How Often Should I Clean My Carpet?

Carpet cleaning is very fundamental to maintain and extend the life of your carpet. There is several types of carpet cleaning methods but the one most major carpet manufacturers recommend is hot water extraction commonly known as steam cleaning.

A maintenance plan should be implemented in order to maintain your carpet as clean as possible prior any professional carpet cleaning service. Vacuuming is very important and should be done at least twice a week or more often depending on how many people leave in the house or level of traffic on the carpet.

You should also move the furniture around periodically to not concentrate traffic in one specific area. Professional carpet cleaning should be done at least once a year depending on carpet traffic.

Here are some frequency guidelines you should implement recommended by the EPA:

• 2 persons non-smoking 6-12 months
• 2 persons with smoking 4 months
• With young kids 6 months
• Young kids with pets 3-6 months

When you have pets in your house carpet cleaning should be done more frequently to remove pet dander, pet hair, dust mites and allergy causing bacteria.

There you have it this information gives you an idea how often you should clean your carpet.