How To Prep for Carpet Cleaning Services: A Brief Guide

It's no secret that carpets gather dirt and stains over time. No matter how much you vacuum, your carpets continue to collect dust, pet hair, dead skin, and other allergens. This dirt and grime will build up over time, infiltrating the air of your home or business and degrading the appearance of your space.

So, if you have decided that you need to invest in professional carpet cleaning, you have made the right choice. Today, the technicians at Vail's professional carpet cleaning service present the following guide on how to prep for carpet cleaning to save both time and money on these services. 

Why You Should Invest in Professional Carpet Cleaning

Continue reading to learn the top four reasons to invest in carpet cleaning for your home or business:

1. Clean Up Mold and Allergens

Dirt and debris can collect in carpet fibers over time. Such debris eventually becomes deeply set in the base and fibers of your carpet, which may allow both mold growth in humid environments and the circulation of allergens through your air.

2. Extend Your Carpet's Lifetime

Without regular cleaning, carpets can become both matted and stained over time. This leads to a decreased lifetime, as your carpet will look old and dirty much faster than if you invest in regular cleaning services. So carpet cleaning can save you money by not having to buy an entirely new carpet. 

3. Increase Property Value

When your home or business looks clean, your property will automatically attract the attention of potential buyers. Dirty carpets can take away from property value by causing your space to appear old and dingy.

4. Improve Air Quality

Not only will clean carpets decrease the number of allergens floating around the air of your home or office, but carpets can also retain bacteria and other pathogens when not cleaned regularly. By investing in carpet cleaning, you will reduce these pathogens, thus improving air quality and reducing the chance of sickness. 

5 Steps To Prepare for Carpet Cleaning

Consider the five steps the experts at Steam Smart Pro suggest on how to prep for carpet cleaning: 

1. Put Away Fragile Items and Other Valuables

The first and most important step to prepping for a professional carpet cleaning service includes putting away fragile items and valuables. Fragile items can easily break during the cleaning process, as technicians must focus on the job at hand and may accidentally knock these items over. In addition, valuable items may become damaged or sucked up during the cleaning process, meaning that you will lose these items. 

To evade this problem, store your fragile items and valuables in a safe place away from the area we'll clean. 

2. Move Furniture Out of the Way

Though our carpet cleaners can move your furniture for you, we suggest that you do this step yourself. Moving furniture requires extra labor and time from our technicians, which will, in turn, cost more money. If you want us to perform carpet cleaning services at the lowest price possible, we recommend moving your furniture out of the way before we begin. 

Moving furniture also allows us to perform a more thorough job. When our technicians have to dodge obstacles, they may miss a spot due to human error. Moving your furniture ensures the most thorough cleaning possible.

3. Pick Up Small Items

Just like fragile items and valuables, small items may become damaged or lost in the cleaning process. Be sure to put away items such as toys, remotes, and other small objects to guarantee that we do not accidentally suck them up with the cleaning hose or misplace them.

4. Vacuum the Area

To guarantee the most efficient cleansing process possible, vacuum the target area before our technicians arrive. Vacuuming beforehand allows us to deep clean and target dirt that has collected over time rather than clean up the dust that you can easily remove by vacuuming yourself.

5. Point Out Stains and Problem Spots

Finally, when our cleaners arrive, highlight stains or problem areas that you know about. Although we are both highly efficient and thorough when we clean, there may be a pesky stain that you want us to target or one that almost appears unnoticeable. By pointing out these areas, our crew members can pay special attention to these parts of your carpet and work to remove the stains.

Our Carpet Cleaning Process

When the experts at Steam Smart Pro perform carpet cleaning, we follow the outlined cleaning process below:

1. Pre-Treatment of the Carpet

Our crew members start with a pre-treatment of stains and the target area. If needed, we will vacuum and spot-clean before we begin. We also use special pet- and child-safe chemicals and cleaners to target problem areas or apply a detergent to lift dirt and stains before starting the cleaning process.

2. Targeted Carpet Cleaning

Next, we use a steamer and cleaning products to cleanse the entire room. When steaming, we combine warm water with specialized cleaning products (that we change depending on the state, color, fiber pattern, etc. of your carpet) in a machine that we will then apply to the carpet.

3. Drying Time

Finally, after treating the entire area and steaming, we will clean up our tools and leave the property. We highly suggest leaving the carpet to dry for one day before moving furniture and other items back into the space or walking on the floor. By letting the carpet air dry, we can guarantee the most satisfactory results after cleaning.

Expert Carpet Cleaning Services in Vail, AZ, for Your Home or Business

We hope that our guide on how to prep for carpet cleaning shows how easy the Steam Smart Pro carpet cleaning process is. To learn more about carpet cleaning, our customer satisfaction guarantee, or to request a free estimate on services for your home or business, contact Steam Smart Pro at 520-416-4308 today! Alternatively, for more information on professional carpet cleaning services, such as how long does carpet cleaning take, check out our blog.

Author Bio:

Eric Bullard

The owner of Steam Smart Pro in Tucson, AZ, brings over 20 years of invaluable experience in the field of carpet, tile, and air duct cleaning. With a strong dedication to quality and a deep understanding of effective cleaning techniques, Eric consistently delivers outstanding results to his satisfied residential and commercial clients.