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Your rugs are precious, don't trust them with anyone else!
Spring Cleaning Sale
Get your rugs cleaned for less with our special spring cleaning discount. Our expert rug cleaning service is now 33% Off, for a limited time only!
Up to
33% Off
Cleaning
Rug Cleaning
Made Simple
We understand that your rugs are precious, so we don't take any shortcuts when it comes to caring for them. Join the thousands of people who have given their rugs a new lease of life at Oriental Rug Services.
Booking our expert rug cleaning service is easy! Fill out the form below to get a quote and click the button to request a collection. We'll get in touch to confirm a date to collect your rug(s), and return them 1-2 weeks later.
Before and After
Take a look at some of our previous work and see the difference that our rug cleaning process makes
Get A Quote
Use our form to instantly generate a quote. Enter the dimensions of your rug and select any additional services (e.g. repairs). If you have more than one rug, simply click the "Add Rug" and repeat. You can then have the quote emailed to you, or request a collection by clicking the buttons at the bottom of the form.
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Restoration and Repair
As well as expert rug cleaning we also offer a suite of restoration options, from relatively simple repairs to the edges and fringes, to fully rebuilding whole areas of a rug. Continue reading to learn more about the rug restoration services we can provide.
Fringes
The fringes of hand-knotted rugs are where the vertical foundation threads that run the length of the rug terminate. When the fringes of a rug are damaged, there are three ways to proceed:
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Stop-ends:
We start by trimming off the frayed parts of the existing fringe. We then remove a few lines of knots immediately below the existing fringe, to expose the foundation of the rug. We undo the horizontal threads holding the vertical threads in place, creating a new fringe. We secure the base of the new fringe by tying a new thread to each vertical thread. This is demonstrated in the video below.
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Plain binding:
We remove the fringe entirely and rebind the edge in a similar fashion to the long edges.
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Artificial fringe:
We secure the damaged edge and attach an artificial fringe to it.
Long-edges
The long edge, or "Selvedge" of a hand-knotted rug is where the foundation is held together at the sides to prevent it from unravelling. It is important to repair fraying on this part of the rug to prevent more costly-to-repair damage from occurring in the middle of the rug.
Our process for repairing the selvedge is the same used when the rug was initially constructed:
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The original selvedge cord is replaced with a new one. It is tied tightly in place to help preserve the shape of the rug.
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The piping around the cord is replaced with fresh new material, in keeping with the original design.
Complex Repair
Even when a rug has been damaged in the middle, it is not beyond repair. Our expert technicians are capable of reconstructing whole areas of the rug using the same techniques that were used in its original construction.
