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Rug Doctor carpet cleaner hire
With the Rug Doctor carpet cleaning machine rental service you can clean your carpets and upholstery easily and efficiently and say goodbye to professional carpet cleaning*.
Available to hire from our larger Eire stores, choosing Rug Doctor to clean your carpets and upholstery is as easy as 1, 2, 3.
How Rug Doctor works
Rug Doctor has an innovative, three-step process of injection, agitation and extraction which transforms carpets using powerful, dual cross brushes to remove dirt and grime lurking in your carpets and upholstery*.
Which Rug Doctor do you need?
At B&Q stores you can choose from two Rug Doctor cleaning machine options. Both carpet cleaning machines offer the same exceptional, professional cleaning power with Rug Doctor’s innovative one-pass cleaning system.
Decide how many rooms you want to clean – labels on the front of all Rug Doctor detergent bottles will give a guide of coverage achieved to help in deciding.
An average 3 bedroom house will take approximately a day to clean and dry, including moving furniture.
Choose from two types of machine
Standard machine
in one pass, the standard Rug Doctor model uses a unique three-step process of injection, agitation and extraction to transform and refresh old, tired looking carpets, with no need to keep going back and forth over the area.
Wide track machine
Using the Rug Doctor wide track gives a faster cleaning performance with fewer refills due to the 30% bigger cleaning capacity tank and 16% wider cleaning path. Perfect for cleaning larger homes, with less time spent emptying and reflling.
Rug Doctor hand tool kit
For cleaning stairs, upholstery and hard to reach places, why not hire the Rug Doctor hand tool kit for only an extra €6.65 – it’ll make quick work of those grimy corners!
You can also make light work of cleaning car interiors and even some mattresses* using this handy tool!
Hire in store
You can hire Rug Doctor from the majority of our stores for either 24 or 48 hours. Just go into store and speak to any of our customer advisors who will guide you through the process and explain the basic operation of the machine. You can also call ahead to check availability, especially a good idea during busy times.
Remember to bring 2 forms of ID with you to hire your Rug Doctor. We accept a Debit/Credit card as one form of ID, plus either a Photo Driving Licence or Passport. If you pay by cash please bring a recent utility bill and a Photo ID.
A €10 cleaning deposit** is required for booking a Rug Doctor machine. This is to encourage the return of clean Rug Doctor machines. Your deposit will be refunded on return of the machine, providing the machine is returned in a clean and undamaged condition with the receipt for the transaction.
Don't forget your Rug Doctor detergents
At B&Q we sell Rug Doctor detergents and spot cleaners in various sizes. Each size has a guide of how many rooms it can clean:
- 1 litre bottle - up to 2 rooms
- 2 litre bottle up to 4 rooms
- 4 litre bottle up to 8 rooms.
Why not use our free Click + Collect service to pick up your detergents when you collect your Rug Doctor cleaner.
Rug Doctor FAQ's
We've gathered some frequently asked questions to help you hire your Rug Doctor in-store.
The cost depends on your chosen rental period, machine type and cleaning solutions.
Here’s how price varies by rental period and machine type:
24-hour rental period
- Standard Rug Doctor – €37.20
- Wide Track machine – €43.90
48-hour rental period
- Standard Rug Doctor – €43.90
- Wide Track machine – €49.20
As part of the rental, you’ll need Rug Doctor carpet detergent to use with the machine. Detergents can be purchased here and in store.
Please note the hand tool attachment is an additional €6.65.
A €10 deposit is required for booking a Rug Doctor machine. this is to encourage the return of clean Rug Doctor machines. Your deposit will be refunded on return of the machine, providing the machine is returned in a clean and undamaged condition with the receipt for the transaction.
You can clean carpets, rugs, upholstery, mattresses and vehicle interiors with a Rug Doctor rental and the Hand Tool attachment.
Some types of carpet and fabric may not be suitable for cleaning.
Suitable for:
- Cut-pile carpets
- Other carpets: With extra care, you can clean wool, Berber and shag-pile carpets. Avoid overwetting carpet by only going over it once and repeat vacuum only passes. For wool/wool mix carpets, only use lukewarm water.
- Area rugs
- Upholstery and Interiors (Hand Tool)
- Mattresses (Hand Tool)
Unsuitable for:
- Oriental rugs (silk or wool)
- Dry-clean only carpets
- Hand-loomed or braided rugs
- Sisal or jute carpets
- Hard floors, including tiles, wood and laminate flooring
- Natural fibre Sea grass matting
- Silk Haitian cotton
- Ruylux
- Velvet
- Brushed corduroy
- Leather
- Non-colourfast fabrics
- Berber
- Flotex Memory foam mattresses
It takes around two to four hours for carpets to dry after a Rug Doctor clean. However, this depends on ventilation to the room, whether the room is unheated and the outside temperature.
The machine vacuums up about 80% of the water it dispenses on to the carpet.
For quicker results, you can go over the carpet without holding the red spray button to soak up more water.
Rug Doctor cleaning solutions have been specially formulated for use with a Rug Doctor and provide the best results.
As part of the hiring terms and conditions we don’t permit the use of other branded products in the machines.
We cannot be held responsible for damage caused by unauthorised products.
No, you can’t use a Rug Doctor on hard surfaces. The machine may scratch the hard flooring, and there is nothing to capture water sprayed onto the surface.
Terms & conditions
*A full list of all materials which can be cleaned by Rug Doctor can be found here. https://www.rugdoctor.co.uk/faq/.
**A €10 deposit is required for booking a Rug Doctor machine. This is to encourage the return of clean Rug Doctor machines. Your deposit will be refunded on return of the machine, providing the machine is returned in a clean and undamaged condition with the receipt for the transaction. A full list of terms and conditions can be found on the Rug Doctor website https://www.rugdoctor.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/.