Carpet Cleaning
Carpeting is the most luxurious floor covering you can own.It adds color, style, image, “feel” and acoustic to the indoor environment. It is also designed to hide soiling. That’s right–by the time a carpet looks dirty, it already is very dirty. The law of gravity tells us that whatever is spilled in the indoor environment, it falls to the floor. If carpet is there, it will often hide it. What we’re trying to say is that carpet serves as a sink. It collects and filters things from the indoor environment. Soil, bacteria, allergens, and pollutants fall to the ground and collect in the carpeting.
Does the fact that your carpet is a sink and that it collects and filters things, mean that carpet is bad? Absolutely not. Not when carpeting is properly maintained. Think about other floor covering alternatives–tile or linoleum floors; hardwood floors; concrete floors; or dirt floors. HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THEM TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING UNSIGHTLY DIRTY? They obviously are still affected by the laws of gravity. You have to sweep and mop them all the time. Proper carpet maintenance is a lot easier. Also, other floor covering alternatives do not filter contaminants from the air. Therefore, these contaminants continue to float throughout the indoor environment. If carpet is a sink, then quite simply, we need to empty out that sink periodically. Regular vacuuming can only remove some of the soiling. That is why carpet mills, fiber producers, government authorities, medical personel and more recognize the absolute necessity of periodic professional cleaning.
Periodic professional cleaning is necessary at least once every twelve to eighteen months, more often if traffic and soiling conditions dictate. Through professional deep cleaning (hot water extraction), we can effectively remove most soiling–including allergens, bacteria, and pollutants, and clean out that sink. If you have questions about the interaction of carpet and carpet cleaning with the indoor environment, please do not hesitate to call us.
