Before & after

Before and after: real results from real jobs

Every photo and video on this page comes from our own carpet, upholstery, mattress and rug cleaning jobs. No stock photography, no AI images, and nothing edited beyond cropping, resizing and adding before/after labels. Each caption describes only what the photos actually show, including what didn't fully come out.

How to read these photos: "after" shots are usually taken on the day, straight after cleaning, while the carpet or fabric is still slightly damp. Damp fibres can look a shade darker than they will once dry. Where we know roughly where a job was, we've noted the area (never the address). Results always depend on the item, the stain and its history, so these show what's possible, not a promise for every job.

Case by case

The problem, the treatment and the honest result

A double mattress on a brass bed frame with dark brown ring-shaped stains before cleaning, and the same mattress after cleaning with the rings no longer visible

Mattress · South County Dublin · March 2025

Tide-mark rings on a double mattress

Item: Double quilted mattress on a brass bed frame
Problem: Dark brown rings and drip trails where liquid had dried, plus general yellowing
Treatment: Pre-treatment of the marks, then extraction cleaning
Result: The rings and trails no longer show in the "after" photo, taken 27 minutes after the "before". A faint yellowish tint remains in places.

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Carpet · North Dublin · February 2025 · Video

A dark patch on a living-room carpet

Item: Fitted terracotta carpet in a living room
Problem: A dark, soiled patch with white marks in front of the sofa
Treatment: Repeated extraction passes with the hand tool
Result: The patch blends back into the carpet around it. A few white flecks are still visible at the end of the clip. The video is shown at three times normal speed, covering about a minute of work.

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A yellow fabric wing armchair partway through cleaning with an upholstery tool, and the same chair finished

Upholstery · Co. Kildare (Athy area) · March 2025

A yellow wing armchair

Item: Bright yellow fabric wing armchair
Problem: General soiling on the arms, seat and front edge. Pale fabric shows it quickly.
Treatment: Upholstery tool extraction, panel by panel
Result: Even colour across the arms and seat in the finished shot, filmed 33 minutes after the mid-clean clip. A short clip of the cleaning is below.

Upholstery cleaning →

A red patterned hallway carpet before cleaning with a dark traffic lane, and after cleaning with even colour

Carpet · Hallway

A traffic lane in a patterned hallway

Item: Red patterned hallway carpet
Problem: A dark traffic lane along the walking line
Treatment: Pre-treatment of the lane, then hot water extraction
Result: The lane no longer stands out and the pattern reads evenly again

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A beige hall and stair carpet: on the right before cleaning with heavy soiling, on the left after cleaning with an air mover drying it

Carpet · Hall & stairs

Heavy soiling on a beige hall and stairs

Item: Light beige carpet on a hallway and stairs
Problem: Heavy grey soiling through the walkway (right-hand photo)
Treatment: Hot water extraction, with an air mover set up for drying
Result: Even colour along the hall (left-hand photo). Light carpet like this shows the difference most.

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A cream fabric two-seater sofa with marks on the cushions before cleaning, and the same sofa after cleaning

Upholstery · Fabric sofa

Marks on a cream two-seater

Item: Cream fabric two-seater sofa
Problem: Marks and soiling across the seat cushions and front panel
Treatment: Fabric-appropriate pre-treatment and upholstery extraction
Result: The marks lifted and the colour is more even (bottom photo)

Sofa cleaning →

A blue patterned rug after cleaning on the left, and the same rug before cleaning on the right with heavy black soiling

Rug · Patterned rug

Heavy black soiling on a patterned rug

Item: Pale blue patterned rug with a cream border
Problem: Heavy black soiling across a large part of the rug (right-hand photo)
Treatment: Inspection, then cleaning matched to the rug
Result: The pattern and colours show clearly again (left-hand photo)

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A pillow-top mattress with one half cleaned and noticeably lighter than the uncleaned half

Mattress · Pillow-top

Half cleaned, half not

Item: Pillow-top mattress with button tufting
Problem: Grey discolouration across the sleeping surface
Treatment: Extraction cleaning, photographed partway through
Result: The cleaned side is visibly lighter than the side still to be done

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A heavily soiled patterned carpet with a clean stripe running through it where cleaning has started

Carpet · Patterned

A clean stripe through heavy soiling

Item: Grey patterned carpet with an octagon design
Problem: Heavy, even soiling that had darkened the whole pattern
Treatment: Hot water extraction, photographed after the first passes
Result: The cleaned stripe shows the original contrast of the pattern

Carpet cleaning →

A single cleaned square on a heavily soiled beige carpet, with the extraction wand resting in it

Carpet · Heavily soiled

One cleaned square

Item: Beige fitted carpet
Problem: Heavy, dark soiling across the room
Treatment: Hot water extraction on one patch
Result: The cleaned square beside the untouched carpet shows how much soil vacuuming had left behind

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Video

Upholstery cleaning, mid-clean

The same yellow armchair from the case above, partway through cleaning with the upholstery tool. You can see the line between cleaned and uncleaned fabric. Filmed in March 2025. No sound.

Armchair upholstery cleaning in progress, Co. Kildare, March 2025.

Equipment

The kit you'll see in these photos

No brand claims and no made-up specifications, just what turns up at a job: a portable hot water extraction machine, a floor wand for open carpet, a smaller hand tool for stairs, edges and upholstery, and air movers that keep air flowing across a cleaned carpet so it dries faster.

A portable hot water extraction carpet cleaning machine

Portable extraction machine

Two air movers drying a freshly cleaned landing carpet

Air movers drying a landing

Floor wand on a brown carpet with a visible line between cleaned and uncleaned carpet, the extraction machine behind

Floor wand, partway through a room

Gloved hand using an upholstery hand tool on a red and green striped stair carpet

Hand tool on stairs

Carpets, stairs, offices and rugs

More photos from real jobs, mostly taken mid-clean. Each one appears on this page once.

Herringbone-pattern stair carpet being cleaned, with the hose on the lower step

Herringbone stair carpet, Co. Kildare

Office carpet

Overhead view of a patterned commercial carpet being cleaned with a floor wand

Patterned commercial carpet, from above

Bedroom carpet

A dark grey carpeted staircase in a stairwell

Dark carpeted staircase

Striped stair carpet

Landing

A grey carpet with heavy dark soiling spreading from a doorway, before cleaning

Heavy soiling, before cleaning

A mattress with the top half cleaned and the lower half still stained

Mattress, partway through

Close-up of a cleaning tool leaving a clean strip across yellow staining on a white mattress

Mattress stain treatment, close up

Brown fabric sofa

Grey patterned rug

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FAQ

About these photos

Are these photos real?

Yes. Every photo and video here is from our own jobs. Nothing is stock or AI-generated, and nothing is retouched beyond cropping, resizing and adding before/after labels. Each image appears once on this page, so the same job isn't counted twice.

Why do some "after" photos look slightly darker?

Because they're usually taken straight after cleaning, while the fibres are still damp. Damp carpet and fabric look a shade darker than they will once fully dry.

Will my carpet come out like this?

It depends on the carpet, the stain and what's happened to it before. Most everyday soiling improves a lot. Some old stains only lighten, and damage like bleach marks or burns can't be cleaned out. Send us a photo and we'll tell you honestly what's realistic before you book.

Where were these jobs?

Across Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow. Where we know roughly where a job was, we've noted the area, never the address.

Photos from the work itself

Not every job gets a before and after. These were taken during real cleans: stills from our own phone videos and photos, cropped and with location data removed.