Furniture and Your carpet maintenance tips

Wall to wall carpets will often have furniture placed on top of them. Without proper preparation or improper carpet material selection, your carpet fibers can be damaged. Furniture can exert different types of mechanical pressure on your carpets.

Furniture weight is always exerted on the carpet. This can flatten or break carpet pile. The simplest way to offset this is to place shock absorbing under-pad beneath the carpet upon installation. This will help evenly distribute the furniture weight and prevents friction.

When it’s possible periodically rotate your furniture and fluff up the carpet pile. This allows the pile to breathe and prevents lasting damage from happening to your carpet. Lightly spray the affected sections to rehydrate the carpet pile.

Carpet cleaning can protect your carpet from mechanical damage. The steam cleaning process thoroughly removes dirt from the base of the carpet. In the process carpet pile is set back to its original direction. This allows the material to breathe as well.

Annual steam cleaning renews the carpet material with pH balanced cleaning solution. Steam cleaning can restore brittle or dry carpet pile as well. There are many Toronto steam cleaning companies that can assist you with all your carpet cleaning needs.

Eco-friendly steam cleaning is available and it’s beneficial for your health and for the environment. Steam cleaning uses pressurized hot water extraction for your carpets followed by water removal. The process doesn’t exert harmful pressure to your carpet material. Water pressure can be adjusted for delicate or older carpets.