Carpet Cleaning Chippendale

Chippendale packs heritage terraces up hard against the towers of Central Park, so on any given day we might go from a two-metre-wide hallway to a lift lobby in the same street.

The terraces here often still have their original skirting boards, sometimes with decades of paint layers, and we take care around them with felt-protected tools rather than letting a wand or hose catch an edge.

In the older homes, stairs are usually steep and narrow, runner carpet held with rods or grippers, so we work them by hand in shorter, more deliberate passes rather than the sweeping technique that suits an open living room.

Furniture is a bigger factor here than in newer suburbs, terrace living rooms are tightly furnished, so we move and reset lounges, sideboards and rugs carefully, using breathable blocks under legs afterwards so nothing marks the damp pile before it's fully dry.

Whether it's a heritage front room or a apartment in the towers, we choose our pre-treatment based on what's actually on the carpet, protein and grease marks common in share-house terraces get a different approach to the general soiling we see in newer rentals.