service ever. They take text messages first thing in the morning and respond immediately. Our old dog recently had 3 accidents on our brand new carpet and area rug 3 days in a row and they came back every time with prompt service and everything looks amazing. Could not recommend them more.

- Emilie

I had wonderful experience with Alberta Carpet Cleaning. Special shoutout to MARK L. the guy was so humble and did everything perfectly. He communicated very well before starting and even after finishing the work. Will recommend everyone if you’re looking for your carpet cleaning.

- Umang Valand

Awesome service, very friendly and explain the whole process. My carpet is looking brand new again. Highly recommend using Alberta carpet cleaning. Very affordable and will definitely be using them for all my carpet cleaning needs in the future.

- Michelle Dunbar

We had an amazing experience with Alberta Carpet Cleaning, and I have to give a huge shoutout to Lawrence for his outstanding work! We recently moved out of our home where we had a small puppy, and I was honestly a bit worried about the condition of the carpets. But Lawrence went above and beyond—he was friendly, professional, and incredibly thorough. By the time he was done, the carpets looked absolutely impeccable—like new! You’d never know we had a puppy there at all. I’m so impressed and grateful for the care and attention to detail. If you need top-quality carpet cleaning, you got it with them!

- Amanda Marie

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