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The average person spends 90% of their time indoors. Worse, recently the EPA put into the Congressional Record the fact that indoor air is more polluted than outdoor air. Americans are literally giving themselves and their children lifelong allergies with our disgusting indoor air. Every time you walk into your house, you bring lots of pollutants in with you--pollens, chemicals, soil, tar, dirt, car exhaust, cigarette smoke, and thousands of other things. Then you shut the door, and these pollutants have nowhere to go except where gravity takes them--into your carpet! How bad are these pollutants? Well, for example, the day after you spray for bugs, the concentration of insecticide is 10 times stronger in your carpet than it is outside where you put the poison. Can you imagine your child or grandchild crawling across a carpet that has 10 times the insecticide needed to kill bugs, putting their hands in their eyes and mouths? Indoor Air Quality is a subject that's on everyone's mind these days. The problems and health threats associated with poor indoor air quality have become extremely widespread. News segments now are airing around the country on a regular basis depicting the horror stories people are facing due to polluted living environments. As a result of these recent events, I've dedicated my business to showing you how to maintain a safe and healthy environment for you and your family.
Carpet cleanliness can affect indoor air quality. Indoor air quality, a growing government and customer concern, is forcing contract cleaners to focus on health as well as appearance. When properly maintained, carpet can improve indoor air quality, acting as a filter to hold soil, debris and other contaminants, and preventing them from becoming airborne. Routine carpet maintenance includes controlling the spread of dirt with entry mats, vacuuming with proper filtration and micro filter bags, and immediate spot removal. Regular vacuuming helps keep indoor air cleaner and extends carpet life. Vacuums have improved via stronger and better suction and use of filters that trap dirt down to 0.3 micron (a micron is one-millionth of a meter). It is equally important to regularly clean or replace vacuum filters to ensure efficiency. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also recognizes the effect of regular carpet cleaning on indoor air. Cleaning includes regularly scheduled wet cleaning or extraction for total soil removal. Extraction cleaning is the most effective way to remove soil. The accompanying chart lists EPA recommendations on carpet cleaning frequency based on environmental conditions.
The biggest enemy of carpet is dirt. Soiled carpets wear out faster because foot traffic grinds dirt into fibers, causing them to fray. Then fibers unwind and mat together like dirty hair on a stray dog. The most effective defense against this kind of carpet wear is frequent cleaning. Carpets should be professionally cleaned at least once, preferably twice, a year.** **(From "Getting the Dirt on Carpet Cleaners," Tom Martino, Rocky Mountain News, May 15, 1997.) Contact us now, for your FREE CARPET AUDIT!! |
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