Ridgeway counted 266 people in the 2020 census. You can walk Palmer Street end to end in a few minutes, and the town still sits on the ridge that the 1850 railroad followed, which is how it got its name.
We get here by driving up US-21 from Blythewood. It's a nice drive.
Country lots mean the outdoors comes inside. Red clay packs into boot treads and turns into orange smears by the back door, and dogs that spend the day out in the yard bring in burrs and pond smell. Clay is the stain people worry about most. It's also usually the one that cleans up best, as long as nobody has gone after it with a scrub brush. Let it dry all the way, vacuum up the crumbs, and leave the rest to us.
The dog smell is a different story. A deodorizing spray covers it for a day. The enzyme we use for pet odor breaks down the source in the carpet and the pad, and that's what finally makes it go away.
Older houses, mixed floors
Plenty of Ridgeway homes were built before wall-to-wall carpet was the norm. A typical visit might include wood floors with rugs on them, a carpeted bedroom or two, and tile in a kitchen that got redone at some point. We can handle all of it in one trip. Tile and grout gets a machine buffer that scrubs dirt out of the grout lines. Rugs are cleaned in your home, on the floor, with nothing loaded into the truck.
The Century House, built in 1853 and now the Town Hall, is about as old as buildings get in town, and some of the houses nearby aren't far behind. Older wool rugs in homes like that get a dye test in a hidden corner before anything else. If a color looks like it might run, the tech will show you and talk it over with you before going further.
Pig on the Ridge weekend
The first weekend in November, Pig on the Ridge fills downtown with barbecue teams and the smoke drifts for blocks. If family is coming in for it, think about timing. We'd suggest booking the week after, once all the tracked-in mess is in one place and the company has gone home.
Booking from up here
Ridgeway is far enough up the road that a little notice helps us plan the route. Give us a call at 803-393-7625, or use the online booking page and pick a day. While we're up here, we'll ask whether anything else is on your list, like a recliner or a hall runner, since one trip beats two. The $88 three-room deal on our coupons page works here the same as it does in town.