Your carpet is one of the most important features of your home. It is not as eye-catching as any feature or furniture, but it can make a subtle difference to your home looking clean and fresh, or dirty and drab.
Your carpet is one of the most important features of your home. It is not as eye-catching as any feature or furniture,
but it can make a subtle difference to your home looking clean and fresh, or dirty and drab.
A simple but highly effective tip to maintaining your carpet is to use doormats at entrances to your home. It is also a good idea to have a mat at any transition from a hard surface onto carpet, as it greatly reduces the amount of soil transferred onto your carpet.
The most important piece of advice in carpet care is however, vacuuming. Vacuuming should be carried out regularly and thoroughly, particularly on areas where the carpet receives heavy traffic. Wear of carpeting is increased by the amount of soil that is trampled into it; oily soil being the worst offender.
Frequent vacuuming prevents the soil build up and thus giving you clean results each time. The longer you leave the vacuuming, the less clean you will be able to get your carpet. Slow and firm strokes with the vacuum will achieve more than hurrying, and should aim to complete four passes of the backward and forward motion over the same area for a thorough clean.
If the carpet has not been cleaned thoroughly in some time, it is likely that your home vacuum cleaner will not be up to the job. Hiring a professional can get your carpet back up to standard. Is recommended that maintaining a long life for your carpet it should receive a deep clean every 12 months.
The hot water extraction system or 'steam cleaning' as it is known provides a good method of deep
carpet cleaning watford. A solution of water and detergent is sprayed into the carpet pile, and then is sucked out by a powerful vacuum which recovers the water and the soil from the carpet. The receiving unit can either be a portable system, or an exterior truck mounted unit.
If you decide to opt for a hot water extraction/steam cleaning professional, it is important to get a trained, insured and experienced professionals. You will recognize a professional by the presence, equipment, products he uses, customer service, etc.
The process of preparing your carpet for hot water extraction is explained on our website or can be explained by the technician itself before the job to be done.
To avoid dents and depressions from heavy furniture or large objects the best piece of advice is to move their position slightly from time to time.
In the instance where your carpet has already been grooved, brush the dented carpet or try to loosen it with a grooming tool. Then using a steam iron and
holding it about 2/3 inches above the carpet, steam the area and tuft up the dent with your fingers. If the carpet contains any kind of acrylic, you can set a
hair dryer to warm instead as steam could melt the fibres.
