Carpet Cleaning

Professional hot water extraction "steam" cleaning restores and renovates the appearance of your carpeting. It makes it look better and smell better. Yet, there is another extremely important reason you should have your carpets professionally cleaned--your family's health. That's right. A cleaner carpet contributes to a healthier home environment.
Have you ever thought about what types of soiling and other conditions that your carpet is subjected to? Your carpet acts like a sink. It collects and filters almost every spilled material, airborne contaminant, and tracked soiling that enters your home. As a matter of fact, carpet is designed to hide soiling. By the time a carpet "looks" dirty, it can have a great deal of contamination collected in it.

What's really hiding in your carpet?

Bio-contaminants	Insoluble particulate soiling
Volatile organic compounds	Sand
Combustion products	Quartz
Asbestos	Gypsum
Dust mites	Soil
Epidermal waste	Dirt
Chemical contamination	Food particles
Migrated outdoor pollutants	Pesticides
Grease and oil deposits	Allergens

 

Big words, but what do they mean? Quite simply, if your carpet acts like a sink, then it filters and collects sources of soil, bacteria, allergens, and pollutants from the indoor environment. These contaminants are part of what makes your carpet "ugly-out." This "collection" and "filtering" process allows carpet to trap contaminants within the carpet. Hard surface floors may allow these contaminants to continue to "roam" throughout the indoor environment. But like any filter, you carpet needs to be periodically cleaned out.
If these contaminants are in your house, they could be contributing to you and your family's health and allergy problems. Bacteria, pollutants, and allergens trapped in your carpet can contribute to an unhealthy indoor environment. Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, head of Allergic Medicine at the University of Virginia Medical School, estimates somewhere between 500,000 to 1,000,000 hospital visits are made each year by patients allergic to bio-contaminants (fungi, mites, cockroaches, bacteria).

Dr. Michael Berry, Deputy Director of the Environmental Criteria and Assessment office of the Environmental Protection Agency stated, "Based on what I have learned in recent months from researchers working in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, I have reached the conclusion that carpeting and fabrics not cleaned and properly maintained have the potential to cause a variety of health problems inside the home." So what can you do about all these things that are lurking in your carpets?

What can you do about it?

For one thing, regularly vacuum. Vacuuming can remove a great deal of this soiling. But most vacuum bags allow small particles to pass through them. These released particles tend to build up over time and have the greatest potential to cause harm as they are inhaled deep into the lungs. Many other types of contamination simply cannot be removed by regular vacuuming. That is why it is absolutely essential that you have your carpets periodically steam cleaned professionally. Professional Carpet Cleaning by the Hot Water Extraction method makes a significant positive contribution to removing these contaminants. Recent tests performed by organizations such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Institute, and the Carpet and Rug Institute have demonstrated that professional cleaning can contribute to a reduction in indoor air pollutants.

Here's what Dr. Berry of the EPA has stated: "Every time carpets and fabrics are emptied of their pollution buildup through professional cleaning methods, there is a health benefit. Cleaning processes that extract pollutants from the environment enhance the quality of the indoor environment by reducing exposure. Cleaning, especially through extraction, improves environmental conditions and health protection."

Call today to have your carpets professionally steam cleaned…