Upholstery and Office Furniture Cleaning

The soft surfaces your people touch all day, cleaned in place instead of replaced.

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The surfaces everyone touches and nobody cleans

Desks get wiped. Floors get vacuumed. The chair somebody sits in all day, the fabric panel beside it, and the couch in reception often go years without professional attention.

They collect the same things everything else does, and then hold on to them: dust, fine grit, skin oils, hand cream, spilled coffee, and whatever came in on the last coat thrown over the back of a chair. Because the soil spreads evenly through the weave, the decline is gradual enough that nobody notices until a new chair arrives beside an old one.

We clean soft surfaces on site for offices, clinics, schools, and municipal buildings across Peterborough and the Kawarthas towns we serve, from Lindsay through to Hastings.

What we clean

  • Task chairs and desk chairs, including arms, backs, and bases
  • Fabric workstation panels and partition systems
  • Reception seating, lounge chairs, and sofas
  • Boardroom and conference room seating
  • Waiting room and exam room chairs in clinics
  • Lunchroom and cafeteria seating, fabric and vinyl
  • Cubicle tackboards and acoustic fabric surfaces
  • Wood boardroom tables, reception desks, and credenzas
  • Millwork and wood trim that routine cleaning skips
  • Pre-treatment of heavy staining before general cleaning

Soft surfaces and shared-space hygiene

High-touch cleaning usually means handles, switches, and push plates. Fabric gets left out of the conversation because it is harder to wipe, which is exactly why it deserves a place in the program.

Chair arms, backs, and seat edges take contact all day long. So do the fabric panels people lean against and the shared seating in waiting areas and lunchrooms. Cleaning these surfaces properly lifts out the soil the weave has been holding, which does quiet work for the air in the room, and it makes the spaces where people sit together feel looked after rather than tolerated.

The work pairs naturally with our disinfection services for high-touch areas, so soft and hard surfaces in the same room get the same standard of attention.

Wood furniture cleaning and care

Wood is the other surface that suffers from being cleaned with whatever is under the sink. General-purpose sprays can leave a film, dull the sheen, and attract fingerprints and dust straight back onto the table you just wiped.

We clean and care for wood furnishings with products made for finished wood, which lift soil without stripping the finish and leave the grain looking deeper rather than glossy and streaked. Boardroom tables and reception desks are the first impression a visitor gets at close range, and they are worth doing properly.

How it works

  1. Request a quoteTell us roughly what you have and how many pieces. It takes about two minutes.
  2. Free on-site walkthroughWe check fabrics, finishes, and soil levels, then price the scope. No pressure, no obligation.
  3. We handle the restWe clean in place on a schedule that suits your floor, and log the visit in your client portal.

Why ServiceMaster Clean of Peterborough

Locally ownedPeterborough born, with management you can reach directly.
No subcontractorsEvery clean is done by our own trained, vetted, in-house teams.
Everything suppliedProfessional equipment and cleaning products come with the job.
Insured and bondedFull general liability insurance, WSIB coverage, and bonded staff.
Vetted, identifiable staffOur people pass police background checks and wear uniforms and ID badges on site.
Service guaranteeIf it is not right, we make it right.

Related services and industries

Commercial carpet cleaningThe other large soft surface in the same room Janitorial and office cleaningThe daily program your furniture sits inside Specialty and on-demand cleaningOne-time deep cleans and move-in projects Office and corporate cleaningWorkstations, boardrooms, and reception areas Healthcare and clinic cleaningWaiting rooms and exam room seating Municipal and government cleaningCouncil chambers and public waiting areas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can office chairs be cleaned without taking them out of the building?

Yes. All of this work is done on site. We clean chairs, sofas, reception seating, and fabric panels where they stand, so nothing is crated up and sent away and nobody loses their desk for a week. Larger jobs are usually scheduled after hours or split by department.

How do you know a method is safe for our fabric?

We check the material before we start. Fabric type, colour fastness, the manufacturer's cleaning code, and how heavily soiled the piece is all change what we use on it. A wool blend on a boardroom chair is not treated like a vinyl seat in a lunchroom, and a test in a hidden spot settles anything we are unsure about.

Do you clean wood furniture as well as fabric?

We do. Wood furniture cleaning and care is part of the service: boardroom tables, reception desks, credenzas, and millwork. We use products intended for wood finishes rather than general-purpose cleaners, which keeps the surface from clouding or drying out over time.

Is upholstery cleaning worth it compared with buying new chairs?

Task chairs and panel systems are expensive to replace across a whole floor, and that cost arrives all at once. Cleaning on a planned cycle keeps the fabric looking even and spreads the cost into pieces you can budget. Our page on how commercial cleaning pricing works sets out what drives the number.

Will there be a smell or a damp chair afterwards?

There can be a faint scent for a short while, more noticeable on wool than on synthetics, and it clears with air circulation. We use methods that put down as little moisture as the soil level allows, and we say before we start which pieces will need time before they are sat on again.

Let's Keep Your Facility Looking Its Best

Backed by our service guarantee. If it's not right, we make it right.

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