Sofa cleaning in Čiekurkalns - for wooden houses and panel blocks

The wooden workers' house

In a small wooden house the rooms are usually small, and upholstered furniture may take up a whole wall. If a sofa has stood there for years, it may be touching the outer wall or a stove, if there is one. Move it out and see what the back looks like. That can tell you more than the front.

In a wooden house the air humidity may change with the weather and the heating. After cleaning, moisture from the fabric stays in the room, so the room has to be aired. Open a window if the weather allows, and in a small room leave the door open. We do not say how many hours this will take, because that depends on the air, the fabric and the filling. If you have a stove, do not push the sofa up against it.

The post-war panel block

In a panel block the situation is different. In a smaller flat the sofa often also serves as a bed, and the space around it is limited. Cleaning is done on site, so the size of the lift and the stairs change nothing. It is enough to clear space by the sofa and take off whatever is on it.

If you let the flat, cleaning furniture in a rental flat may be useful between tenants. If the sofa is also the bed, see sofa bed cleaning from €40. If condensation forms at the corners of the windows, the humidity is higher and the furniture will dry more slowly.

Armchairs and older furniture

Older houses may have armchairs and daybeds that were inherited or bought long ago. These often have no care label, because the codes are voluntary. Armchair cleaning costs from €20, and a leather armchair also from €20. Daybed cleaning is assessed from a photo.

Do not wet a leather chair or dry it by a heater: leather absorbs moisture, and heat deforms it. On finished leather, do not use creams, oil or saddle soap. If the chair is suede, do not rub a stain yourself: such spots need a specialist. Fabric with the letter X must not be cleaned with liquids.

Offices and warehouses

Čiekurkalns also has office complexes, warehouses and small-scale manufacturing. Arranging cleaning for the staff room sofa or the meeting chairs is simple: write the number and the finish, and add a photo. An office chair costs from €10, and for a larger volume the price is by agreement. More: office furniture cleaning and office chair cleaning.

In a warehouse or workshop, chairs often carry grease or oil from work clothes. A stain like that is hard to shift, and it may not be possible to remove it. The specialist will tell you that from a photo.

Removable cushions and covers

The cushions of an older sofa may have a zip, and you may feel like putting them in the washing machine. Usually you should not: the cover may shrink, the fabric may change colour or the backing layer may be damaged, and then it will no longer match the rest of the sofa. With us, a removable cushion costs from €2. More: sofa cushion cleaning.

Noise and airing

In places, being close to the railway and main roads means the windows do not stay open all day. After cleaning this is no obstacle if you air for shorter periods, but more often. Moisture leaves the furniture only if the air changes. If the flat faces the courtyard, choose a window you can keep open.

The Health Inspectorate (Veselības inspekcija) recommends airing a bedroom for at least 15 minutes every morning, and that is a good guide after cleaning too. If you have a fan, it helps the air move.

Price and travel

A two-seater sofa from €35, a three-seater from €45, a corner sofa from €50, a sofa bed from €40. A pouffe from €10, a dining chair from €7. The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45. Travel to Čiekurkalns is included. It pays to add more furniture to a chair from €20, because two chairs alone do not reach the minimum.

The price depends on size, fabric, dirt, smell and distance, and we agree it before the work. You will find the full list under prices.

A used sofa from an advert

In a small flat a used sofa is a sensible purchase, but it brings the life of its previous home with it. Before you bring it into the room, look over the seams and the back. If you see traces of bedbugs, that is a job for pest control, not cleaning. If all is well, the fabric can be freshened up: used sofa cleaning.

An honest answer about the result

An old stain on old furniture may stay, even if it fades. A water ring may form on sensitive fabric. A smell from filling that has absorbed smoke or damp for years may remain. For an inherited chair with thin fabric, there may be no point in cleaning, and the specialist will tell you that before the work.

We also work next door: in Teika, Brasa, Mežaparks and Sarkandaugava. Other places: where we work.