5 Steps to Prepare For a Carpet Cleaning

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Carpets have a nasty tendency to collect dirt and grime if they're not properly cleaned. It's not so much that it's hard to clean them, it's just matter of doing it, and doing it regularly. This means both regularly vacuuming and also having the carpets professionally cleaned, ideally once a year. If you're considering having a service come to your home and clean the carpets, take a look at the list below of what to do to prepare for a cleaning. Before they arrive, you'll want to go over this with the cleaning company to ensure everyone's on the same page - but consider the list below a good working set of guidelines to go by.

1. Remove big pieces of furniture, tables, and chairs. This is not mandatory but keep in mind that whatever furniture is left on the carpet, the cleaners will only be able to clean whatever carpet is not made inaccessible by the furniture. So while desks and kitchen tables only conceal the bits of carpets underneath their legs, couches, beds, and other large furniture items cover quite a bit of carpet. If possible, remove them from the area.

2. Remove smaller furniture and loose items. Don't forget to also clear out the carpeted areas of small loose items, like toys or random DVD's that might by lying around.

3. Secure any fragile items. If you have fragile items (like china, etc), either get them out of the way or secure them so that any bumps to the furniture they're resting on won't bother them. Carpet cleaning companies will make you sign a waiver about broken items and will not be reimbursing anyone for things that accidentally get broken because they were left in the way.

4. Get the pets out of the way. Pets obviously will need to go into a different area of the home that has no carpet, and kept there until the carpets have dried fully.

5. Give the carpets a quick vacuum. Vacuuming the carpets before the cleaners arrive will remove all light dirt and gunk from the carpets. Many companies will ask you to do so before they get there. If not, be sure they will do it themselves.

Preparing for carpet cleaning isn't hard, just take some common sense and a bit of time to get everything together. Once the carpets are cleaned and the furniture is back in place, you'll be happy enjoying your clean home!