Carpet Cleaning Services

Dirty carpet is more than a cosmetic problem. Hot water extraction reduces dust mites by roughly 87% and removes 94%+ of common allergens, including pet dander, pollen, and mold spores. That matters if anyone in the home deals with allergies or asthma. Regular cleaning also protects your carpet warranty, since most manufacturers require periodic professional hot water extraction to keep coverage valid. Most homes do well with cleaning every 12 to 18 months. If you have pets or young kids, every 6 to 12 months keeps odors and allergens from building up.

Signs Your Carpet Needs Professional Cleaning

• Carpet looks dull or matted in high-traffic paths, even after vacuuming
• Odor lingers in a room even when it's clean
• Allergy symptoms flare up more indoors than outdoors
• A stain has been treated at home but keeps reappearing
• It's been over a year since the last professional clean
• You're moving in or out and need the carpet reset for new tenants or a sale

A fresh spill responds well to blotting with cold water. But once a stain sits for a few hours, or someone's already tried a store-bought spray on it, the liquid has bonded to the fibers and a rental machine usually can't finish the job. DIY equipment applies about 20 to 40 PSI of extraction force. Professional equipment applies 200 to 500 PSI, which is why dry times run 4 to 6 hours after professional stain removal instead of 24+ hours after a rental. Pet accidents are one of the most common calls we get. Urine contains uric acid crystals that can reactivate later if they aren't fully removed, so we pre-treat with enzymatic spotters that break the crystals down before extraction.

Residential and Commercial Carpet Cleaning

We clean living rooms, bedrooms, and stairs in single-family homes, and we clean hallway and office carpet in commercial buildings too. Jobs typically take 2 to 4 hours depending on square footage and carpet condition. Same-day and next-day appointments are often available, and we work seven days a week. For a rental property between tenants, a strata hallway, or an office that gets foot traffic all week, commercial carpet holds dirt differently than a living room. We adjust pre-treatment and pass count to match the traffic level, so a busy hallway gets more attention than a quiet meeting room.

Renting a machine seems like the cheaper option, but rental units extract far less moisture than commercial equipment, often leaving carpet wet for 24 hours or more. That extra moisture is also why DIY-cleaned carpet re-soils faster: leftover cleaning solution attracts new dirt. Professional extraction pulls out 85 to 95% of the moisture we put in, so carpet dries faster and stays cleaner longer.

Pricing

Carpet steam cleaning is priced per room, starting at $60 per room, with final cost depending on room count, traffic level, and any add-ons like pet odor treatment. Single stain removal runs $120 to $180, multiple stains are $200 to $280, and pet stain plus odor treatment is $150 to $240. Area rug cleaning ranges from $1 to $8+ per square foot depending on material, with synthetic rugs at the low end and silk or fine Oriental rugs at the high end. For an exact number for your home, visit our rates page or call 236-688-3248. New customers can use code MINT26 for 10% off their first clean.

Mint Sanitary is based in North Vancouver and cleans carpets throughout the region.

If you're in North Vancouver, our North Vancouver carpet cleaning page has the full pricing breakdown and local detail.

See our service areas for the full coverage list.