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How Clean Is your Carpet?


May 30, 2021

How Clean Is your Carpet?

How clean is your carpet

If you are like most people in the Bakersfield area you do everything possible to keep your carpet looking fresh and clean.

The professional carpet cleaners at Safari Carpet Cleaning in Bakersfield would like to share some facts about your carpet that you may not want to hear.

Your carpet is a place where people walk, pets sleep, kids play and you want to keep it clean and sanitary.

How Clean is Your Carpet?
Unfortunately, just vacuuming is not enough. In fact your vacuum cleaner is a major hiding place for germs because they spit bacteria, dust, and allergens back into the air.

“Both vacuum cleaning and the act of vacuuming can release and re-suspend dust and allergens, leading to increased exposure,” write study researchers from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.

Now, we are saying you should stop vacuuming, for a vacuum to do more harm than good, it has to be a really old vacuum cleaner that has never been cleaned. In general, most vacuums do take up more dust, dirt, and allergens than they release.

Depending on the traffic and use of your carpet, we recommend that you have it professionally cleaned at least once a year. For families with kids, pets, and heavy traffic you may want to consider several times a year as needed.

Here a few other facts about your carpet

  • A carpet can hold 4x its weight in dirt. Just by walking on them we add several pounds of dirt every year.
  • The Norovirus (the one that causes stomach Flu) can live in your carpets for a month or more.
  • Bed bugs love carpet. They can crawl over 100 feet through the carpet to find you.
  • Dust Mites love warm environments and eat the dead skin falls off every person.
  • Dead Skin – On average every person sheds about 8 pounds of dead skin per year.
  • Bacteria – There a many forms of bacteria that like your carpet.

How to choose the best Carpet Cleaning Company in Bakersfield

The fact is, 4 out of 10 people never professionally clean their carpets. Many people wait until it is dirty looking or they have stains they can’t get out.

If you are concerned about the health of your family it is important to note that when carpets are properly cleaned and maintained, they may improve the air quality in your home.

There are quite a few carpet cleaning services in the Bakersfield area so you need to do your homework so you get not only a great looking carpet but also one without the harsh cleaning chemicals many carpet cleaners use.

Cleaner and Healthier Carpets when You Hire the Carpet Cleaning Experts in Bakersfield CA!

We know you don’t have the time to properly clean your carpet and treat it for stains.

Discover why so many people in the Bakersfield area have called Safari Carpet Cleaning after reading our numerous Five star Reviews in places like Google and Yelp.

Our process allows us to go below the surface and penetrate much deeper than what a vacuum or a rented carpet cleaner can remove in order to lift all dirt and debris away. Best of all, without the harsh chemicals!

Stains are no match for us either. We know that no matter how hard you try to prevent stains from happening, they always seem to show up. Our techniques allow us to easily remove even your darkest stain and leave you with carpet that looks almost brand new.

For a FREE estimate on carpet cleaning, upholstery cleaning, and tile and grout cleaning services throughout the Bakersfield, CA area contact us online or call (661) 330-8463 today