Grand Rapids, MI
49504
Tel: (616)454-2222 Fax (616)454-2249.
Ken Koets is an IICRC Master Cleaner/Master
Restorer
Nathan Koets is a graduate of the Auserehlian Rug
School in Berthoud, CO.
The company also specializes in H2O/fire damage. handwash@iserv.net JBOC: Nathan has earned the Master
Oriental Rug Cleaner designation from the
Auserehlian Guild. Nathan is widely accepted in
the industry as one of the real experts.
Apex Carpet Care, LLC
Bob Rogers
PO Box 80095 Charleston, SC 29416
843-769-7445
843-763-5719 Fax bobrog@apexcarpets.com www.apexcarpets.com
Apex Carpet Care has 3 of the 6 IICRC Certified
Master Textiles in the area working for them.
Operations Manager, Jonathan Spires, is an IICRC
Certified Rug Cleaning Technician with over 15
years experience. Do to the amount of sand
imbedded in rugs from local beaches, all rugs are
“Rug Badgered” prior to cleaning.
AWPOV Rug Specialist, Inc.
Linda Plunkett
Brooksville, FL
352-799-3983 Contact Us www.awpov.com
Certified Oriental Rug Specialist (CRS),
Certified Fabric Specialist (CFS), Certified
Leather Specialist, Master Textile Cleaner and
Certified Firm. Certified through the Association
of Specialists in Cleaning And Restoration [ASCR] and the
Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and
Restoration Certification [IICRC].
Babaian Rug Company
Armen C Babaian C.R.A.
15468 Strollways Drive, Chesterfield,Mo.63017
Office 636-537-3332
Web www.babaianrugs.com
e-mail info@babaianrugs.com
In operation since 1910, Babaian Rug Co is a 3rd
generation family business. Armen has over 30
years of experience Cleaning, Appraising,
Repairing & Restoring handmade rugs and
textiles. Please visit our web site for a
complete list of services & credentials.
Paul Brown
5670 Dempset Place , Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Tele: 707 322-7208 Cydyn@aol.com
Chase Carpet Care Co
Neil Atkinson
2065 S Hudson Street Denver CO 80222
303-753-9171 office@chasecarpet.com www.chasecarpetcare.com
32 years IICRC Certified Master Cleaner IICRC
Certified Rug Cleaning Tech
Years in wool/natural fiber rug care__30 years
IICUC certified in June 1975, one of the founders
of PCUCA in 1976, was the IICUC Administrator
from 1979 - 1982, PCUCA representative to the
IICRC Board 1990 - 1995, IICRC corporate
secretary 1996 - 1999, and current PCUCA
representative to the IICRC Board of Directors.
Thea M. Sand
1105 Rainier Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98144
206-322-2200 emmanuelsrug@earthlink.net www.emmanuelsrug.com JBOC: Thea Sand is a Restoration Industry
Association Certified Rug Specialist, is
President of Emmanuel’s Rug and Upholstery
Cleaners, and a fourth-generation expert in
cleaning, repair, and restoration. Emmanuel’s,
which was founded by Thea’s
great-grandfather in 1907, has been continuously
family-owned and operated in Seattle, WA for over
100 years. An IICRC Senior Floor Covering
Inspector, expert witness, appraiser and floor
covering consultant since 1995, Thea is currently
President of the Carpet Cleaners Institute of the
Northwest and a board member of the National
Institute of Rug Cleaners (NIRC). She is
membership secretary for the Armenian Rug
Society, a member of the San Francisco Bay Area
Oriental Rug Society and the Seattle Textile and
Rug Society. She has facilitated technical
writing in inspector certification classes at the
Academy of Textiles and Flooring in Whittier CA
and teaches Oriental Rug repair.
Extractions Carpet Cleaning
Kevin Menefee
240-426-4288 kevinmenefee@yahoo.com
IICRC Classes but never took the test. Have taken
some other classes at local suppliers and watched
a few video's over the years. Years in
wool/natural fiber rug care: 20. Started in 1987
working for a company as assistant manager and
did most of the inplant rug cleaning. Started
Extractions 3 years later.
Gady's Oriental Rugs Gallery
Altan Ismerkezi Kat:3/56
Cemberlitas Istanbul Turkey
Tele: 0090-5322947148 0090-2124584525
Email: gady_org@yahoo.comtappeti1976@yahoo.com
Professional cleaning & expert restoration
for collectors & dealers.Offers invisible
repair.
Herat Carpets
Shir Khosrow Paiwand
416-920-3680 Toronto Canada
I have been told that Anwar is the best
restorer in Toronto.
Hilman Oriental Rugs
& Restoration
Randy Hilman
Ric-Mar Plaza
454 Whittier Highway
Moultonboro, NH 03254
603-253-3044
HORR is a full-service oriental carpet
dealer in Central New Hampshire offering
also expert restoration weaving to the
trade, specialist collectors and general
consumers since 1994. HORR maintains its
own workshop in central Turkey employing
artisans from Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan
and Afghanistan. Reconstructions range
from basic constructive repairs to
archival-quality restorations of knotted
pile and woven textiles utilizing the
best quality commercial and handspun
carpet yarns together with authentic
vegetal and premium Suisse dyes. HORR is
a qualified cleaner, appraiser, and
seller of handmade carpets, kilims and
ethnographic textiles, antique and
contemporary.
Harold and Melissa
Keshishian
4505 Stanford ST. Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 654-4044
Keshishian's is one of the truly great
full service carpet stores. New and
antique carpets and the best in hand
washing and repairs.
Rodolfo Kashanian, Davide Halevim
and Marianna Prevarin
via Capelli 6 - Milano
tel 02 2708 0854 fax 02 2578 5245 opificio@opificio.org
Oriental Rug Cleaning Co.
Ellen Amirkhan
3907 Ross Ave, Dallas, TX 75204
214-821-9135
8 - 5 CST Monday - Friday
Appraisal, Cleaning and Restoration Since 1911 http://www.dallasrugcleaner.com/
Ellen Amirkhan, 3rd generation rug cleaning
expert from one of the most successful 100 year
old companies in the industry, Certified Rug
Specialist, Appraiser, and Past President of the
National Institute of Rug Cleaning. Ellen
co-authored "A Comprehensive Guide to
Oriental and Specialty Rug Cleaning" with
Aaron Groseclose. It is the single best book for
Oriental Rug Cleaning.
Kevin Pearson
525 N. Houston Avenue, Humble, TX 77338,
281-548-7200
Fax 281-548-7201
Cell 281-723-8603 www.pearsoncarpetcare.com www.prodrying.com
Cleaning rugs for 15 years. IICRC Master Textile
Cleaner. Certified in rug cleaning and has been
to Aaron Groseclose and Ellen Amirkhan 's class
twice. Also learned Phil Auserehl's system. We
own a rug badger and we pit wash rugs. Serves on
three committees with the IICRC and is on the
board of Directors of the PCRA (Professional
Cleaning and Restoration Association). More
information on www.pearsoncarpetcare.com
Serving Humble, Kingwood, Spring, Huffman,
Summerwood, Fall Creek, Porter, and New Caney
areas.
158 West 23rd St.New York NY
10011
Tel: 212-691-6948
Pride Carpet Cleaning
William Thornton, President
3027 N. E. 12 Terrace
Oakland Park, FL 33334
Ph: 954-832-0799
Fax: 954-358-0619
Renaissance Rug & Textile
Cleaning Inc.
Randy Hyde
1926 SE 10th St. Portland, OR 97214
Tel: (503) 963-8565
Specializing in hand washing and repair of rugs
and textiles.
Randy Hyde worked for Atiyeh brothers in Portland
for eight years and four years with James Opie
Rugs. These jobs exposed him to cleaning a full
range of new, antique and decorative rugs. Hyde
interned with Talisman Cleaning in Santa Cruz and
has been through the ASCR and CCINW training
courses. Hyde is a founding member of the
Portland Area Rug Society. JBOC: Randy Hyde is also someone I
recognize for his wise and generous help to
others in answering questions.
Joe, Joyce, Jeff and Jere Jones
2226 West Britton Road Oklahoma City OK
Tel: 405.843.9644
Fax: 405-848-2715 NavajoRugMan@AOL.com
Jeff Jones is a CRS Certified Rug Specialist and
a nice guy.
William A. Marshall
3415 East Kleindale Road Suite
131
Tucson AZ 85716
Tel: 520-326-9432
Bill has a large modern cleaning plant. I had a
chance to tour Bill's facility and he comes
highly recommended.
Ziegler Preservation Cleaning
Specialists Inc.
39a Shelter Rock Road
Danbury, CT 06810
866-563-2781
203-743-2781 Ziegler.Carpet@sbcglobal.net www.ZieglerCarpetCleaning.com
Founded in 1951by Gerald and Barbara Ziegler . G.
Ziegler Custom Rug Cleaning, as it was called
back then, was one of only three rug cleaning
plants in Connecticut. Gerald was an active
member of the National Institute of Rug Cleaning.
Ziegler Preservation Cleaning Specialists
specializes in the cleaning and repair of
Orientals and area rugs and many of the textiles
found in homes of today. Phillip Ziegler has
worked in the cleaning industry for over 28
years, is a IICRC certified "Master Textile
Cleaner" and is certified by the Restoration
Industry Association as a "Certified Rug
Specialist". Phillip is an active member of
RIA and is a volunteer council member with the
National Institute of Rug Cleaning.
