Braintree and South Shore: Commercial Carpet Cleaning Keeps Your Business Looking Great!
June 30, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
What attracts customers to your place of business? If you’re like most small business owners, you probably have a good idea how to answer that question. You have great merchandise or you offer superior customer service. Maybe you’re the most convenient business in town.
Here’s another question: what makes customers leave? What makes customers decide that they don’t want to do business with you at all? Leading small business experts agree that one of the primary ‘turn offs’ small business customers experience is a dirty business. If your business doesn’t look and smell clean, you’re going to lose business.
Carpeting plays a huge role in the appearance of your business. Because carpeting is underfoot, it is really easy for our carpets to become dirty without us even noticing. One customer coming in with dirty or greasy boots can completely ruin your business’ appearance. Imagine walking into a fine jewelry store or restaurant and seeing oily footprints on the floor – would you want to stay?
One way to curtail the effects of heavy foot traffic is to hire a commercial carpet cleaning service; having your carpets regularly and thoroughly cleaned leaves your business looking and smelling great and can prolong the life of the carpet! Remember, your customers may decide whether or not to do business with you in as little as five seconds, based on their first impression when they walk through the door. Commercial carpet cleaning ensures your first impression is a great impression!
Many types of businesses benefit from commercial carpet cleaning. If you run a hotel or motel in Braintree or anywhere on the South Shore, your cleaning staff vacuums regularly. However, we all know that chambermaids have to get a lot of work done in a short amount of time - do they have the time or ability to thoroughly clean your carpeting? A professional carpet cleaning, even on a monthly or quarterly basis, can completely change the look of your rooms.
South of Boston, Cape Cod and The Islands: What Can Be Done For Water Damaged Carpet?
“My mother bought these rugs when she was traveling in Morocco in the sixties,” Doreen explained. “They’ve been in my family for almost fifty years!” She looked up at the ceiling in her apartment. The neighbors upstairs have a teenage girl who started a bath and then completely forgot about it. “I guess her boyfriend called her and out the door she went! So that tub was running for hours!” The water overflowed, of course, and seeped through the floor. Chunks of the ceiling collapsed onto Doreen’s rugs. “And there was a lot of water! Up to my ankles!” Doreen said.
What can be done for water damaged carpet? Doreen called for ServiceMaster’s Cape Cod water pump out services to get the excessive water out of her apartment. “That didn’t take them long at all,” Doreen said, “But you wouldn’t believe how filthy the rugs were afterward!”
Professional carpet cleaning services can help restore your floor coverings after a flood event. Wall to wall carpeting and area rugs can be cleaned. Your ServiceMaster South Shore’s professional cleaning service on Cape Cod will remove all of the flood water from the room, and then clean the carpet and rugs thoroughly. This is done using specialized techniques and tools that will preserve the life of your carpeting. After the carpet and rugs are completely dried, an antimicrobial is applied to discourage the growth of mold and mildew. This keeps your family healthy and safe from common allergens. “I was so happy to save Mother’s rugs!” Doreen said. “These were so important to her, and they’re treasures to me.”
Cleaning your carpets after a flood event is definitely not a do it yourself job. First and foremost there’s a safety issue. Flood waters are full of dirt, grease, grime, chemical compounds and more. Don’t expose yourself to the risk! Next, it’s essential to remove all of the water. This requires high powered pumps. Professional carpet cleaning can remove the grime and nasty residue that flood waters have left embedded deep in your carpet. Your room will look and smell great.
Carpet Cleaning Cape Cod – When to Use a Professional
March 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Carpets cost money, and as a result you want to keep them in good shape for as long as you can. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about a Berber-style carpet that is utilitarian or thick shag, you want to keep it clean. Vacuuming goes just so far, getting the surface dirt, fuzz and pet hair off the rough. However, you will want to go beyond the surface dirt at times to take care of ground in dirt, stains and other hard to reach debris.
Cleaning your carpet deeply is a must from point to point. Most of the best carpet cleaning techniques are the pervue of professional carpet cleaning services. There are some really good home carpet cleaning machines that work well on smaller carpet areas or on rugs, but the professionals still have the ability to work on entire rooms efficiently and quickly.
Home carpet cleaners have two methods of use: using hot tap water combined with soap to get fibers clean or they use steam that is generated from the machine. In the carpet cleaning industry, there are a number of different types of methods used. These include dry foam extraction, dry absorbent compounds, extraction via hot water, as well as rotary bonnet and shampoo. They have different criteria to determine which method they use and the type of carpeting you have.
There are numerous ways to clean some carpets while with other carpeting there are only a few specific methods that are suitable. Wool rugs are a prime example of a carpet that can be cleaned in different ways because it is very resilient and can be cleaned effectively using either dry or wet techniques. Silk or Oriental rugs, on the other hand, have fewer options and aren’t as easily cleaned. The only options for these types of carpets is dry methods and these carpets should only be cleaned by a professional service.
Getting rid of stains, unwanted debris and dirt that’s ground in is the overall point to having a carpet cleaned. Picking the method by which that is accomplished is based on specific criteria based on rug type. Stains can really detract from your overall look in the house, and this is one area that can be handled by you if you know what to use. Carpet spots can be tricky, and you must take into account the age of your carpet as well as the color fast properties that it came with.
Determining what the stain is made of is the first step towards cleaning it. While you’ll want to hire a professional to give your carpet a thorough cleaning, getting out spots like permanent marker can be handled with over-the-counter spot removers and a bit of elbow grease. Keeping your home fresh and clean is the goal to having carpets cleaned. You want to remove stains which can be done on your own, and have your carpets cleaned professionally on as needed. In between you can vacuum and run a small cleaning unit so that your home has the look and feel of being cozy and luxurious simultaneously.