About CAREFUL

Careful Hand Laundry & Dry Cleaners Limited has been in business since 1929. We are a third generation family owned and managed. Careful is the business person’s garment care specialist of choice in the GTA. We have earned this reputation with superior care and attention to every item that comes into our possession. We take great care of your business attire. Armani, Hugo Boss, Jones New York, Canali, Anne Klein and Burberry are just some of the labels on garments received by Careful to clean. Courteous and informative staff forms the backbone of our operation. We all strive to provide a rewarding and pleasurable experience for our customer. We have four locations as well as pickup and delivery service in the city of Toronto, Richmond Hill and Thornhill, Canada.

Careful and our directors have always been leaders in the garment care industry, and its directors continue to serve as media contacts, participating in informative interviews on local news segments like House & Home on Global television and W5 on CTV. Two of Careful’s officers have served as President for the Ontario Fabricare Association and both Sidney Chelsky and Brian Chelsky were honoured with the Muriel and Mike Harris Award from the Eastern Canadian Launderers and Dry Cleaners Association for their commitment and service to the textile industry. Brian Chelsky was awarded the Order of OFA 2004 from the Ontario Fabricare Association, “in recognition of the highest level of individual excellence and achievement in the garment care industry.”

Careful has also won the P4 Pollution Prevention Award for a medium sized facility in Ontario. Only two dry cleaning companies in Ontario have achieved this distinction.

Careful has treated its staff with the highest respect and provided all employees with a good working environment. As a result, most of the employees have been with the company for more than 15 years.

The new plant at 2700 Dufferin Street, unit #52 received an award from the American Dry Cleaners magazine, "Best Build Out" award.

Careful has been inspected by many levels of government to ensure compliance with laws and by-laws affecting the cleaning industry and the environment. Careful has been inspected by the following branches of government and has passed every inspection from Toronto Water, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment’s Environmental Swat Team and Environment Canada.

In fact, some government agencies have used Careful as a model of how an excellent dry cleaner should operate. Our company uses state of the art (5th generation) dry cleaning machines. There is no loss of solvent to the atmosphere. Spill containment is around the dry cleaning machines to protect the soil and groundwater. Careful was part of Environment Canada's Green Clean Project together with eleven other dry cleaners who worked with the Federal Government to reduce their dependency on perchloroethylene.

Attention to detail is apparent in our product. Shirt collars and cuffs are hand dipped in starch on request and all garments are hand finished. Garments receive three levels of inspection. Finished garments are packed with tissue to prevent creasing during transport. A thick garment poly bag is used to cover finished garments. Free minor repairs are provided to the customers.

In our continuing efforts to improve our environmentally responsible initiatives and to minimize what goes into landfills, Careful now offers re-usable garment bags for packaging most of its on-hanger clothes. You can also request reduced packaging when we return your garments to you, as well.

The solvent is filtered and continuously distilled ensuring clean solvent is used every time. Fresh detergent is automatically added to the solvent to enhance its cleaning ability.