Stepping into your home after having been away for a while, such as going on vacation, you may notice an odd odor. It may be a musty kind of smell and at first you think it’s something you left in the refrigerator or one of the cabinets that has gone bad. Food that goes bad can emit a certain type of odor, and even though it doesn’t quite smell like that, you may head to the kitchen and go through everything.
Some people actually throw everything away that is perishable. They start out fresh when they get home from their vacation, especially if it is a two week trip or longer. Yet the musty smell continues to linger.
You may decide to pull out the vacuum cleaner and run over the carpeting to try and get rid of that smell. However, it doesn’t go away. Wintertime is when the musty odor is much more evident and that’s because the windows tend to be closed throughout this season, especially in Toronto.
Some people claim that this common musty odor is more pronounced during the summer, especially when the direct sunlight hits the carpeting. That musty odor is usually caused by dirt and other contaminants that have worked their way down deeper into the carpet pile and avoided getting collected by the vacuum cleaner.
Every time you vacuum, you’re not actually getting all of the dust, dirt, and other debris out from the carpeting. Even accidental spills that you soak up with a paper towel or other material is still probably deep within the carpet pile or the foam undercoating.
It can be frustrating trying to figure out what that musty, stale odor is, but when you have eliminated all other choices, it’s probably coming from the carpeting itself, or the undercoating. The solution is a lot simpler simple than trying to replace the carpeting altogether. Calling on a professional cleaning service, such as Royal Interior Cleaning, can actually get rid of a significant portion of the dirt and debris that cause musty, stale odors.
So before you assume that you have to replace all of the carpeting in your home, contact Royal Interior Cleaning. Relief is truly just a phone call away.
