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WHY HAVE MY CARPETS PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED?
......It's not just to get the stains out!!
The longer your carpet remains soiled, the more permanent
the damage becomes. Soil is an abrasive and needs to be
removed on a regular basis. Additionally professional carpet
cleaning will also improve the indoor air that you and your
family breathe. Your carpet is your homes largest air filter. It
traps irritants and pollutants keeping them out of the air.
When carpet fibers become clogged, they can no longer filter
the air you breathe. When this happens you need to have us
professionally clean your carpet.
Our Guarantee
100% No Risk Guarantee – If The Stains
Come Back...So Do We!
Highest Value Carpet Cleaning - We’ll
Match Any Valid Competitors Charges.
Superior Quality - Trained & Educated
Technicians. Complete Line Detergent
Free Products & Advanced Equipment.
Safe & Natural Carpet Cleaning – Green
Seal Approved Products. NO CHEMICAL
RESIDUE!
Features
Powerful Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning Machines
All Natural Soft Water Steam Cleaning
ZERO RESIDUE NATURAL STEAM CLEANING
Child & Pet Safe Biodegradable Products
Attention To Detail - Hand Scrubbing!
Scotchgard Authorized
IICRC Certified Technicians
Insured & Bonded
Family Owned Since 1999
Your Carpets will be Clean, Healthy, and Dry.
......It's not just to get the stains out!!
The longer your carpet remains soiled, the more permanent
the damage becomes. Soil is an abrasive and needs to be
removed on a regular basis. Additionally professional carpet
cleaning will also improve the indoor air that you and your
family breathe. Your carpet is your homes largest air filter. It
traps irritants and pollutants keeping them out of the air.
When carpet fibers become clogged, they can no longer filter
the air you breathe. When this happens you need to have us
professionally clean your carpet.
Our Guarantee
100% No Risk Guarantee – If The Stains
Come Back...So Do We!
Highest Value Carpet Cleaning - We’ll
Match Any Valid Competitors Charges.
Superior Quality - Trained & Educated
Technicians. Complete Line Detergent
Free Products & Advanced Equipment.
Safe & Natural Carpet Cleaning – Green
Seal Approved Products. NO CHEMICAL
RESIDUE!
Features
Powerful Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning Machines
All Natural Soft Water Steam Cleaning
ZERO RESIDUE NATURAL STEAM CLEANING
Child & Pet Safe Biodegradable Products
Attention To Detail - Hand Scrubbing!
Scotchgard Authorized
IICRC Certified Technicians
Insured & Bonded
Family Owned Since 1999
Your Carpets will be Clean, Healthy, and Dry.
AFTER
BEFORE
There are many different methods of carpet cleaning, but only one is recognized as the "Gold
Standard" by carpet professionals. Hot water extraction carpet cleaning otherwise known as
Steam Cleaning is the recommend choice for a deep down clean.
We also offer Natural Carpet Cleaning for chemically sensitive individuals.
Standard" by carpet professionals. Hot water extraction carpet cleaning otherwise known as
Steam Cleaning is the recommend choice for a deep down clean.
We also offer Natural Carpet Cleaning for chemically sensitive individuals.
- DID YOU KNOW: Carpet manufactures like Shaw Industries require all cleanings are to be done
by only IICRC Certified Firms in order to keep the warranties valid. - DID YOU KNOW: Many carpet cleaning companies use chemical detergents that leave residues.
- DID YOU KNOW: Not all Carpet Cleaners are honest and upfront about their pricing and service.
- DID YOU KNOW: Our Exclusive "DOUBLE SHOT NATURAL" Carpet Cleaning Method
Guarantees cleaner, healthier, and drier results than our competitors.
| We Match any Valid Competitors Price!!! |
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Residential Carpet Cleaning …..Only $43.95 per room
SPRING SPECIALS: 3 Rooms $119 (min 2 rooms)
We are the only company that will clean, dry, and SANITIZE your carpets and rugs. Steam
or dry, state of the art equipment, quad jet steam blasting, child & pet safe biodegradable
products. Attention to detail!...........HAND SCRUB ALL STAIRS!
Only $43.95 per room (Natural Carpet Cleaning Included)
Our 4 Step cleaning process is a good choice for carpet maintenance cycles
1. Prepare & Establish Protected Areas
2. Traffic Lane Treatment To Difficult Spots
3. Soft Water Steam Cleaning ph Balanced Rinse
4. Post Cleaning & Recommendations
Commercial Carpet Cleaning ..Starting at $0.11 per sq ft
Specialized equipment to lift stains, getting carpets their cleanest and maximizing the life
span of your commercial carpet.
Oriental Rug Cleaning …..Only $2.49 per sq ft
Free pick up and free delivery. 7 - 10 day turn around. Intensive pre-testing to ensure the
best possible cleaning procedure. Restore color, shine, and soft feel. Like pieces art your
rugs are pick up, dry vacuumed, cleaned on both sides, repeat wash, dried and returned
free of charge.
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Optional Services
Hand Spotting Power Scrub Filtration Treatment
Deodorizer Enzyme Anti Allergen
Dirt Chaser Dye Stain Removal Scotchgard Carpet Protector
Premium Carpet Cleaning Services
Only $56.95 per room (Natural Carpet Cleaning Included)
Our 5 step gold carpet cleaning process is an excellent choice for carpet cleaning
1. Prepare & Establish Protected Areas. Furniture Moving and Tabbing
2. Traffic Lane Treatment To Difficult Spots & Hand Spotting.
3. All Natural Soft Water Steam Cleaning ph Balanced Rinse
4. Double Shot High Speed Dry Leaving Your Carpets Dry In a Few Hours!
5. Post Cleaning & Recommendations
Only $69.95 per room (Natural Carpet Cleaning Included)
Our 7 step carpet cleaning process assures you, the best cleaning possible.
1. Prepare & Establish Protected Areas. Furniture Moving and Tabbing
2. Traffic Lane Treatment To Difficult Spots & Hand Spotting.
3. Fiber Power Brush For Proper Agitation & Penetration
4. All Natural Soft Water Steam Cleaning ph Balanced
5. Double Shot High Speed Drying Leaving Your Carpets Dry In a Few Hours!
6. Post Cleaning & Recommendations
7. Scotchgard Carpet Protector, Keeping Your Carpets Cleaner Longer
- Empty Room Discounts
- Frequent Cleaning Discounts
- Same Visit Discounts for Tile & Grout, Upholstery, Air Ducts, House Cleaning and
more. Exclusively From A1 Sparkles! Call for Details.
A room is defined by 14 x 14 or 200 sq ft. Call for a Free Estimate
Property Managers, Contractors, Managers..Call for Special Pricing!
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Carpet Cleaning What You Should Know
Carpet Cleaning: What Do the Experts Know?
BY: David Hollies is a remodeling industry educator and consultant. He is also the founder of Washington
D.C.-based Home Connections, Inc.
While your carpeting may not require the regular cleaning that other types of flooring demand, your carpet should be
professionally cleaned once every year to 18 months, even if you vacuum regularly. Professional carpet cleaning
extends the life of the carpeting and contributes to better air quality, reducing allergies and illness.
Do-It-Yourself Carpet-Cleaning Damage
Ideally, your carpet should be professionally cleaned. However, to save money, many people alternate between the
do-it-yourself cleaning and professional cleaning. While the do-it-yourself approaches are far less expensive, they
are almost never as effective as professional cleaning and involve a considerable amount of time and hard work.
Depending on the method used, it is also easy for the novice to damage the carpet.
Beware of the three most common ways do-it-yourselfers (and inexperienced pros) damage carpets:
Over-shampooing, Over-wetting, Failing to protect the wet carpet from furniture, Fiber Damage, Re-soiling.
Over-shampooing occurs when either too much shampoo is used or the carpet is not adequately rinsed. Both are
practically inevitable with some wet do-it-yourself approaches. This is the biggest reason why even hard-core
do-it-yourselfers should occasionally use a professional. If they don't, the build-up of soapy residue can be
impossible to clean out, leaving a carpet that is a virtual dirt magnet.
Over-wetting occurs when too much water soaks into the bottom of the carpet. Some backing materials cause the
carpet to discolor if they get too wet. Some carpets will shrink, literally tearing themselves up from the floor. If the
backing and pad get wet, it is very difficult to dry them, and you run the additional risk of mold and mildew problems.
The final carpet-cleaning hazard is stains caused by furniture coming into contact with wet carpeting. Many kinds of
wood furniture will release some of the dyes in their stain if left in contact with a wet surface. Many pieces of
furniture have feet that are at least partially metal. The metal can rust, leaving a stain in the carpet.
Do-it-yourselfers are more likely to encounter these problems because they often don't remove all the furniture from
the room when cleaning, and they often don't have ready access to the foam blocks and foil-backed cardboard
squares that the pros use to keep the furniture off the carpet until it is dry.
Professional Carpet-Cleaning Methods
One carpet-cleaning method, dry extraction, isn't technically a "dry" procedure; it's more a "moisture-controlled"
process. That is, it applies a controlled amount of moisture to clean the carpet and still leave it dry. This process is
similar to the do-it-yourself "dry" method, but the equipment is larger and much more thorough.
Though it uses the same cleaning chemicals, the dry process alters the amount of chemicals used and how they're
applied. A machine with two counter-revolving brushes moves the cleaning agents through the carpet's material.
The cleaner supplies enough liquid to dissolve the dirt, then re-absorbs the soil and liquid, which leaves the carpet
dry for vacuuming and immediate use.
Some carpet-cleaning professionals spray a carbonated cleaning solution onto the carpet. The carbonation allows
the cleaning agents to get to the carpet fibers with minimal wetting. The solution doesn't contain the oil or
detergents that typically leave a dirt-attracting residue. Dissolved dirt is removed with a machine that rubs soft cotton
pads over the carpet. When compared to wet systems, this method may not get as much of the deeper dirt out, but
is very effective at cleaning the visible portion of the carpet. It does this Without the risks of residue or over-wetting.
Many businesses use this system because the carpet is usually dry and ready for traffic within an hour.
Otherwise, professionals use methods similar to do-it-yourself approaches, with two important differences. First,
pros do this all day every day, and that experience helps them realize the maximum cleaning potential of each
system and avoid the hazards of each.
Second, pros usually use much more powerful and sophisticated equipment and cleaning agents. Because they
know what they're doing, they can use all that extra power Without succumbing to the risks that power entails.
For example, on heavily soiled carpet a professional might first use a power shampoo system and then follow it
with hot water extraction. There is equipment that does both in one pass. Often, the vacuums used in hot water
extraction systems are extremely powerful and are mounted on a truck that is parked in front of the home.
Professionals have two other advantages as well. First, they're accustomed to moving the heavy furniture. Second,
they usually know a lot more about how to handle specific challenges like heavily soiled areas and stains.
Carpet Stains and Carpet-Cleaning Extras
Carpet stain removal: Some firms include stain removal in the base price. Other firms charge extra for highly soiled
areas or for individual stains. Ask about this up front. Carpet pretreatment: Most wet-cleaning results can be
improved by spraying a cleaning agent on the carpet a few minutes before cleaning. The chemicals help dissolve
grease and oils so that the final cleaning extracts even more dirt. For some firms this is standard procedure; others
may charge extra by the square foot or room. Be sure to ask.
Soil retardants: Most carpets are now factory-treated with a coating that helps the carpet fibers shed water and
spills. The key is cleaning up the spills quickly. Once a carpet is five years old or so, you may need to have it
retreated, at least in the high traffic areas. The easiest way to check whether carpet pretreatment is necessary is to
place a few drops of water on the carpet in the questionable areas and see whether the drops bead up or are
absorbed quickly into the fibers. If they are absorbed, it's time to retreat the carpet.
The best pretreatment chemicals (and usually the only ones recommended by the manufacturers) are
fluorochemical based. Scotchgard or any treatment containing DuPont's Teflon are made from this material. The
treatment should take place after cleaning and, for best results, should be gently brushed into the carpet while it is
still damp.
Deodorizing and pet odor treatments: Most of the possible carpet odor reduction that can be accomplished will be
accomplished by the cleaning itself. Many odors come from mold, mildew, or urine that has penetrated the carpet
backing and pad. There is no practical way to get at the source Without damaging the carpet through over-wetting.
Applying an anti-microbial agent (see below) will help slow the return of mildew and mold. Other than that,
"deodorizing" is really nothing more than masking the odor with some stronger and more pleasing scent. Carpet
perfumes have only a temporary effect and may be irritating to some people.
Anti-microbial treatment: The cleaning itself will kill most mold, mildew, yeast and other microbes, but it is
practically impossible to kill all of them. The anti-microbial treatment creates a hostile environment for these
microbes to reproduce and spread and will help control odor problems, extend the carpet's useful life, and provide
considerable relief to allergy sufferers.
Anti-static treatment: Static electricity often becomes annoying in the winter, when heating systems dry out the air in
our homes. Carpet manufacturers have responded by developing new finishes, fibers, and backings that prevent
the build-up of static electricity. If you are having a problem with your carpet, the easiest, best, and healthiest remedy
is to increase humidity with a humidifier .Once the relative humidity gets above about 40 percent, the static problem
disappears. There are several treatments and finishes that can be applied that reduce static electricity, but nearly all
act as soil magnets, greatly speeding up the rate at which your carpet gets soiled.
BY: David Hollies is a remodeling industry educator and consultant. He is also the founder of Washington
D.C.-based Home Connections, Inc.
While your carpeting may not require the regular cleaning that other types of flooring demand, your carpet should be
professionally cleaned once every year to 18 months, even if you vacuum regularly. Professional carpet cleaning
extends the life of the carpeting and contributes to better air quality, reducing allergies and illness.
Do-It-Yourself Carpet-Cleaning Damage
Ideally, your carpet should be professionally cleaned. However, to save money, many people alternate between the
do-it-yourself cleaning and professional cleaning. While the do-it-yourself approaches are far less expensive, they
are almost never as effective as professional cleaning and involve a considerable amount of time and hard work.
Depending on the method used, it is also easy for the novice to damage the carpet.
Beware of the three most common ways do-it-yourselfers (and inexperienced pros) damage carpets:
Over-shampooing, Over-wetting, Failing to protect the wet carpet from furniture, Fiber Damage, Re-soiling.
Over-shampooing occurs when either too much shampoo is used or the carpet is not adequately rinsed. Both are
practically inevitable with some wet do-it-yourself approaches. This is the biggest reason why even hard-core
do-it-yourselfers should occasionally use a professional. If they don't, the build-up of soapy residue can be
impossible to clean out, leaving a carpet that is a virtual dirt magnet.
Over-wetting occurs when too much water soaks into the bottom of the carpet. Some backing materials cause the
carpet to discolor if they get too wet. Some carpets will shrink, literally tearing themselves up from the floor. If the
backing and pad get wet, it is very difficult to dry them, and you run the additional risk of mold and mildew problems.
The final carpet-cleaning hazard is stains caused by furniture coming into contact with wet carpeting. Many kinds of
wood furniture will release some of the dyes in their stain if left in contact with a wet surface. Many pieces of
furniture have feet that are at least partially metal. The metal can rust, leaving a stain in the carpet.
Do-it-yourselfers are more likely to encounter these problems because they often don't remove all the furniture from
the room when cleaning, and they often don't have ready access to the foam blocks and foil-backed cardboard
squares that the pros use to keep the furniture off the carpet until it is dry.
Professional Carpet-Cleaning Methods
One carpet-cleaning method, dry extraction, isn't technically a "dry" procedure; it's more a "moisture-controlled"
process. That is, it applies a controlled amount of moisture to clean the carpet and still leave it dry. This process is
similar to the do-it-yourself "dry" method, but the equipment is larger and much more thorough.
Though it uses the same cleaning chemicals, the dry process alters the amount of chemicals used and how they're
applied. A machine with two counter-revolving brushes moves the cleaning agents through the carpet's material.
The cleaner supplies enough liquid to dissolve the dirt, then re-absorbs the soil and liquid, which leaves the carpet
dry for vacuuming and immediate use.
Some carpet-cleaning professionals spray a carbonated cleaning solution onto the carpet. The carbonation allows
the cleaning agents to get to the carpet fibers with minimal wetting. The solution doesn't contain the oil or
detergents that typically leave a dirt-attracting residue. Dissolved dirt is removed with a machine that rubs soft cotton
pads over the carpet. When compared to wet systems, this method may not get as much of the deeper dirt out, but
is very effective at cleaning the visible portion of the carpet. It does this Without the risks of residue or over-wetting.
Many businesses use this system because the carpet is usually dry and ready for traffic within an hour.
Otherwise, professionals use methods similar to do-it-yourself approaches, with two important differences. First,
pros do this all day every day, and that experience helps them realize the maximum cleaning potential of each
system and avoid the hazards of each.
Second, pros usually use much more powerful and sophisticated equipment and cleaning agents. Because they
know what they're doing, they can use all that extra power Without succumbing to the risks that power entails.
For example, on heavily soiled carpet a professional might first use a power shampoo system and then follow it
with hot water extraction. There is equipment that does both in one pass. Often, the vacuums used in hot water
extraction systems are extremely powerful and are mounted on a truck that is parked in front of the home.
Professionals have two other advantages as well. First, they're accustomed to moving the heavy furniture. Second,
they usually know a lot more about how to handle specific challenges like heavily soiled areas and stains.
Carpet Stains and Carpet-Cleaning Extras
Carpet stain removal: Some firms include stain removal in the base price. Other firms charge extra for highly soiled
areas or for individual stains. Ask about this up front. Carpet pretreatment: Most wet-cleaning results can be
improved by spraying a cleaning agent on the carpet a few minutes before cleaning. The chemicals help dissolve
grease and oils so that the final cleaning extracts even more dirt. For some firms this is standard procedure; others
may charge extra by the square foot or room. Be sure to ask.
Soil retardants: Most carpets are now factory-treated with a coating that helps the carpet fibers shed water and
spills. The key is cleaning up the spills quickly. Once a carpet is five years old or so, you may need to have it
retreated, at least in the high traffic areas. The easiest way to check whether carpet pretreatment is necessary is to
place a few drops of water on the carpet in the questionable areas and see whether the drops bead up or are
absorbed quickly into the fibers. If they are absorbed, it's time to retreat the carpet.
The best pretreatment chemicals (and usually the only ones recommended by the manufacturers) are
fluorochemical based. Scotchgard or any treatment containing DuPont's Teflon are made from this material. The
treatment should take place after cleaning and, for best results, should be gently brushed into the carpet while it is
still damp.
Deodorizing and pet odor treatments: Most of the possible carpet odor reduction that can be accomplished will be
accomplished by the cleaning itself. Many odors come from mold, mildew, or urine that has penetrated the carpet
backing and pad. There is no practical way to get at the source Without damaging the carpet through over-wetting.
Applying an anti-microbial agent (see below) will help slow the return of mildew and mold. Other than that,
"deodorizing" is really nothing more than masking the odor with some stronger and more pleasing scent. Carpet
perfumes have only a temporary effect and may be irritating to some people.
Anti-microbial treatment: The cleaning itself will kill most mold, mildew, yeast and other microbes, but it is
practically impossible to kill all of them. The anti-microbial treatment creates a hostile environment for these
microbes to reproduce and spread and will help control odor problems, extend the carpet's useful life, and provide
considerable relief to allergy sufferers.
Anti-static treatment: Static electricity often becomes annoying in the winter, when heating systems dry out the air in
our homes. Carpet manufacturers have responded by developing new finishes, fibers, and backings that prevent
the build-up of static electricity. If you are having a problem with your carpet, the easiest, best, and healthiest remedy
is to increase humidity with a humidifier .Once the relative humidity gets above about 40 percent, the static problem
disappears. There are several treatments and finishes that can be applied that reduce static electricity, but nearly all
act as soil magnets, greatly speeding up the rate at which your carpet gets soiled.
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