Vacuuming is essential

Vacuuming is an extremely lacked essential in all homes with carpet. Vacuuming should be done at least on a weekly basis. if you are not changing your vac bag at least once a month, or your bagless canister once a week then you are neglecting your carpets tremendously. Moving furniture to clean underneath will help with noticeable traffic patterns in the carpets. Arranging the furniture to new locations a few times a year will also help with the wear and tear on the areas which in turn will keep a fluent look to all areas of your carpet. Neglecting to move furniture leads to damaged fibers, dark ugly looking «traffic lanes» and years off the age of the carpet.

In addition if you have stairs in your home, these should be treated with extra attention. Using the carpet tools that are attached to the machine that you might think are just for looks come in handy for the stairs specifically. Use the edge tool to get the sides, and the brush to get the «bull nose» (which is the front rounded part of the stair), this area gets the brunt of the soil from the shoes which in turn makes these areas darker. Cleaning the bull nose and sides of the stairs every time you vac will keep these areas looking like new as with the rest of your areas of your home. Make sure to take out the edge tool and get the edges of the room at least once a month.

Getting your carpets cleaned every 6 months by a certified professional carpet cleaner will keep your carpets in like new shape. Choosing the right professional carpet cleaner can get tricky, do your research on the company make sure your not walking into a bait n switch scam. There are plenty credible companies out there, don’t be scared to ask questions.