Two Pet Spots Treated and One Room of Carpet Cleaned in Glencoe, IL

About this job

The carpet in question was a light beige cut pile, and the trouble was easy to find: two pet spots sitting in the open, dark in the center with scattered flecks and a dulled halo spreading out around them. The homeowner had tried to deal with the mess already, which left a lightened smear across part of the pile. The request was straightforward — handle the two spots properly for both the staining and the odor, and clean the room while we were there.

Each spot was treated on its own before any general cleaning began, with an absorbent product worked over the soiling and left to do its job, as the gallery photos show. With the spots addressed, the full room of carpet was cleaned using truck-mounted hot water extraction, working across the open floor and up to the baseboards. The visit ran about 1 hour from start to finish, and the total for the work was $200.

Pet spots on a pale carpet are worth calling in early, because the soiling sits in the fiber and the backing, not just on the surface. Carpet dries in 2-4 hours with air movers, up to 6 hours for heavy soil, so the room is back in normal use the same day. Glencoe homes, like neighboring Winnetka and Northfield, often have light-colored broadloom running room to room, where a single untreated spot stays visible from across the floor.