How old are your carpets? They may only be a couple of years old, and they might very well still look almost like new. You’ve been taking care of them.
You’ve been vacuuming regularly, at least once a week, and often more, especially when your kids are home for the summer, and you’ve made sure no one is eating in the family room, living room, or even their bedroom where those carpets protect the floors.
While you may go around with this great feeling and sense of security believing your home is clean and well maintained, there could be a lot of contaminants getting stuck in the carpet fibers. Just because the carpets look clean on the surface doesn’t mean they are.
How your carpets get dirty.
When dirt, dust, or other contaminants, including allergens and pollutants, settle on carpeting, they naturally begin to work their way deeper down into the carpet pile. Even the strongest vacuum isn’t going to be able to pull out all of that dust and dirt from deep down, closer to the base of the carpeting itself.
It gets trapped there, but with every step someone takes on it, they could be kicking some of that dust and dirt up into the air. Yet, on the surface everything looks fine.
It’s like a duck. When you see a duck on a pond, what you can see of them looks calm and serene, but underneath the surface their little webbed feet are going about a million miles an hour. It’s similar with your carpeting. On the surface everything looks calm and serene, but deep down it’s a world of dirt, allergens, and other debris.
That’s why you still need to consider a professional carpet cleaning service at least once a year to help keep your carpets looking their best and lasting for as long as possible. Twice a year is ideal, but at the very least consider once a year professional carpet cleaning for your home.
