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Carpet Cleaning Tips – What Carpet Is Best For Cleaning Away Allergens?

Hey! This is Jay Main with Main Tallahassee Carpet Cleaning blog.

We’re going to spend a minute today talking about indoor air quality and how it relates to your home and health.

Many people have the misconception that hard surfaces are better for allergens, with concerns of asthma or allergies.

However, if you really think about it, hard surfaces are going to allow those allergens and dust mites to settle on the floor and reenter the air once they are moved.

When you walk by or a breeze passes, the allergens and dust mites reenter the air and can enter into your airways.

Where Does the Dust Get Trapped?

As far as carpet is concerned, the dust mites get trapped in the fibers of the carpet, not allowing them to reenter the air.

The dust mites will enter the carpet and settle on the surface of the carpet.

That’s the best place for them to be as they can be vacuumed up without reentering the air.

Once they are on the carpet, they can then be disposed of from the vacuum cleaner.

Allowing your carpet to stay clean and your air to be fresh.

The dust can be removed with a decent carpet vacuum.

This is why it’s a good idea to schedule a regular carpet cleaning in the Tallahassee area to protect your home from dust and allergens.

What About Bleach?

When cleaning carpet, it’s important not to use chemicals that contain harmful bases like bleach as they may stain your carpet or remove the coloring in the nylon fibers.

Carpet allergies are caused by dust mites, pet dander, and mold. These allergens can get stuck in the carpet and cause problems for people who suffer from allergies. Dust mites are tiny creatures that thrive in warm, humid environments like carpets.

They feed on human skin cells and can cause asthma attacks and other respiratory problems. Pet dander is also a common allergen, as it is shed by animals like dogs and cats. Mold can grow in damp areas of the carpet, such as near windows or under furniture. It can cause respiratory problems and severe allergic reactions.

If you have allergies, it is important to keep your home clean and free of allergens. Vacuum regularly and use a HEPA filter if possible. Dust the surfaces with a damp cloth to remove dust mites, pet dander, and mold spores from those areas.

Quick Tips!

  • Do not use chemical cleaners or air fresheners, as they can irritate allergies.
  • Make sure that the vacuum cleaner you use has a great HEPA filter!

What is a HEPA Filter?

The fancy definition goes like so: High efficiency particulate air (HEPA),[1][2] originally called high-efficiency particulate absorber but also sometimes called high-efficiency particulate arresting or high-efficiency particulate arrestance, is a type of air filter. Filters meeting the HEPA standard have many applications, including use in medical facilities, automobiles, aircraft and homes.

In English, this means its a very high quality filter that removes a lot of debris from the air or surface.

This will make it easier for carpet cleaning technicians in Tallahassee Florida to remove stains and dirt from the carpet.

As far as the type of the carpet, you want one with a good and flat surface.

Carpets like shag carpet would not be ideal, as it is harder to clean because it traps a lot more dirt in the base of the fibers rather than the top of the carpet surface.

The further down the dirt can fall into the carpet, the harder it will be to clean.

It’s much easier for low surface carpets to be extracted when cleaning carpet.

If you have any questions feel free to reach Main Cleaning at the number provided below! Thanks for reading!

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