Having carpets in your home adds beauty to your space, but carpets also accumulate lots of dust and require regular maintenance.
How Clean Is the Carpet in Your Home?
Are you aware that a carpet can contain as much as four times its weight in mold, bacteria, urine, pet hair, dead skin cells, mites, dust, dirt, and other nasty stuff? If the thought of what can be hidden in your carpet causes you to want to call a professional, you have made a wise decision.
Companies like My Home Carpet Cleaning NYC can improve your rug’s life and create a clean and fresh environment for your family and pets.
What Is Trapped in Your Carpet?
If your carpet has four times its weight in dirt, it is 4000 times as dirty as a toilet seat. Your carpet serves as an air filter in the home. It traps and removes dirt, dust, VOCs, and other unpleasant components such as dust mites; pet hair and urine; pollen grains; dead skin cells; bacteria including Listeria, Shigella, and Salmonella from the air.
Nine out of ten people admit to eating food dropped on the floor, citing the ‘five-second’ rule. That five-second rule is only a myth. Bacteria is capable of living more than four weeks on carpet. Most people don’t remove the shoes they are wearing before walking on carpets. Many people cover a mark or stain on a rug by moving furniture around to cover it.
Regular Vacuuming
It is essential to vacuum carpets regularly. Vacuuming is the easiest way to clean area rugs and carpets between steams. Vacuum at least once per week to keep abrasive dust particles out of the carpet fibers. If you have pets in the home or high-traffic areas, ramp up the frequency. Daily vacuuming may be necessary.
However, vacuuming does not remove deep-down bacteria, mites, and dirt. Air, blown from a vacuum while it runs, is among the top five dirtiest areas of a home. The other four are dish sponges, kitchen trash cans, toilet while flushing, and washing machines.
Professional carpet cleaning removes deep-down bacteria; mites, and dirt; extends the life of the carpet; removes stains; and makes the carpet look cleaner and brighter. Vacuuming is insufficient, and so is do-it-yourself steam cleaning.
Professional cleaning protects the carpet and your health. According to Robin Wilson, a specialist in allergy-free housing keeping, the quality of indoor air can be ten times worse than the quality of outdoor air, if floors and drapes are not kept clean and air let in regularly.
Only steam effectively lifts dirt from deep within a carpet. Dirt wears down and rips carpet fibers if not removed. Professional machines zap the moisture from the steam when the cleaning is finished. If that moisture is not removed, the home becomes a mold growth incubator.
How Often Should a Carpet Be Cleaned?
Four out of ten people never have carpets cleaned professionally. It is recommended to have them cleaned every 12 to 18 months. Nearly all carpet companies require carpets to be professionally cleaned every year or two years to keep the warranty valid. More regular cleaning may be needed if kids, pets, or allergy and asthma sufferers live in the home. Regardless of how often experts perform the task, professional steam cleaning is necessary.
