When it comes time to have your carpets cleaned professionally, it might seem like there are many different companies and many different services provided by carpet cleaning professionals. Understanding the differences between the services is the key to deciding which company is going to provide you personally with the best carpet cleaning. This is going to be different for different people.
One of the first decisions someone looking into carpet cleaning is going to need to decide is if dry carpet cleaning or hot water extraction is the best option. Dry carpet cleaning uses chemicals or shampoos which are then vacuumed up. Companies who use this method will often argue that it's more environmentally friendly and doesn't use harmful chemicals. These companies will also argue that your carpet will dry faster using this method. Companies using the other method will argue that dry carpet cleaning does not completely clean your carpets.
Hot water extraction carpet cleaning is done in one of two ways. Most companies will use truck mounted extraction. A cleaning machine is mounted on a truck or van. Then water is shot into the carpet at a high temperature and velocity. The other method is portable extraction. This machine is much like the machine you can rent or buy to shampoo your carpet yourself. It is smaller, the water temperature will be lower, and the velocity of the water will be lower. Usually, this is only used if the truck mounted machine cannot get to the carpet location. For example, the higher levels of a tall building might be too far from the ground for the truck mounted machine to reach.
One argument for
using the hot water extraction method is that the higher temperature will clean your carpets better. Another argument is that the dry cleaning method does not rinse the carpets, so the cleaning materials are left behind. The companies that use the dry carpet cleaning methods argue, though, that hot water extraction harms the carpets, because the water is shot at the carpets at such a high velocity. Some carpet manufactures will suggest or require one method of carpet cleaning, but ultimately it is your choice, as the customer what method you want to use for carpet cleaning.
When you are a looking for a company for carpet cleaning, it is also important to understand that company's specific services. Many companies offer more than one option for cleaning your carpets. Often there are two or three levels of carpet cleaning. Often there's a basic carpet cleaning service. Many companies also offer carpet cleaning services specifically for pet stains and odors. This service uses chemicals and materials that can take care of the odors and stains like pet urine. This is usually the most advanced packaged, and although it will cost more than other carpet cleaning packages, often if there are pet urine odors and stains, only through a specialize pet odor carpet cleaning package will these odors and stains be destroyed.
Some carpet cleaning companies even offer other carpet cleaning options. With so many different options for carpet cleaning all over the United States, especially in bigger cities like Charlotte, North Carolina, it's important that people research the different carpet cleaning services before making any decisions about which one is the best for them.
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