How To Keep Your Carpets Clean Longer

When anyone walks into a full carpeted home, the first thing they notice is the carpets. Your carpet makes a major difference in your home. Even if you spend time cleaning your home, if your carpets are dirty, the whole house feels and smells dirty. If your carpets are clean and smell good, the rest of your house looks and smells clean.

Regular maintenance of your home carpet is the key to maintaining your carpet healthy and long-lasting. Here are several tips on what you will need to maintain your carpets healthy and in return, lasting you longer.

#1 CARPET PROTECTION

For high trafficked areas in your home, you might want to consider investing in an area rug to protect your carpet. The area rug will reduce the amount of dust and dirt that your carpet comes in contact with and it will reduce the amount of carpet cleaning service calls. For example, placing a runner at the door entrance hallway will reduce the amount of damage that your carpet endures as people bring in the elements of outside (mud, dirt, water) unto your carpet. If you opt for an area rug, make sure that the rug stays clean. It is a lot easier to clean a rug than it is to clean an entire carpet.

#2 WELCOME YOUR GUESTS WITH A WELCOME MAT

You can protect your carpet by putting a welcome mat in front of the door on the outside and one on the inside. These mats will reduce the amount of dirt that you and your guests track in. You may also want to make your home a “no-shoes” zone. This is a simple way to prevent the carpet from getting dirty.

#3 VACUUM, VACUUM, VACUUM

Regular vacuuming is one of the best things that you can do in order to care for your carpet and reducing carpet cleaning servicing. Vacuuming removes the dirt and prevents it from getting deep down in your carpet. You should vacuum at least once a week. If your carpet receives a lot of traffic, then you may need to vacuum two or three times per week.

In order to get the most out of vacuuming, you will need to go slowly. The higher the traffic is, the slower you should go. If you go too quickly, then you probably will not pick up all of the dirt.

#4 NOT ALL VACUUMS ARE CREATED EQUAL

Using the right size vacuum cleaner is one of the keys to getting the most out of it. For example, you can use a cordless handheld vacuum cleaner to get places like the stairs and corners. An upright vacuum cleaner is ideal for large carpeted rooms.

#5 SNAG ALERT!

If you have pets and kids, then your carpet is bound to snag at some point. You should never pull a snag because this will make the problem worse. You should use a pair of scissors to cut the snag and prevent it from getting worse.

#6 HOW TO DEAL WITH STAINS

The answer: Immediately. The longer a stain sets in the carpet, the harder it will be for you to get it out. So clean it up as soon as possible to prevent stains from setting into your carpet. However, you want to make sure that you blot the stain instead of scrubbing it.

When you scrub the stain, it can cause the stain to get deeper in the carpet. For chewing gum stuck in the carpet, ice cubes and a dull knife can be used to get it up. Unfortunately, stains like red wine, red drink or red lipstick might require a professional carpet cleaning service as these are hard to remove and could cause the stain to spread if you do not treat it correctly. Contact a professional carpet cleaner like Dream Steam for problems like these.

# 7 GET A PROFESSIONAL CARPET CLEANER

Regardless of how diligent you are about keeping your carpet clean, it is bound to get dirty. Your carpet is also subjected to a lot of wear and tear. You will need to get a professional cleaning service to keep your carpet fresh and looking new. The number of times that you need a professional cleaning per year depends on the amount of traffic that it gets. Our suggestion is that most carpets have to be cleaned once every six to nine months. Let Dream Steam take care of your professional carpet cleaning needs.

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