Maintaining Healthy, Beautiful Carpets

Carpet is everywhere, and probably mostly because it is comfortable yet easy to maintain.  Appearing luxurious or expensive, carpet is often the most economical choice for floor covering. Just like all textiles, though, the beauty and life of carpets depend on the care that is put into them.  Beautiful, long-life carpets require proper maintenance involving regular vacuuming and periodic deep cleaning.  Having clean carpets not only prolongs the life of the carpet fibers but is also better for you and your family’s health.

Regular, weekly vacuuming is essential to maintaining carpets in the home as it removes particulate soil that damages the carpet fibers.  Vacuuming maintains the surface appearance of carpet and keeps levels of soil in the pile to a minimum.  Cleaning the carpets with a vacuum should occur at least once every two weeks, perferably once each week and even daily in heavily soiled or trafficked areas.  It is important to use a well-maintained, good quality vacuum like the Miele Vacuums if you expect your carpets to last for years.

Vacuuming removes only particulate soil and surface dirt; therefore, other methods of carpet cleaning are periodically required.  Wet cleaning methods are much better for removing oils, greases and other forms of matter that cause deeper soiling in the carpet.   These methods can be accomplished by professional carpet cleaners or by homeowner’s with smaller, less powerful units that can be used more often that professional cleaning. The use of a RugDoctor Carpet Cleaner every three months will drastically increase the life of moderate quality carpet in any home.

The Rug Doctor Models

This article is devoted to exploring in-depth features and benefits of Rug Doctor carpet cleaning machines. Our previous article, Why Rug Doctor?, introduced key reasons why consumers would want to purchase a Rug Doctor Machine. This article digs deeper into each model offered and hopes to offer some clarity to consumers interested in purchasing a Rug Doctor, but aren’t sure which machine they need.

For starters, some general information about the Rug Doctor cleaners will be useful. These machines are unique in that they all utilize a 3-step cleaning process which effectively cleans carpets with a single pass of the machine. Typical carpet cleaners require a longer process of pre-treating, shampooing, rinsing, and finally extracting moisture and chemicals from the carpets. The Rug Doctor machines effectively complete injection, agitation, and extraction with only one pass of the machine over your carpet, saving you time and energy.

Speaking of extraction, the Rug Doctor carpet cleaners are the only deep carpet extractor for the consumer market that is approved by the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) for superior cleaning. The CRI Seal of Approval program identifies effective carpet cleaning solutions and equipment that cleans carpet right the first time and protects your carpet investment. Oh, and another accolade for the Rug Doctor cleaning machines is the coveted Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, a prestigious award from the well-known Good Housekeeping Research Institute.

Why Rug Doctor?

Have you ever hired a professional carpet cleaner? It makes perfect sense why you would. You invest a lot of money into beautiful carpeting in your home, it’s only logical that you would protect your investment by having it professionally cleaned periodically. Dirt and grime stored deep in the carpet pile can break carpet strands leading to more than just dirty carpet, but damaged carpet that will need to be replaced. Unfortunately, professional carpet cleaning services come with a professional price. The one-time service could be anywhere from $300 to over $700 for an average, 2,000 square foot home. There has to be a more cost effective way, and there is.

For as little as the cost of one visit from a professional carpet cleaning service, you can have the power of a professional-grade Rug Doctor Carpet Cleaner at home whenever you need it. You could refresh your carpets once a year or every season depending on your needs, not your budget. Most homeowners do not realize how affordable owning a Rug Doctor Machine is today. If you own a home that has carpet in half the rooms or more, you owe it to yourself to consider a Rug Doctor Shampooer.