Maintaining clean carpets is great for making your home look esthetically pleasing, vacuuming two to three times a week will help you achieve this. The most important reason to keep your carpets clean is to protect your family's health. If you have a family member with athsma, allergies, or a snoring condition; it is crucial to keep you carpets in tip-top shape. 

Dirty carpets can retain all sorts of discusting indoor air pollutnants including pet dander, lead, particle pollution and everday dust and dirt from skin cells, shoes and more. 

Regular vacuuming can actually engage these allergens into the air and spread them around, rather than picking them all up if you have not sanitized your carpets in the recent past. This is one of the reasons why regularly scheduled carpet cleaning is strongly recommended every 12-18 months. Carpet cleaning with specialized shampoos can prevent the growth of mold growth as well as clearing out any potential dust mites & particles living in your carpets. Dust mites themselves aren’t allergens, but they have a tendency to leave behind feces and body fragments that are. 

Whether you choose to hire a professional carpet cleaning service, or take on the task yourself, here is a few tips and resources to keep you healthy, sanitary and ahead of the carpet cleaning game.

Do you plan on cleaning your carpets on your own? Like any other machine, some work better than others for a multitude of reasons. Good Housekeeping researched the top carpet cleaning contraptions, here's what they had to say.

Tip: By owning a hand held mini carpet cleaner, you can keep your carpets free of minor rug stains from kids, animals, or red wine stains (it happens).  Another great way to quickly get stains out of the carpet is with hydrogen peroxide. 

Always remember to first "Blot" your carpets when manually taking out stains, rubbing the substance into the carpet can ruin the carpet by pushing the stain into the carpet further and matting the fibres of the rug. Then wash the stain with a soapy-water mix, and finally rinse the soap and stain. 


Check out this resourceful Youtube Video below for an in-depth look at the D.I.Y. stain removal solution. 

 

If you choose to hire a professional carpet cleaning service, do your research. It is always in your best interest to ask lots of questions, look for deals (check out groupon) and ask your friends for referrals!

Feel free to contact us for assistance with your house cleaning & home maintenance needs!


Which company do you use for professional carpet cleaning in the Langley / Aldergrove / Surrey / Abbotsford area?