1st Priority Restoration Service: Carpet Cleaning Service

How often should I get my carpets cleaned?

Frequently used carpet should be professionally cleaned by a qualified technician at least once or twice a year - perhaps a little longer interval for infrequently used carpet and even sooner for carpet in homes occupied by respiratory sensitive or allergic persons or in homes with indoor pets.

What is the standard drying time when carpet is cleaned?

When cleaning carpet, it is highly recommended that drying occur within six to eight hours or less: however, drying time must not exceed 24 hours. Failure of the professional to implement drying procedures could result in a variety of after-cleaning problems. Often, occupant cooperation is needed to expedite drying.
With normal temperature and humidity coupled with use of your heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, the carpet should be dry in much less than 24 hours. This is the 1st PRIORITY RESTORATION PROMISE!

The principles of carpet cleaning include

Dry Soil Removal - Thorough vacuuming using an upright vacuum with brush agitation and high-efficiency double-lined collection bag, or a final filter, to remove up to 99 percent of particles.
Soil Suspension - This involves the application of properly specified, formulated and mixed preconditioning agents designed to separate soil from fibers. There are four fundamentals involved in soil suspension: application of preconditioning chemicals; using heat or temperature to speed chemical reactions; agitation for proper chemical distribution, and providing dwell time so that chemical reactions can be completed before soil extraction is attempted.
Soil Extraction - Any method of cleaning must physically remove soils if it is to be successful. Soil removal takes place with absorption, wet vacuuming, rinsing and even dry vacuuming. The most common method for soil removal among professionals is hot water extraction.
Drying - Damp carpet resoils rapidly, creates potential for slip-fall problems and ultimately, can grow bacteria with associated odor.

Here's a Few Carpet Cleaning Tips .....

Deep clean the carpet once every four, for heavy traffic carpets, to six month.
Quickly clean up the spills with water or other special products available in the market for this purpose. Water mixed with vinegar also works well to remove the stains.
High quality vacuum helps achieve better cleaning. Going in several directions on the floor with vacuum the effectively removes the debris from the carpet.
Use doormats extensively