The Benefits of Carpet Cleaning: Advice From the Professionals

Just as you would furnishings, spaces and household appliances, it is important to keep your carpets clean, both at home and at work. While it may not be the easiest of tasks to maintain a clean carpet on a regular basis, it is very necessary to do so for various health reasons.

If you wait a long time between intervals to clean your carpets, or simply don’t clean them at all, then this negligence could result in some consequences that could be detrimental to you and your housemates or colleagues:

CARPETS ATTRACT POLLUTANTS

In the Mississauga carpet cleaning area, pollutants are unavoidable, and this is especially true if you own furry pets. This is because an animal’s fur picks up all kinds of particles that will fall anywhere. Dogs and cats, for instance, love to lounge and roll around on carpets, so anything they’ve picked up will undoubtedly get stuck in the carpet. Not only that, but animals also regularly shed dander from their skin, fur or feathers. These flakes are miniscule, making them difficult to see and therefore hard to clean out, and can cause allergic reactions in humans. If your pets enjoy spending time outdoors, then there’s the added factor of outdoor pollutants being brought into the home. Of course, it’s not just your pets that need fresh air. We also bring plenty of dirt and dust inside as a result of outdoor exposure. On top of that, there’s the risk of lead, insect allergens (most notably from cockroaches, which can trigger asthma), and toxins all getting trapped in your carpets. Toxic airborne gases, especially, are released just by you walking on your carpet, and simply vacuuming your carpets without washing them won’t do much good because the friction from the vacuum will cause the toxins to evaporate into the air. All of these particles are harmful to any living being, but they are especially harmful to people and animals with serious health conditions and/or allergies.

INCOMING DUST MITES

Dirty carpets are a breeding ground for dust mites, which may astound people seeing as they are practically invisible and in and of themselves do not induce allergies. However, it is their body parts and feces that cause dust allergies, and having pets in the home can make them easily inhalable since dust mites feed on animal dander.

MOLD AND MILDEW BUILDUP

Even if you clean your floor tiles and grout regularly, avoiding your carpets will trigger an infestation of mold and mildew that will likely spread to your floors once it piles up and settles into your floor tiles, rendering your cleaning counterproductive. Infestations usually occur if there’s dirt mixed with high moisture in an area, so if you’re constantly walking around with muddy shoes and you don’t wash, dry and vacuum your carpets right away, there’s a good chance that mold and mildew will grow and settle in your carpets. Exposure to mold and mildew that’s infesting any surface is hazardous to your health; it’s not just the consummation of moldy food that can poison you.

All of these consequences could result in other illnesses besides allergies, such as chronic headaches, breathing problems (made even more frightening during sleep) and even asthma attacks. Even worse still, allowing the situation to worsen can also have unpromising implications for any potential solutions. Deep carpet cleaning is expensive, and it can also potentially cause damage to your living space. This is where Clean My Carpet comes in, the leading professional carpet cleaning company in Toronto that also extends to other suburbs in Ontario.

Expert carpet cleaners recommend that you have your carpets undergo a thorough, professional cleaning at least once a year to remove bacteria and other particles that are near impossible to spot and remove with the naked eye. According to a study by the American Lungs Association, it is crucial that you vacuum your carpets at least three times a week so that you’re able to sleep better (this is especially true for people with sleep apnea) and to help alleviate some of the difficulties people with breathing problems and asthma face. Since vacuuming alone only pushes up particles and toxins, professional carpet cleaning companies such as Toronto Carpet Cleaning can get deep into them by using special shampooing formulas that are created specifically to remove toxins from inside the carpet’s fabric. As for dust mites, Clean My Carpet can steam wash carpets to high temperatures where dust mites can no longer thrive and are forced to relocate elsewhere. In order to prevent mold and mildew buildup, we have powerful and effective drying machines that are able to eliminate moisture from carpet fabric, thus hindering the growth of mold and mildew.

There are other ways of reducing mold and mildew residue. We specialzie in mattress cleaning (you’d be surprised at how much mold and mildew can build up in mattresses as a result of leakages and even transfer from carpets) floor tile and grout cleaning, rug cleaning, allergen and odour elimination, fabric, draper and upholstery cleaning, auto cleaning and detailing, and domestic and commercial carpet instillation should you need to replace your carpets. So not only will your home be spick and span, your business office can get a good cleaning too!

Carpet Cleaning Etobicoke can also assist you in vehicle detailing specifically and it may be wise to consider professional consultation for your car’s carpets. Not only does the failure to clean your car’s carpets result in germ infestation, it also causes your car to smell. Car fresheners may mask the foul odour, but they will not solve this problem, and again, neither will you vacuuming the carpets alone. Just like in your home, the smell and bacteria will simply manifest to the point where you will start feeling the effects. In addition to your carpets, it is also a good idea to have the experts at Clean My Carpet professionally scrub and rust proof your car in order to maintain cleanliness and presentation not only from the inside, but also on the exterior. This is especially true if you decide that you want to sell your car, because car salespeople will refuse to buy it for what it’s worth if you don’t maintain it at its best condition (depending on how old your vehicle is).

As you can see, carpet cleaning doesn’t just stop at your carpets alone. With all of these services and tips that Clean My Carpet offers and more, you’ll have much of your housework cut out for you, making maintenance much easier in the main spaces of your home so that you can spend less time worrying about disease-causing germs and bacteria and more time on your other errands. Tile and grout cleaning not only has health benefits, but psychological benefits too, as having a clean space is always an uplifting feeling. The mere look and feel of cleanliness is enough to encourage much activity in the household and workspace, and it makes guests to the space feel much more welcomed. If your space has many carpets and you’re concerned about maintaining them, you should call Clean My Carpet for assistance.