Carpet cleaning that gets under the traffic lanes
Hot water extraction across the rooms that get walked on. Priced per room or per square foot, dry the same day.
- Typically $120–$350 typical home
- 2–4 hours, plus 4–8 hours drying
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What carpet cleaning usually costs
$120–$350 typical home
Roughly $40–$80 per room or $0.20–$0.45 per sq ft. Stairs are charged separately; pet treatment and protector add more.
A typical US range to plan around, not a quote — every professional on Task Masters sets and publishes their own price, and you see it before you book.
What a carpet cleaning job normally includes
- Pre-vacuuming and pre-treating traffic lanes and spots
- Hot water extraction across the agreed rooms
- Moving light furniture, with heavy items left in place
- Deodorising and pet treatment where booked
- Grooming the pile and setting airflow to speed drying
About carpet cleaning
Professional carpet cleaning uses truck-mounted or portable extraction to push hot water and detergent into the pile and immediately draw it back out with the soil suspended in it. That is a genuinely different operation from a rented machine, mostly because of suction — how much water comes back out is what decides whether the carpet is clean and dry or merely wet.
Carpet cleaning is priced per room or per square foot, and a typical home lands between $120 and $350. Per room, expect roughly $40 to $80; per square foot, roughly $0.20 to $0.45. Stairs are almost always charged separately, usually per flight. Costs rise with heavy soiling, pet treatment, and stain protector applied afterwards. Ask what "per room" means to a particular pro before booking — some cap room size, and a large open-plan living area may count as two.
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Questions about carpet cleaning
How long does carpet take to dry?
Typically four to eight hours with windows open or fans running, longer in humid weather. It should be damp, not soaked — carpet that is still wet the next day was over-wetted or under-extracted, and that can lead to odour.
Do stains come back after cleaning?
Sometimes, and it has a name — wicking. A stain that soaked down to the backing can travel back up the fibres as the carpet dries. A good cleaner will warn you where they expect it and will usually re-treat those spots.
Is it worth adding stain protector?
On light carpet in a busy household, often yes — it buys you time to blot a spill before it becomes a stain. It is not permanent and wears off traffic lanes fastest, so treat it as a year or two of protection rather than a one-off fix.
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