Rug Cleaning Lennox HeadRug-only immersion washing, never carpet cleaning

Your rug back fresh and neutral-smelling, fully dry and safe for the kids and pets, not musty, damp or steamed over on the floor.

  • Free pickup and delivery across Lennox Head and Northern NSW on set-day van runs, never a hidden distance fee
  • Full 15-step hand wash by immersion at our Yatala facility, never steamed over on your floor and never in a van
  • Reaches pet urine and musty odour sitting in the backing, not just sprayed over the top
  • Returned genuinely dry and ready to lay straight down, with a 4.9 rating from 8,550 reviews behind it
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Our vans are in Lennox Head on set days each week. Book to catch this week’s run.
Rated 4.9 · 8,550 customer reviews

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No obligation · free pickup & delivery · we reply next business day

One van trip, one wash run: every extra rug we collect on the same visit is $20 off. Three rugs saves $40, four saves $60.

Faster by phone · call 1800 655 949 and speak to a real person

Our guarantee: not happy with how your rug comes back? Tell us within 7 days and we’ll wash it again, free. In addition to your rights under Australian Consumer Law.

Rated 4.9 IICRC certified 7-day re-wash guarantee
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Watch your rug's full journey

From your front door to our Yatala facility and safely back again. This is the real process, not a quick spray.

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Free pickupWe collect the heavy rug from your door at no charge.
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Facility immersion washDusted, washed and scrubbed under control, never in a van.
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Controlled dryingProper airflow so moisture is never trapped or left damp.
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Returned freshDelivered back to your door, clean and fully dry.
Rug specialists, not carpet cleaners

Why a quick steam-over at home never fixes the real problem

Most people in Lennox Head finally book for one of three reasons. A rug comes out of storage with a stale, musty rolled-up smell that is too strong for the house. A pet urine smell keeps coming back every time the room warms up. Or the rug is simply too bulky to fold into the car and sort yourself. The trouble is an on-floor steam clean only wets the surface and leaves the rug damp where it lies, and in our coastal humidity that sets the smell straight back in. The odour lives in the backing, where a surface spray never reaches.

 
In-home / van clean
Premier facility wash
Where it is cleaned
Sprayed where it lies, in your home
Full immersion bath at our facility
Water and drying
Left damp in the pile for days
Controlled rinse, dried with airflow
Dye and shrinkage
Heat and over-wetting risk both
Dye-tested and controlled, no shrinkage
Pet urine in the backing
Surface spray never reaches it
Immersion reaches the whole rug
The risk

A carpet cleaner with a van can ruin a fine rug

One-size-fits-all carpet machines are the number one cause of rug damage. Here is exactly what goes wrong.

Surface steam leaves it dampA van or in-home steam only wets the top of the pile and leaves the rug sitting damp on your floor. The musty smell is masked for a week, then creeps straight back.
Over-wetting shrinks and ripplesToo much water with no controlled drying makes a wool or handmade rug shrink, ripple and pull out of shape. Once the weave distorts on the floor, it rarely lies flat again.
Colours run and bleedWithout a dye and colour-fastness test first, reds and dark dyes can run into pale wool. An in-home clean skips that step, and a bleed into the pattern is permanent.
Coastal humidity sours itA rug left damp in Northern NSW air does not just smell stale, it grows that musty coastal musk deep in the backing. The longer it sits wet, the harder the odour is to clear.

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“We had dust before visitors and needed the tribal rug sorted quickly. The booking was simple and they did not make the pickup awkward. The rug looked fresher and the timing worked out.”
Rachel Barrett · Lennox Head · customer review
Real wash, our facility
The Premier difference

Specialist care, not a quick spray

Your rug is collected and brought to our dedicated washing facility, where it is hand-assessed and cleaned by fibre, then dried under control. A deep, safe clean that protects the rug you love, backed by 29 years and a 7-day free re-wash guarantee.

Why Premier

Built to protect your rug

Free Lennox Head and Northern NSW pickup, no distance charge

Our vans run set days each week across Lennox Head and Northern NSW, so collection and return are genuinely free door to door. Being south of the border never adds a cent.

Full immersion hand wash at our facility, never a floor steam

We do not steam over your rug where it lies and we never wash in a van. IICRC-certified hands dust, submerge, wash and rinse it through our full 15-step process in controlled 30 to 80 degree water at Yatala, the only way to clear smells living in the backing.

Controlled drying so it comes back dry

After washing we dry your rug under controlled airflow before it returns, so there is no coastal damp left in the pile to bring the smell back. It lays straight down, fresh and neutral.

Rug-only specialist, fibre-correct every time

We wash rugs and only rugs. Wool, silk, Persian and handmade pieces are dye-tested and treated as rugs with history, never run through a generic carpet job. Non-toxic, pet and child safe, and backed by a 7-day free re-wash.

The Premier Method

7 careful stages, all 15 steps

No shortcuts and no guessing. Your rug moves through the same specialist system every time, from your front door and safely back again.

Starts at your front door
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Stage 1 of 7CollectWe come to you, both ways
1Free pickup from your doorstep at a time that suits you, at no charge
2Your rug is transported safely to our dedicated Yatala facility
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Stage 2 of 7Inspect & assessIdentify the rug and plan the clean
3An IICRC-certified technician identifies the fibre and construction, checks for damage and tests the dyes for colour-fastness, then gives you an honest assessment up front
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Stage 3 of 7PrepareLift the dry soil before any water
4The dry soil and grit that ordinary vacuuming can never reach is dusted out first
5Stains and traffic lanes are pre-treated with fibre-safe, non-toxic solutions
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Stage 4 of 7WashThe deep immersion clean
6Gently hand-washed by full immersion in a controlled bath
7Light rotary agitation lifts years of ground-in grime from the pile
8The dirty water and loosened soil are drawn fully back out
9Rinsed under control for a low-residue, family-safe finish
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Stage 5 of 7DryControlled, even and fully dry
10Spun in a specialist centrifuge to remove most of the moisture quickly
11Dried evenly in our airflow-controlled room, so it is never left damp or musty
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Stage 6 of 7Finish & inspectGroomed, checked and protected
12The pile is groomed back to its original direction and feel
13A final quality check is made against the pre-wash assessment
14Optional fibre protection is applied to help resist future spills
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Stage 7 of 7DeliverThe final mile, back to you
15Delivered back to your door at a time that suits you, fresh, fully dry and ready to walk on
Ends back on your floor, fresh and fully dry

Standard turnaround 7 days door to door, or 48-hour service on request.

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What we clean & repair

One specialist for every kind of rug

From hand-knotted heirlooms to everyday wool, plus odour, stain, protection and repair work, all under one roof.

Persian & Oriental

Hand-knotted heirlooms, dye-tested and gently immersion-washed to protect natural fibres and colours.

Wool & Silk

Fibre-correct, lanolin-safe washing that cleans deeply without stripping or felting delicate pile.

Mould & Odour

Deep treatment that reaches the backing to clear musty smells, damp and mould at the source.

Pet Stains & Urine

Full-immersion removal that lifts odour and staining from the whole rug, not just the surface.

Stain Protection

An optional fibre guard applied after washing to help your rug resist spills and stay cleaner longer.

Repairs & Fringing

Edges re-bound, fringes restored and moth or wear damage repaired by experienced hands.

A friendly Premier Rug Cleaning technician in uniform
About Premier

29 years. One thing, done properly.

Premier Rug Cleaning has spent 29 years doing one thing properly: washing rugs. Not carpets, not floors, rugs. Our IICRC-certified technicians collect your rug from your Lennox Head door, hand-wash it by full immersion at our dedicated Yatala facility, and return it fully dry with your exact rug tagged through every step. Fully insured, non-toxic and pet safe, rated 4.9 from 8,550 reviews, with a real person on the phone.

Real rugs, real results

See the difference a proper wash makes

Real customer rugs, cleaned at our facility. Drag the slider to reveal the before and after.

Rug after professional cleaning
Rug before cleaning
BeforeAfter

Wool floral rug: years of ground-in soil and traffic lifted, the colours brought back.

Rug after professional cleaning
Rug before cleaning
BeforeAfter

Patterned rug: dulled, soiled pile deep-cleaned so the design reads crisp again.

Rug after professional cleaning
Rug before cleaning
BeforeAfter

Tribal rug: staining and grime washed out, the reds and golds restored.

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Local & trusted

Free door-to-door rug cleaning across Lennox Head

Pets, kids and everyday life are hard on a good rug. Our own van does the heavy lifting, both ways.

The Premier Rug Cleaning pickup and delivery van

We collect from homes right across Lennox Head, clean your rug at our facility, and deliver it back fresh and fully dry. Free pickup and delivery, every time, with a real person on the end of the phone.

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How pricing works

Our simple booking process

From your first enquiry to your rug back at your door, here is exactly how it works.

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You enquire

Send the quick form or call us. Form enquiries get a call back the next business day, or the same day if you send it early. Call in office hours and you speak to a real person on the spot.

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We quote your rug

We talk through the size, fibre and condition of your rug, then send you a clear, no-obligation custom quote.

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Accept and book

Happy with your quote? We book you in and schedule a free pickup on a date that suits you.

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Pickup and inspect

We collect your rug and our IICRC-certified technician confirms the size, fibre and condition at our facility. If anything changes, we call you first.

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Washed and delivered

Our delivery vans run through your service area every week, so your rug comes back hand-washed, fresh and fully dry.

How your custom quote works

Every rug is priced individually by size, fibre and condition. You see your exact price before any work begins, pickup and delivery are free, and every additional rug in the same booking is $20 off.

Size

We measure your rug, so larger pieces are priced fairly and smaller rugs cost less.

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Fibre

Wool, silk, synthetic or handmade, each fibre needs a different process and is priced accordingly.

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Condition

Stains, odour and wear are assessed up front, so you only pay for the treatment your rug needs.

Your free, no-obligation quoteNo surprise bills · free pickup & delivery included
What our customers say

Real words from real customers

Rated 4.9 from 8,550 customersacross South East QLD and Northern NSW. Collected directly from our customers after every clean, and the count updates automatically as new reviews come in.

on 02 Jun 2022
Easy pickup from Beachmere
I was expecting a distance charge because we are in Beachmere, but there was no surprise fee. The synthetic rug was collected and returned clean without us having to move it ourselves.
Rebecca Sharp
from Beachmere
on 04 May 2026
Pet smell finally gone for our woven rug
Our dog had one accident on the woven rug, but it was enough to make the whole room smell off. Premier treated it properly and the odour is gone. We are in Kearneys Spring, so having it collected made the job much easier. I liked that the advice was honest before the work started.
Ashleigh Foster
from Kearneys Spring
on 15 Jun 2021
Handled after water damage in Bangalow
The water damage had left the Oriental rug smelling damp. It came back properly dry, with the edge sitting much flatter than before.
Alicia Tran
from Bangalow
on 01 Feb 2025
Puppy smell gone for our Chinese wool rug
The Chinese wool rug had been rolled up after a pet accident because we could not use it in the lounge. The odour is gone so we are happy using it again. It was a sensible result for a rug that gets real use.
Alana Pearce
from North Toowoomba
on 11 Feb 2021
Very happy with the clean from Toowong
I booked from Toowong because the shaggy rug was overdue. The shaggy rug came back fresher, softer and ready to use again in the hallway. I would use them again without overthinking it.
Grace Kelly
from Toowong
on 12 Mar 2022
Old marks softened nicely in St Lucia
The Moroccan rug had reached the point where spot cleaning was not enough. The old stains are much softer now, and the colours look cleaner in daylight. It was an easy result to be happy with. The St Lucia pickup was handled well.
Shannon Black
from St Lucia
on 11 Jun 2021
Fringe left tidy in Yeronga
The fringe on the designer rug already looked fragile, so I appreciated the careful handling. It came back clean, tidy and not pulled out of shape.
Eliza Sullivan
from Yeronga
on 28 Sep 2024
Clean again after the facility wash in Maroochy River
I was careful about who I trusted with the wool rug. It was collected, immersion-washed at the Yatala facility and returned fresh, dry and easy to lay back down. The Maroochy River pickup was handled well.
Harry Kelly
from Maroochy River
on 23 Oct 2023
Good advice on moth damage
The wool rug concern was handled carefully. They explained what to watch for and the rug feels clean enough to keep using.
Mariam Chowdhury
from Kawana
on 16 Jul 2024
Mould smell sorted in Bardon
The area rug picked up a musty smell after the humid weather. It was cleaned and sanitised properly, and the room no longer has that damp smell. The Bardon pickup was handled well.
Benjamin OConnor
from Bardon
on 05 Dec 2021
Pet smell finally gone in Grantham
Our dog had one accident on the Scandi rug, but it was enough to make the whole room smell off. Premier treated it properly and the odour is gone. The Grantham pickup was handled well.
Tara Wilson
from Grantham
on 13 May 2024
Washed properly and returned fresh in Palm Beach
The wool rug had been bothering me in the family room for weeks. The team explained the wash, took the wool rug away to the facility and returned it with the colours looking clearer. The communication made the whole thing feel simple.
Marcus Ellis
from Palm Beach
Real people, real rugs

See the team in action on Instagram

Follow @premier_rug_cleaning for behind-the-scenes reels from the drivers, cleaners and team who care for your rug.

Good to know

Common questions

How much does rug cleaning cost, and is it worth getting a rug cleaned?

Rugs are priced by size, fibre and condition rather than one flat rate, so you get a clear custom quote up front with no surprises. It is worth it when a wash genuinely fixes the problem, like a musty or pet-urine smell immersion can clear, or a rug worth keeping. If yours is not worth the cost, we tell you honestly at inspection rather than taking the job. Book more than one and you save $20 off every additional rug.

How much does it cost to wash an 8x10 rug?

A larger 8x10 rug is quoted on its actual size, fibre and condition, not a placeholder figure, so the price is honest to your exact rug. Because a piece that size is awkward to handle, the free Lennox Head pickup and delivery matters most here. We assess it at collection and confirm the price before any washing begins, so you always know the cost before you commit.

Will the musty or pet-urine smell actually come out, or just get masked?

A surface spray or floor steam only treats the top and leaves the odour in the backing, which is why it returns when the room warms up. Full immersion lets the wash reach the whole rug, and controlled drying means it comes back genuinely dry, not damp. At inspection we give an honest assessment of what we expect to clear before you commit, backed by a 7-day free re-wash.

Is it worth sending it away instead of a carpet cleaner steaming it at home?

An in-home or van steam adds water at the surface and leaves the rug damp where it lies, which in Lennox Head humidity invites musty odours and risks shrinkage or colour run on delicate fibres. Immersion at Yatala means your rug is dusted, dye-tested, washed through, rinsed and dried under control. We are a rug-only specialist, which is exactly why fine and handmade rugs come to us.

How long will I be without it, and can it be faster?

Standard turnaround is about 7 days door to door, which gives us time to wash and, just as importantly, dry your rug properly rather than rushing it back damp. If you are hosting or in a hurry, ask about our 48-hour service on request. Either way you get a firm timeline you can plan your room around, and your exact rug is tagged at pickup and returned to you.

Book your Lennox Head rug collection today

Ready to have your rug washed properly? Call 1800 655 949 to arrange free pickup and delivery across Lennox Head and Northern NSW, with no distance charge. We inspect your rug, give you an honest assessment and a clear quote up front, hand-wash it by full immersion at Yatala and return it fresh, neutral-smelling and fully dry. Book more than one rug and save $20 off every additional rug. Standard turnaround about 7 days, or ask about 48-hour service, all backed by a 7-day free re-wash.

No obligation Free pickup & delivery Non-toxic & pet-safe 7-day re-wash guarantee

Our vans visit Lennox Head on set days each week. Book now to catch this week’s run.

Ready when you are

Ready to bring your rug back to life?

Get your free, no-obligation quote. Free pickup and delivery across Lennox Head. We reply the next business day, or the same day if you send it early.

One van trip, one wash run: every extra rug we collect on the same visit is $20 off. Three rugs saves $40, four saves $60.

Faster by phone · call 1800 655 949 and speak to a real person

Our guarantee: not happy with how your rug comes back? Tell us within 7 days and we’ll wash it again, free. In addition to your rights under Australian Consumer Law.