Costly Carpet Cleaning Misconceptions

Here are some carpet cleaning misconceptions that could cost you a pretty penny if you do not do some research and find out the true facts on how often to clean your carpet.

#1: WAIT AS LONG AS YOU CAN TO CLEAN YOUR CARPET

FALSE.

FACT: Dirt is an abrasive – like sandpaper. Every time you step on your carpet, you grind dirt into the carpet fibers. This cuts your carpet, just as if you had used a knife. This cutting causes your carpet to wear out faster. A dirty carpet will not last as long as a clean carpet. And while vacuuming helps, by itself, it’s simply not enough. The longer you wait to have your carpet cleaned, the more damage you do to your carpet and the faster it wears out.

#2: THE ONLY REASON TO CLEAN CARPET IS TO REMOVE THE DIRT

FALSE.

FACT: Outdoor air contains pollens, fungus, bacteria, cigarette smoke, car exhaust, and hundreds of other pollutants. When you come into your home, you carry those pollutants in your hair and on your skin, clothing, and shoes. Not surprisingly, all those pollutants and toxins wind up in your carpet. If you have allergies, asthma, emphysema, or other breathing problems, one major source of your problem could be the pollutants in your carpet.

#3: ONE METHOD OF CARPET CLEANING IS AS GOOD AS ANOTHER

FALSE.

FACT: The dry cleaning method—that use dry foam, dry chemicals, and dry compound—do not rinse your carpet in any way. Instead, they leave a dirty residue. This method only cleans your carpet halfway. The most effective cleaning method is hot water extraction. Hot water extraction means a hot water cleaning solution, under high pressure, is forced into your carpet, and then extracted out of your carpet.

Carpet cleaners use one of two types of hot water extraction. If they use a large unit that operates from a van or truck outside your facility, it’s called truck-powered extraction. If they use a small unit that can be brought inside, it’s called portable extraction. Carpet manufacturers recommend the truck-powered unit, and they recommend the small, portable unit only in areas where the truck-powered unit won’t reach. The truck-powered extraction cleans your carpet much better because it heats the water to a high temperature, which breaks up the dirt, bacteria, chemicals and pollutants in the carpet. Then the machine uses high suction to draw the dirt and chemicals out of your carpet. Hot water extraction is the method Dream Steam uses.

#4: HAVING THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT IS ALL A COMPANY NEEDS TO CLEAN YOUR CARPETS PROPERLY

FALSE.

FACT: Many companies own hot water carpet cleaners, but very few companies teach their employees how to use them properly. This is why it’s important that you choose your carpet cleaner carefully. Dream Steam offers 100% satisfaction guarantee because we stand by the quality of our service.

#5: THE COMPANY THAT OFFERS THE LOWEST PRICE IS THE COMPANY YOU SHOULD HIRE.

FALSE.

FACT: We’ve seen so many problems arise from lowest-bid companies, that we suggest you NEVER hire the company that quotes the cheapest price. The two most common problems are:

The price may not be for the services you want performed. The company may be equipped to remove only the dirt from your carpet, but you may want bacteria, fungus, pollutants, dust mites, and tobacco residues removed as well.
The price you see advertised may not be the price you pay. Many homeowners have learned that the low price they saw advertised lasted only until the carpet cleaner got into their home. Then they were pressured into paying a lot more for a variety of add-ons. (Some cleaners even break the law by using illegal bait and switch tactics.)

#6: ANY HONEST CARPET CLEANING COMPANY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN EXACT PRICE QUOTE OVER THE TELEPHONE

FALSE.

FACT: Honest, reputable carpet cleaning companies almost never price carpet cleaning by the room. Instead, carpet cleaning is usually price by the square foot. So if you’d like us to tell you the exact cost of cleaning your carpet, we need to know the exact number of square feet that you want cleaned. To get an accurate measurement, we use a measuring device to calculate the exact size of the carpet area. Any honest and professional carpet cleaning company should be willing to offer you a free carpet estimate and completely analyze your carpet cleaning needs.

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