Fresh Air Carpet Care                                                     
Cleaning Frequency
Probably Our Most Asked Question
is
"How Often Should I Clean My Carpet?"

Our Clients Primarily Clean for Health
and not Appearance.

A 1 square foot section of White Plush Carpet can Hide as Much as
1 pound of Black Potting Soil
Without the Soil Being Visible.

So if You Can See the Dirt
it is Past Time to Clean.

If you are not Cleaning on a Regular Basis, Just Walking on Your Carpet is doing Tremendous Damage to your Very Expensive Floor Covering.



Photo of clean fiber (left), soiled fiber (middle), and a clean fiber that has been scratched by soiling (right).


How Soiling Damages Carpet Appearance

Carpet is made of tightly twisted tufts of plastic fibers.
The fibers are much like fishing line.
 
Soiling, Accumulation of Microscopic Grit on the fibers combined with foot traffic scratches away your Carpet's Beauty.

Like Rubbing the fishing line with a piece of sandpaper, the surface no longer reflects light uniformly from the scratched fibers.

This Gives Your Carpet a Dull and Gray Appearance.

We can clean your carpet to remove the soils, but cannot restore the scratched fibers. They will be clean, but still have the dull and gray appearance.
 
The Factory Applied Soil Protector is also damaged.

This is why Carpet Warranties call for Professional Carpet Cleaning on a routine basis.
 
It is also why we sell and apply a Water-Based All-Green Certified Carpet Protector.

This Protector is the 1st in the U.S. to receive Green Certification on All of the materials that are in the Protector.

See Our Page on
Carpet Protector for Details

The Following Carpet Cleaning
Frequency Chart is from the EPA

 

EPA Cleaning Chart

The Environmental Protection Agency has conducted numerous studies on indoor air quality. Their findings show that regular cleaning significantly reduces pollutants within a structure. More frequent cleanings are recommended for homes where children and pets are present.

 

CLEANING FREQUENCY GUIDELINE 

Environment:

Normal

Contaminated Outside, Dusty

Extremely Cold Weather Climates

High Humidity Biogenic

Day Care Center

2 weeks

1 week

2 weeks

1 week

Nursing Home

1 month

1 month

1 month

1 week

Residence

 

 

 

 

(2 persons, non-smoking)

6-12 months

2 months

4-6 months

4-6 months

(2 persons, smoking)

4 months

2 months

3 months

4 months

(young children)

6 months

1 month

3 months

4 months

(young children with pets)

3-6 months

1 month

2 months

2 months

Office Building

 

 

 

 

(ground floor)

3-6 months

1-4 months

2-6 months

2-6 months

(higher floors)

6-12 months

2-6 months

3-9 months

3-9 months

Food Service Establishment

1 month

1 week

2 weeks

2 weeks

Commercial Building

3-6 months

1 month

2 month

2 months