Commercial Carpet Cleaning
Encapsulation, hot water extraction, and spot cleaning for carpet in commercial buildings.
Carpet Care for Commercial Buildings
Carpet covers offices, classrooms, church halls, and the common areas of many commercial buildings. Traffic lanes, entries, and spots show wear first.
Strip&Wax.com is a national commercial floor care brand. We work in commercial buildings only, never homes. We clean carpet and care for the hard floors too, so one vendor can handle every floor in your building.
How We Clean Commercial Carpet
Every carpet cleaning starts with a pretreat of traffic lanes and spots. Then the carpet gets the method that fits the visit.
Encapsulation cleaning
Our standard interim cleaning, the regular cleaning between deeper ones. It uses low moisture, so the carpet is back in use sooner than after extraction.
Our standardHot water extraction
The deeper periodic cleaning. It is done less often than interim cleaning.
Bonnet cleaning
Done only when a client asks for it.
Spot cleaning
Single spots and small areas, cleaned without doing the whole room.
How a Carpet Cleaning Visit Works
- 1
Plan around your hours
At night or on weekends.
- 2
Pretreat
Traffic lanes and spots get a pretreat first, on every carpet cleaning.
- 3
Clean
The carpet gets the method that fits the visit: encapsulation, hot water extraction, bonnet on request, or spot cleaning.
Encapsulation or Extraction?
Most carpet gets both, on a plan.
| Compare | Encapsulation | Hot water extraction |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | The regular interim cleaning | The deeper periodic cleaning |
| What it uses | Low moisture | Hot water |
| How often | Regular, between deeper cleanings | Less often than interim cleaning |
| Back in use | Sooner than after extraction | Later than after encapsulation |
| On a program | Regular interim cleanings | Added periodically |
Not sure what your carpet needs?
Send photos with your quote request and we will tell you.
Send PhotosCarpet Maintenance Programs
Carpet can be part of a floor maintenance program. A program sets regular interim cleanings with encapsulation, plus periodic hot water extractions.
Standard traffic
Regular interim cleanings with encapsulation, plus periodic hot water extractions.
Heavier traffic
Buildings with heavier traffic get more frequent visits and more extractions.
Carpet and Hard Floors in One Building
Most buildings have more than carpet. Halls may be VCT and restrooms may be tile. Strip&Wax.com handles all commercial floor types, so one vendor can clean the carpet and do the strip and wax on the hard floors in the same building.
Carpet in Offices, Schools, Churches, and More
Offices
Work areas, halls, and meeting rooms.
Office floor careSchools
Classrooms, offices, and libraries, often cleaned during breaks.
School floor careChurches
Sanctuaries, halls, and classrooms, planned around services.
Church floor careProperty managed buildings
Common areas, halls, and tenant spaces.
Property manager floor careMedical offices
Waiting rooms and offices, planned around patient hours.
Medical office floor careScheduling and Price Factors
Carpet cleaning is planned around your access hours, at night or on weekends. These things change the price:
Square footage
The carpet area to be cleaned, not the whole building.
Condition
Heavy soil and old spots take more time than a lightly soiled carpet.
Traffic
How much foot traffic the carpet gets.
Furniture
What has to move, and who moves it.
Access hours
When the carpet can be cleaned.
Frequency
How often the carpet gets cleaned.
What to Send With Your Quote Request
The right details up front give you an accurate quote faster.
- Building typeOffice, school, church, medical office, or other commercial space.
- Floor typesCarpet, plus any other floors in the building. Our floor types page covers each one.
- Square footageThe carpet area to be cleaned.
- ConditionA few words on how the carpet looks now.
- PhotosWide shots and close shots of traffic lanes and the worst spots.
- Access days and hoursWhen the area can be closed.
- FurnitureWhat needs to move.
- DeadlineAny date the work must be done by.
Commercial Carpet Cleaning Questions
What is encapsulation carpet cleaning?
It is a low moisture cleaning method. It is our standard interim cleaning, and the carpet is back in use sooner than after hot water extraction.
Do you do hot water extraction?
Yes. Hot water extraction is used for deeper periodic cleaning. On a maintenance program, it is added to regular encapsulation cleanings.
Do you offer bonnet cleaning?
Yes, when a client asks for it. Encapsulation is our standard interim cleaning.
Is every carpet pretreated?
Yes. Every carpet cleaning starts with a pretreat of traffic lanes and spots.
Can you clean the carpet and the hard floors in the same building?
Yes. Strip&Wax.com handles all commercial floor types, so one vendor can clean the carpet and care for the hard floors too.
Do you clean carpet in homes?
No. We work in commercial buildings only, never homes.
Related commercial floor care pages
Use these related pages to compare services, understand cost, and plan facility specific work.
Core services and quote tools
- commercial floor care services
- commercial floor stripping and waxing
- scrub and recoat floor service
- VCT floor care
- strip and wax cost guide
- floor care cost calculator
- commercial floor maintenance programs
- school floor stripping and waxing
- healthcare floor maintenance
- property manager floor care
- request a floor care quote
Guides and facility pages
- strip and wax vs scrub and recoat
- how many coats of floor finish
- floor finish problems
- strip and wax frequency
- sealing vs waxing
- floor pad color guide
- schools
- hospitals and healthcare facilities
- churches
- universities and colleges
- municipal buildings
- retail and grocery stores
- warehouses and industrial buildings
- property managers
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