You invested quite a bit of money in the wall-to-wall carpeting in your home. You want to protect it and help it stay looking it’s best for as long as possible. How you vacuum and the type of vacuum cleaner you choose can have a direct impact on the appearance and longevity of your carpets themselves.
Ultimately, you should always consider a professional carpet cleaning service for keeping your carpets looking their best and lasting for as long as possible. Once a year, at a minimum, is optimal.
Here are some basic vacuuming tips that can help you in between professional carpet cleaning visits.
Vacuuming Tip #1: Use the right vacuum.
If you have pets, whether cats or dogs or some other animals running around, you should certainly consider a more powerful vacuum. The more powerful the vacuum, the more likely it will get those small particulates, such as dust, pet dander, and more out of the carpet fibers.
Vacuuming Tip #2: Settings on the vacuum.
If you have a good vacuum, you most likely have a height adjustment. Make sure you use this height adjustment when vacuuming deep pile carpet and then switching over to a low, flat rug or hardwood surface. Keeping the setting on the hardwood floor surface and then vacuuming the carpet is not going to improve the cleanliness of your carpeting, but it will help wear out your vacuum cleaner and beater bar.
Vacuuming Tip #3: Go slow, especially backward.
When you look at the beater bar spinning around when the vacuum cleaner is on, it goes in one specific direction. When you draw the vacuum cleaner back toward you, that’s when you should go slow; that will give the machine the opportunity to thoroughly clean the carpeting, as much as possible.
Vacuuming Tip #4: Alternate directions.
If you vacuum in the same direction every single time you clean, you’re missing a great opportunity. Switch things up. If you vacuum north to south for a while, switch it up and then go east-west. This will help you get as much dirt and other foreign contaminants out of the carpet fibers to keep them looking their best.
