If you have carpet in your house, you know that regular vacuuming will not always suffice, and there will come a time when you will need to have it cleaned in some way, whether you do it yourself or hire a carpet cleaning company to do it for you. The difficult part may be determining when that should happen, and to be frank, it can depend on your definition of a clean carpet.
You Can’t See All the Dirt
If you have a darker carpet in your home and vacuum on a regular basis, months will pass and your carpet does not appear dirty at all. But, just because you can’t see the dirt, does that mean it’s really clean? Quite likely, this is not the case. Vacuuming on a regular basis helps a lot, but even the best vacuum in the world can’t get everything.
Odors and Carpets
A clean carpet should also have a pleasant smell. It can be difficult to notice that this is no longer the case because you have become accustomed to the smell in your house.
Sometimes, it is not until a guest enters the room and wrinkles their nose a little (they will rarely comment on an odor, as people are generally too polite to do so) that a homeowner discovers that their carpet isn’t quite as clean as they thought.
Allergens and Carpeting
A cleaner carpet is one that is as sterile as possible. A carpet can serve as a natural filter, drawing allergens and germs from the air you breathe down into its fibers. One of the advantages of using a carpet in the first place is that it allows for more fresh air. All of that bad stuff, on the other hand, has to go somewhere, and that somewhere is usually deep in the carpet, out of reach. Vacuuming will remove much of it, but not all of it.
Carpet Cleaning at the Proper Time
When you buy a new carpet, you’ll usually be told that it needs to be cleaned every 12 months or so, and for many households, this is appropriate. If you have small children or pets that spend a lot of time on the carpet, or if you smoke, you might want to do it more often, particularly if you want a carpet that is genuinely clean rather than one that just looks clean.
Not sure if your carpet is really clean?
Professional carpet cleaning is faster, more efficient and affordable than ever, so booking an appointment just makes sense. And while you may not have noticed before how dirty or smelly it was, once it’s been professionally cleaned you’ll be stunned by the positive difference!
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