Top 8 Reasons You Should Be Having Your Carpets Cleaned

Most people know that carpets should be cleaned on a somewhat regular basis however, most people don't know what the proper timeline for cleaning is nor do they fully understand why having them cleaned regularly is so important.

1. Prolongs the life of your carpet

As much fun as it would be to replace your carpets every few years, for the majority of people, that's just not realistic because of the cost in doing so and the work required to actually have it done. So on the more realistic side, you're going to want your carpets to last as long as possible to save yourself from having to completely empty out your home (or at least the rooms with carpeting) and drop a few thousand dollars every few years to have nice looking and feeling carpets. If you keep up on cleaning your current carpets, they should last anywhere from 15-20 years and still look almost exactly like they did when they were first installed. Every family has a little bit of a different timeline but the general recommendation is about twice a year for families with kids and/or animals in the home, and about once a year for smaller households that only have 1-2 people living in them with no animals.

2. Ensures indoor air quality

Carpeting can be the best thing for a home, especially if you like to walk around barefoot or in socks. However, if it's not cleaned on a proper schedule, dust particles and allergens will make their way to the fibers of your carpet and make a home for themselves. If you go too long without cleaning, these allergens and pollutants can wreak havoc on the air quality inside your home and cause illness and allergies to whoever is living there. Fortunately, it does take a good bit of time before any noticeable issues will occur. For most people, your home is where you spend the most time and where you sleep. Having the cleanest air possible to breathe all that time makes a huge impact on your day to day living both inside and outside of your home.

3. Makes maintaining your carpets much easier

If you try to clean a car that has been ran through multiple mud holes and hasn't been washed in half a year, you're gonna spend hours and hours trying to clean that car and get all of the road grime and buildup from regular driving as well as the mud and dirt off of it. If you're cleaning a car that is taken care of and cleaned every week or two, that wash is going to go very quickly and the road grime that built up in that week or two will come off without any issues. It's the same philosophy with your carpet. If you never have it cleaned and maybe only vacuum once a month or every month. It's going to be a big ordeal each time you try to vacuum and you're going to have a really tough time trying to get all the dirt and spills and whatnot out of that carpet. By having your carpets cleaned regularly, it not only makes the carpet look better, feel better, and last longer, but it also makes those vacuum sessions in between cleanings a whole lot quicker and easier which means you can spend less time cleaning and more time bonding with your family or having friends over for barbecue's and movie nights.

4. Removes spots and stains

Everyone knows how annoying it can be to have a clean, blemish free carpet only to have you or someone trip and drop their dinner or drink or whatever it may be and cause an ugly spot on the carpet. The longer that those spots sit on the carpet, the more likely they are to turn in to permanent stains. Any time you spill something on your carpet, it should be cleaned up to the best of your ability immediately. Unfortunately, whatever you use to clean up the spill can leave behind residue which becomes extremely sticky and will attract dirt and grime like crazy forming a dark spot right where you just cleaned that spill. These spots can be a pain to get rid of but having your carpets professionally cleaned will get rid of 99% off those spots and most of the time every single one of them. This will give you your nice, clean, blemish free carpets once again. At least until the next spill anyway.

5. Enhances the appearance of any room and home

Having clean floors and especially clean carpets will speak volumes for the cleanliness of a home. Everyone has been in a home where immediately after you walk in, you realize that you won't be sitting anywhere or touching anything. Hopefully, we haven't experienced that too often but the floors in a home are one of the first things you see when you go into a home and making sure they are clean will help you and your guests feel more comfortable and enjoy being in your home. On top of that, it just feels better and puts you in a better mood to be in a clean environment, even if its your own home.

6. Keeps your carpet looking and feeling clean and fresh

New carpets are one of the best looking and feeling floors for any home. That look and feel can last a very long time if you keep up on regular cleaning but on the other hand, that look and feel can degrade very quickly if not taken care of properly. Carpet ain't cheap, but it's a whole lot cheaper to clean your carpets a couple times a year than to have to replace them every few years.

7. Increases value in a home

For the majority of people, your home is both your biggest purchase and your biggest asset. I'd like to take care of it and keep/add value to it in any way that I can. As we stated earlier, floors are one of the first things that people look at when they walk in to a home and dirty/damaged floors can be one of the first red flags. Keeping your floors and carpets clean will give off the feeling that the home is taken care of and is likely in really good shape. A home that has been taken care of and is in good shape will be worth a whole lot more than the same home that is dirty and run down.

8. Maintain your carpets warranty

Most carpet warranties require that your carpets be cleaned on a regular basis. Most of them require it to be done in at least 12-18 month intervals and if its not done, they will void the warranty completely.

It is always encouraged to keep a regular cleaning schedule with all of your floors and furniture and for most households, cleaning once or twice a year is the best schedule to ensure long lasting, clean, and healthy carpets.