Carpets deliver a cosy feel to your home, providing a soft and colourful home environment, but what are the signs that you need professional carpet cleaning?
Carpet will act as a big air filter in your home. Carpet traps skin cells, dust, pollen and many other particles that find their way into your home.
Keeping debris in your carpet and out of the air we breathe in our homes. Until we use a high quality beating vacuum cleaner.
As effective as a vacuum cleaner can be, A professional deep down clean is periodically required (usually on an annual basis)
Carpet cleaning is hard work, every fibre needs to be vacuumed, sprayed, agitated and rinsed thoroughly. There are many vacuum cleaners that incorporate a basic ability to clean and rinse the fibres that can be purchased at a reasonable cost.
However, professional grade cleaning equipment, products and methods will remove the majority of ground in dirt and set stains.
This equipment will also remove any cleaning solutions and leave no residues behind in the fibres.
Its well known know that D.I.Y equipment and solutions (particularly soap based) will leave a lingering residue behind that can trap dirt particles in the fibres.
Rapid drying times are also an appealing prospect when considering using a professional. With D.I.Y machines, carpets can be wet for days and can leave you with a mildew issue.
Signs that you need professional carpet cleaning
How do you know that your home will really benefit from professional carpet cleaning?
Consider these signs.
You last cleaned your carpet over two years ago?
Are you struggling to remember the last time your carpets were cleaned? This will probably mean that its time for a clean.
Yearly carpet cleaning is highly recommended, particularly if you have pets or small children living in your house.
A fully insured carpet cleaning professional, qualified and trained will have the experience and expertise to deliver a high standard of workmanship, returning your carpets back to almost new condition.
Remembering your carpets original colour
Carpet will look dull and lifeless if a thorough clean hasn’t been executed for an extended period of time. It can really look like a different colour.
Areas that are used most (heavy traffic areas) will certainly have a darker appearance to the rest of the carpet. Partly due to wear but often due to increased soiling.
Professional cleaning equipment will use much higher levels of water pressure when compared to domestic grade carpet washing equipment.
Even machines that are available to hire will offer low standards of soil removal when you compare them to pro extractors.
Lightweight cleaning equipment with low water pressure won’t be able to reach the deep carpet fibres the way a professional machine will.
The above image shows a professional machine capable of rinsing fibres up to 500 psi, a big difference from the 30 psi offered by many domestic and hire machines.
Using outdoor shoes indoors
Its almost unavoidable. People will wear outdoor shoes indoors. If its forgetting something as you are leaving for work to children sprinting in without thinking.
This will see bacteria and dirt finding its way into your home. This can have a wearing effect on your fibres as well as bringing in bacteria or polluting particles that could pose a health problem for you and your family.
Again, professional grade solutions and equipment will deal with ‘walked in’ debris on your shoes.
Difficult to remove stains
If stains appear on your carpets, its best to remove them as soon as possible.
The greater the time a spillage has in your fibres the more chance that the mark will become permanent. Try to avoid to let the stain dry.
Particularly with pet associated stains. Call a professional carpet cleaning company as soon as possible. If urine or vomit from a cat or dog is left, it can easily fix.
Our carpet fibres can easily keep odours that relate to pet stains, which become a serious problem.
Using scented air fresheners will only mask the issue, prolonging the problem. These issues will require a much deeper clean from a professional.
Often carpet odour will stimulate a call to professional carpet cleaning company, No matter how many domestic cleaning products are used, the only true remedy is deep down high power carpet cleaning.
Carpet appearance doesn’t look as it used to.
Have a good look at your carpets The fibres can flatten and look deflated. An experienced carpet cleaning company will be using high quality counter rotating brush machines.
This equipment is designed to brush cleaning solution into the fibres but also has a great pile lifting effect. Returning the life back to your carpets.
Hire options in the United Kingdom will not offer the opportunity to use a quality brush machine. Using CRB machines and a high quality clean as well as a powerful extraction machine will restore vibrancy and a fully feel / appearance.
How does your carpet feel?
Touch your carpet fibres, how do they feel? A dirty carpet will feel different to a clean carpet.
Soiled carpets will feel rough and almost compressed. Sometimes running a hand over carpet surfaces wearing a damp rubber glove will pull out a large quantity of fluff and hair. This will indicate that professional cleaning is required.
Contact your local professional carpet cleaning company to deliver the best standards of carpet cleanliness,
Signs that you need professional carpet cleaning from Natural Carpet Care.
Not all stains can be removed. Read our post relating to permanent stains and marks found on carpets in your home.
