Your carpets might actually be one of them.
It’s hard for some people to imagine their carpeting making them sick or even putting them at risk, but once they realize how pollutants and other materials get caught in carpet fibers, it becomes a little bit easier to understand.
Why your carpets can be a health hazard.
You vacuum every week. You’ve been taking care of your carpeting for the past several years since it was first installed. While you no longer enjoy that new carpet smell and it doesn’t look as pristine as it did when first installed, you still feel good about how well you’ve been taking care of it.
Everyone in your house has been taking care to remove their shoes, not spill food on it, and help keep it looking great.
In reality, though, more than 80 percent of the dust in your home comes from dead skin cells. It may not be something people want to hear, but it’s the truth. You also have pollen and other pollutants that fly into your home every time somebody opens the door, the windows are opened, and more.
The screens on your windows simply are not designed to keep out pollen or other foreign contaminants. These all collect on your furniture, windows, window sills, and your carpeting. When you run a vacuum cleaner over that carpeting, not all of those pollutants are going to be sucked up. A lot of actually get trapped in the fibers and not even the strongest rented residential vacuum cleaner on the market will get them out.
The longer they remain trapped in carpet, the deeper they go. Yet, with every step a person takes, they can be kicking all of those allergens and pollutants into the air, creating a potential health risk.
If you want to ensure your home is safe, at least with regard to your floors, including carpeting and rugs, have them professionally cleaned at least once a year. Twice a year is highly recommended.
