Bay Area
carpet cleaning
in 80 cities
Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning, and the rest of our services, for homes and businesses in San Francisco and in the cities of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin counties.
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Six counties around one bay, one air district
The six Bay Area counties we serve share a sky and a regulator. The National Weather Service office for the region is based in Monterey and covers 11 counties across the San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District covers the nine counties that surround the bay, and San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin all sit inside it.
That matters for sofas and rugs more than it first seems. The Air District warns that fine-particle pollution can reach unhealthy levels in winter and during wildfire events at any time of year, and on September 9, 2020 it reported smoke turning the sky dark or orange across the region. During heavy smoke it suggests a HEPA air purifier that produces no ozone, or a MERV 13 or better filter in the heating and cooling system. Once the air clears, fabric that kept the smell is a good reason to phone us.
Summer fog, the Golden Gate and slow drying
Around the bay the damp season can be summer. The weather service explains that coastal fog is most common then, when air warmed over the ocean is pushed toward shore by the usual northwest winds, and it likens the mouth of the bay to a funnel that carries the fog through the Golden Gate toward Oakland and Berkeley. Marine air also spills inland through the San Bruno gap west of the airport, and a marine layer can linger over the coast for days or weeks under a temperature inversion. In San Francisco, most of which lies below 200 feet, the Air District says that layer flows across nearly the whole city.
Cool, moist air slows the drying of a freshly cleaned carpet, so on a gray week we go over airflow and fans with you on the phone. Spring and fall can bring the opposite: Diablo winds, hot and dry from the northeast, which the weather service ties to high pressure over Nevada and lower pressure along the central coast.
Many water systems behind the tap
The region does not drink from a single source. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission runs the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System, which serves San Francisco and sells water to 26 agencies in Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties; 85 percent of that water is Sierra Nevada snowmelt held in Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. East Bay Municipal Utility District supplies Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, San Leandro and other East Bay cities from the Mokelumne River watershed. In Marin, Marin Water serves ten of the eleven towns and cities, mostly with rain that falls on the Mt. Tamalpais watershed, and North Marin Water District serves the Novato area.
Hardness follows the source. In Santa Clara County, Valley Water puts the average hardness of local groundwater above 250 mg/L, against less than 120 in its treated surface water, and Zone 7 Water Agency, the Tri-Valley wholesaler, reports groundwater averaging 318 mg/L against 88 in its treated surface water. In central and eastern Contra Costa, the Contra Costa Water District serves about 550,000 people with water drawn from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Hard water can leave a mineral film in fibers, which is why the rinse step deserves care at a hard-water address.
Prewar flats and postwar suburbs
The Bay Area counties we serve
Every Bay Area city we serve, by county
Open a county to see its cities. Each name links to its own page, and this list works without the map.
San Francisco County1 city
San Mateo County20 cities
Santa Clara County15 cities
Alameda County14 cities
Contra Costa County19 cities
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A selection of our 5-star reviews on Google.
I particularly liked the way the lead cleaner described the PH balance of the solutions that they were using on our carpets. The acidic neutralizing rinse makes sure the floor doesn’t feel crunchy or sticky when it is dry. That extra step means our floors are very silky and totally residue-free.
My kids have turned the giant living room ottoman into a trampoline and it's forever soiled with imprints. Steam cleaning the hefty cloth removed all the dark grime and restored the original bright blue hue. The furniture which is the focus is clean and the living space appears a lot tidier today.
Thick outdoor seats were covered in tree algae and bird poop. Power-washings of the tough material killed any dirt from outside. We are pleased to be hosting barbecues from our clean chairs again.
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(844) 966-2005Each Bay Area city page carries the request form and the phone number, and the office answers 24 hours a day.