Your Oriental Rug Is A Valuable Investment That Deserves Valuable Treatment

The purchase of a finely crafted Oriental rug is an investment that you want to protect so that you can enjoy its beauty for years to come. Unless you have placed it in an airtight bubble, no matter whether the room is never used or not, it will collect dust, even hanging on a wall.

However, this is something that you just don't get your handheld household vacuum cleaner out and run across it with carpet powders to make it smell better. An oriental rug should be cleaned by professional carpet cleaners that have the special equipment and products to clean it properly. You will want to make that the carpet cleaning company you call is qualified and trained in care and cleaning of oriental rugs. Things that you should verify are:

How long have they been in business altogether?
No less than 10 years is recommended

How much experience does their staff have in rug cleaning?
Three to five years per technician

What certifications and licensing do they have, can they provide you proof? 
They should have certification on training their employees are put through, especially when it comes to Oriental rugs.

Are they a member of the local Better Business Bureau?
Reputable companies will take the initiative to register with the BBB.

Are they bonded and insured as a company?
Are the technician’s individually bonded and insured?
You do not want anyone cleaning your investment that does not have insurance or a method of compensating you should any damage happen.

What process does your service go through in cleaning Oriental rugs? 
A professional service should include inspection, dusting, cleaning, grooming and drying. They may offer upsell of area rug repair and restoration, custom pad installation, fabric protector and moth repellent.

What type of equipment is used when to clean Oriental rugs?
Professional carpet and rug cleaning companies invest in professional equipment. That equipment would include specialized drying facilities, specialized dusting equipment and specialized washing equipment. If they simply use a hose on a concrete floor and use a host of chemicals, keep shopping.

Is furniture moving included in the cost of service? How is the furniture moved?
Furniture and rugs can be damaged if not moved correctly.

Do they pick up and deliver?
Your Oriental rugs are heavy, yet delicate to be handled. A quality carpet and rug cleaning service will provide this service, usually free of charge.

What type of guarantee do they offer?
These tie in with the bonded and insured question. They should offer and provide a written guarantee.

There are people that will throw a standard vacuum cleaner and rental rug cleaner in a pickup and call themselves professional carpet cleaners. Asking these questions will help you eliminate those from your prospective list and assure you get a qualified company.

Got Your House On The Market?

The housing market is iffy and weak these days. Since it crashed a few years ago, it's hard to sell your home and get what you're asking. 

If you have had your house on the market for a while now with several showings, but it still not sold, it may be time to deep clean! 

Your house is less money than the one 3 doors down that sold in a week. Yours has been on the market for 3 months and you have had many showings, still no bites.

What can be the difference? Chances are your realtor has come in and gave you advice of staging furniture and fixtures to make it presentable. They had you do some touch up paint inside and outside, weed the flower bed and keep the bathroom picked up every morning. 

One more thing you can do is make a small investment and have professional service come in and steam clean the carpets, the curtains, the tile floors and even the furniture. Not only will it bring out the colors and designs, giving your home a new, polished look, but it will make is smell clean and fresh too! Many realtor suggest this be done anyway, but if yours didn’t take the initiative and do it yourself.

It won't be as cheap as the dollar menu for sure, but even for $200 or so, you are giving your home a revived look and feel that will make the next prospective buyer want to move in right then. With clean, crisp, fresh looking curtains in every room, who couldn't picture themselves sitting there every evening?

You probably invested a good amount of funds for that tile floor in the kitchen and breakfast room, but if they aren't showing their vibrant beautiful colors, they aren't doing you any justice. A professional cleaningservice has the right chemicals and equipment that get down deep in the grooves and pores to pull out the dirt and grime that dull that tile.

If your home has been sitting on the market long, call a professional cleaning service today and by tomorrow, you can start packing those boxes!

Do You Need To Clean Your Furniture?

You can own the most beautiful and palatial home, but if you don't take care of the furniture, it can look faded, old and worn too.

No matter how fresh the paint on the walls or how glossy the marble or wooden floors, when your furniture is dirty, it reflects on everything structural, and you.

Even with the best and highest quality of  formal living room or casual den furniture, they all need to be maintained to keep their colors vibrant and their condition good.

 

You can do this yourself weekly by vacuuming it all, this certainly won't hurt, especially the everyday furniture that may get crumbs and change dropped between the cushions. However, doing it yourself won't get down into the fibers and pull the dirt, dust and grime out that is keeping the colors hid.

It is difficult for most of us to find the time it takes to adequately clean ourfurniture, much less mattresses. Other than the general dusting of tables and the vacuuming between and under cushions, do you know how to clean your furniture? Do you know what type of products to use and what equipment or tools would you use? If you were to clean your formal sofa wrong, you could do some serious damage that may or may not be repairable.

A professional cleaning service has the equipment and products that will clean every type of fabric your may have on your furniture. From the everyday  stuff in the den to the fancy, proper sofa and settee in the formal rooms. A professional can clean not only your furniture, but they can clean your carpets, expensive drapes and even your tile floors and the grout too. They have the proper equipment and products to clean all types of fabric. Leather or suede furniture.

For a household that has children, the furniture can take abuse with climbing off and on as well as spilling drinks and dropping food. Then add the family cat or dog too, and your furniture not only gets dirty, but starts to smell too.  A professional cleaning service will know how to get rid of the stains and eliminate the odors. You will be pleasantly pleased and surprised how much cleaner your whole house smells.