On Saturday we got a chance to meet our new neighbors. You might remember that I mentioned them in one of my recent posts? We didn’t talk long as they were busy doing some work on their new house. They don’t plan on moving in until the first of July or so.
I don’t think that they plan to knock out walls like we did on our second day in our home, but they did say they were painting and redoing some of their floors.
While we were talking the new lady of the house, C, asked me if I could recommend a carpet cleaning company in the area. Our home is all hardwood floors so we haven’t used a local carpet cleaner however when we lived in our apartment we did have our carpets professionally cleaned a few times.
The first time we used a carpet cleaners services we had them do a very thorough cleaning of our carpets. My husband had used our area rug previously in his dorm room and it had a lot of stains on it.
A good carpet cleaner will not only offer a dry vacuum, but they’ll also offer spot removal, power scrubbing and steam extraction. Some companies even go so far as to offer a finishing service where they will fluff the carpets and even place pads under furniture to decrease the wear and tear on the carpet.
I also inquired if the carpet cleaning service that I used offered upholstery cleaning and they did, so I had them remove some stains on our loveseats. The material on the loveseats was a combination of silk and cotton or silk and rayon. I can’t remember the exact mix, but it was a delicate fabric. I was very pleased with how nice the loveseats looked when they were done. The loveseats were like new again. That stained area rug looked pretty good too.
Some carpet cleaners also offer pet odor control, carpet repair, area and oriental rug cleaning, drapery cleaning and fabric protection. Of course, most of the companies that provide residential services also offer commercial carpet cleaning too.
A few companies even offer tile and grout cleaning. Now that’s a great service to offer. I don’t know what your bathroom looks like, but we have really old tiles in our upstairs washroom and the grout looks terrible. Even though I don’t have carpets I might call in a carpet cleaner to have my drapes and grout cleaned!
I didn’t have any carpet cleaning companies to recommend to our new neighbors as I’d forgotten the name of the company that I’d used so long ago. As you can probably tell, I went online to look up some carpet cleaners in the Toronto area and that’s when I found out about all the different services that are available at some of the companies. After I did some research I was happy to pass on a few company names to our neighbors.
One thing I did learn as I looked for a carpet cleaner was that some offer Internet Specials. By this I mean you can get coupons or Internet discounts if you visit their web page prior to booking their service. So if you happen to be thinking of having your carpets, upholstery or drapes cleaned in the near future don’t forget to do an internet search and see if you can get a discount. You might as well save some money if you can.
Carpet Cleaners can practically restire a carpet to an almost new condition. Despite working for a solid wood floor company, I have my entire house carpeted.
I purchased a new home that came with fitted cream carpets. After 12 months of living in the house, and with the introduction of a kitten, the lovely cream carpets ended up stained and generally darker.
After we had the carpet cleaners in, they steam cleaned the entire house, and it looks like new!
I’m glad you found the services of use around your house. As you rightly said, carpet cleaners offer a lot more than just carpet cleaning. Another service that you forgot to mention is water damage or flood damage restoration. There are various companies such as ours that offer this service in order to make sure that sure that each household can rely on one company for their carpet and flood restoration needs. The internet has become a great way to shop before you can decide on whom to call and companies are becoming more proactive in posting their specials on their websites.
Of course you will also find that some cleaners get into too many different services. There is something said for specialization. Case in point, wood floor refinishing. Its a great service to offer but should be done by a company that specializes in it. Many carpet cleaners offer this though.
Hi Tricia,
I am not really sure if carpet cleaner companies are specialized in both services, but i do know it’s very important to have a company that specializes in tile and grout cleaning instead of asking a carpet cleaner company to do the work as well.
When the stains have been around for some years, it’s critical to use a specific product to restore the grout, and i believe the carpet cleaner companies are not ready for such a job.
I have friends that are in the tile & grout business and they know how to restore them very well.
Absolutely, there’s always discount on the internet for their services.
Well, many of the carpet cleaners just follow the trends and basically offer any hard, deep clean job that is needed around the house or the office. It is only logical to offer repair services when you are an expert in carpets and know how to do that.
Just be careful for all the bait and switch advertising being done. Always ask up front what the price will be and for how much square feet. If it sounds too good to be true it is.