Monday, March 29, 2010

Why Tacoma Residents Need Carpet Cleaning

Here is some valuable information that every homeowner in the city of Tacoma, WA can use.
It pertains to carpet cleaning and many of us to do not get it done enough. Do you have any idea what is being tracked inside your house on a daily basis? Dirt, grass, rocks, mud, bacteria, and trash are all on the bottom of your shoes.

When you come inside the house and walk on the carpet all those items are being wiped on your floor. The material in carpet are like magnets for dirt and it does not take long before the the whole carpet is stained and looks 20 years old when in fact it was installed 1 year ago.

So hopefully I have convinced you that you need a carpet cleaning service here in Tacoma more often than you realized. Many people only get this service done when they are moving out of their apartment, selling their home, or for your astute residents once per year.

You really need to get your carpets cleaned every three months or at the very least every six months. Your carpets are dirty; you just cannot see it plainly. Watch what they look like after you have them cleaned. The color will be night and day. One should see what the water in the carpet cleaning unit looked like after going over a supposedly "clean" house. What people do not realize is that dirt bonds to the carpet and is not always readily visible to the naked eye. But, once it builds up over time you will start to notice your floors getting really grayish and dull looking.

How much does it cost to have a carpet cleaning Tacoma company come out and do them?
Many businesses like these charge by the room with a 2 room minimum. The living room will usually be counted as two, maybe three rooms, by itself. When you get three rooms or more there is a substantial break in the total price. Many times you can find deals like $99 for three rooms. Or, you might find a company that offers 20% off when you get three or more rooms cleaned.

Just take a look at what this carpet cleaning Tacoma company is offering on its "online specials" page. Every returning customer gets 10% and nobody will say this but you can usually negotiate the discount to be a little bit lower if you are a repeat.

There is a huge payback you get for finding a local Tacoma Washington outfit you like and sticking with them. Do your homework on a company, qualify them, find out if you like the way they do business, and stick with them. The reason being is this: it costs less money for a business of this nature to keep a client than to get a new one.

Once the advertising costs are factored in a local carpet cleaning company will make practically nothing on a new customer at first. The expenses of running ads on the television, radio, print, and now internet are costly. A business that specializes in carpet cleaning NEEDS repeat business to stay alive and will offer many incentives for you to stay with them.

The whole process is simple but labor intensive. A company will most likely have the actually cleaning unit in a work van with a LONG hose that comes out the back. Your carpets are pre-treated with a spray to break up all the dirt. A technician then goes over it with the wand spraying hot water (180 degrees) on the carpet. The water dissolves any dirt you have on your carpets and then the wands sucks the dirty water back in.

Your carpets are left spotless and clean. You and your family can not breath easy. Hopefully they are clean enough for you to eat on them, though, I would not recommend it. After paying good money to get them cleaned the last thing you want is any food getting on them:)