Cleaner Carpets Mean a Healthier Family
Consider this question for a few minutesin what locality of your home could there be more bacteria...your toilet seat or your carpeting?
Would you possibly believe that the actual answer is - your carpet!? Studies show the typical homeowners' carpet has about 200,000 bacteria in every square inch, around four THOUSAND times as much as their toilet seat. Doesn't that make you want to walk around without your socks on?
From where does all this bacteria originate from? It comes from skin cells, food and drink particles, pollen, fertilizers, chemicals, exhaust, pesticides and all sorts of other pollutants that bring in bacteria to reside in your carpeting. It is brought in from your shoes, your clothes, your skin, your hair, even the air.
That's why it's so important to schedule regular carpet cleanings. If you wait until your carpet looks dirty to get it cleaned, you've already been living among and breathing in these dangerous substances in your floors. Carpet cleaning doesn't only mean cleaning the dirt and spots that are completely visible, but it means getting rid of the germs and bacteria below the surface.
Unfortunately, most vacuums and the vast majority of hardware store rental or retail carpet cleaning machines don't have the suction power, high temperatures, or high enough water pressure to get rid of much of these bacteria. The "one size fits all" cleaning solutions available to the general homeowner don't have the effectiveness as those made particularly for the cleaning industry. A good carpet cleaner has a range of cleaners to use in different of situations. A good carpet cleaner has also had training to use these cleaners appropriately. Over using or using the incorrect type of cleaning products in your carpets can lead to troubles. Is every carpet cleaner in your town qualified for this? Not if he isn't using the right cleaners, methods, tools, or doesn't have an ample amount of correct training.
You'll appreciate, then, why it's so important to find a company that uses qualified, skilled, IICRC Certified technicians for a deep steam clean at a minimum once every twelve months.
What can you do to maintain clean carpets in between professional cleanings? To cut down the amount of bacteria in your carpet, remove all shoes worn outside once you come inside your home. Use rugs you can machine wash in your high-traffic areas. Consider though, this won't totally get rid of these pollutants; they still get tracked in from your skin, hair, socks, and clothes. But it will reduce them and help keep your house and air cleaner. In addition, vacuum at least once per week, even more if you have kids or pets living and playing on your floors.
An important yet often looked over key to maintaining good health is by keeping a clean home. A hygienic home and fresh carpets make for fresh air and a family in better health.
How could clean carpets contribute to your having a healthy family? Will carpet cleaning make your air cleaner and keep your home free of the bacteria below the surface?. This article, Cleaner Carpets Mean a Healthier Family is released under a creative commons attribution license.
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