Carpet care for pets

Having a new pet means a bit of extra maintenance for your carpets.  Young pets and older pet often pee on the carpets. It’s important to know how to manage this as well as dealing effectively with pet dander and fur.

You should place a rubber under-pad underneath your carpets. This protects the floor underneath the carpet. Wood floor will absorb pet pee and other liquids. Marble floors will get discoloured from pet urine because of its acidity. Ceramic and porcelain tiles won’t get damaged from pet pee.

It’s also important to have rubber backed entrance mats because puppies often have accidents there. Near balcony entrances is also a good place for mats because pets often do their business there.

It’s important that you choose your carpet carefully. Light coloured carpet isn’t ideal because stains are more noticeable on it. Wool carpets can get stained easily from pet pee as well. Carpets with longer pile and shag carpets aren’t ideal since fur and pet dander can get tangled and trapped into the carpet material.

Carpets with short pile make it easier to remove fur and dander by vacuuming. Carpets with synthetic material are suggested because their material doesn’t readily absorb liquids and it is easier to clean. Toronto steam cleaning can help you with your carpet cleaning.

Your carpets should be professionally cleaned once a year with steam cleaning. The steam cleaning method used pressurized hot water extraction to thoroughly clean your carpets. The process helps disinfect the carpet as well. Get Toronto carpet steam cleaning today.