Maybe you have had the same carpeting in your house for many years. If you have, you are certainly noticing the poor condition, dirt, stains, and other factors that build up over time. If your carpeting is less than eight years old, even if it is in relatively dirty, poor condition, there are number of steps you can take to improve it.
If your carpeting is over eight years old and looks to be in very bad shape, you may need to consider replacing it. Still, you should call a professional carpet cleaning service to come out and assess the condition of your carpets to give you an honest piece of advice whether it’s worth cleaning or replacing.
Step #1: Hire a professional carpet cleaner.
Even if your carpets look as though they are beyond repair or help, you would be surprised at just what a professional carpet cleaning service can do. This is true of wall-to-wall carpeting as well as area rugs.
Step #2: Readjust furniture.
If the carpet has been exposed to direct sunlight and you haven’t moved furniture around on a consistent basis, there will likely be different shades to the carpeting itself. Still, it is a good idea to move the furniture around on a consistent basis to reduce wearing out of the carpeting in one particular spot.
Step #3: Keep people from wearing their shoes on the carpet.
Bare feet and shoes are incredibly bad for carpeting. That’s because they track in dirt, oils, and other contaminants that, even though you might not see it at the time, will become a problem over the long run.
Step #4: Vacuum consistently.
If you’re like the vast majority of Toronto area residents, you don’t like vacuuming all that much. So you may only do it once a week or even less frequently than that. The best way to help maintain your carpets and improve their condition is to vacuum more frequently than that. Even if nobody is really using the carpeting, after a couple of days all of the dust in your house that gets kicked up will settle onto the carpet pile, and then work deeper into it.
Vacuuming regularly and consistently and following step #1 is the best way to improve the condition of your carpets.
