Selecting The Best Carpet Cleaner For Your Office.

If you are looking for  professional office cleaners you will find there are a lot of carpet cleaning companies out there.  Read the adverts and you notice none of them will suggest they are the second best cleaners.  Why would they? But by following the tips we give later in the article you will discover how to find the right carpet cleaner to fit your needs.

There are several different methods of cleaning carpets each with distinct advantages but can also have some disadvantages as well. You will need to consider the type of carpet to be cleaned and then look at the method of cleaning being suggested to you by the different cleaning companies. For example a dry extraction machine will use chemical detergents, often in powder form, which will react with the stain and free up the small globules from the carpet fibres which can then be safely and easily vacuumed up afterwards.

Many cleaners will use a cleaning machine which will spray a chemical cleaning liquid under pressure deep into the carpet fibre which will then be extracted almost immediately by a powerful wet vacuum cleaner to lift the dirt out of the carpet. This will of course leave the carpet damp and introduce the possibility of carpet shrinkage as well as the inconvenience of not being able to walk over the carpet.

You should always get estimates from a few carpet cleaning companies.  I know some companies will put all estimates into price order then delete both the highest price and the lowest price.  The problem is of course you may be mixing up apples and oranges and throwing out two cleans which would be ideal for your carpet clean. Instead ask about methods being used and why they have chosen to use that particular method on your office carpet. Also check out what chemicals they are using.  Always ask for copies of safety data sheets they can’t supply they are not the professionals you are looking for. Ask about how long the clean will take and how soon afterwards you can use the room. Find out about furniture removals as well.

Probably the most important thing, is to know who is coming to your office or home.  You should always make sure that you know the history of the carpet cleaner as well as inquire if background checks are performed by the company.

Follow the above tips, and you’ll have no problems with finding the right carpet cleaner.

You may be surprised to discover after the carpet clean that a number of your staff will feel better afterwards. This is not just psychological thinking but could be down to them having an allergy which they did not know about.  That increase in productivity alone could be worth the cost of the better carpet clean. What have you got to lose except of course that dirty looking carpet!

The author Ron Thomson works as the National Quality Manager for Clean Care Scotland one of the largest Scottish Commercial Cleaning Companies providing contract cleaning services to restaurants, retail stores, offices as well as some health groups. In addition he is teh Area Manager for Aberdeen Office Cleaning and one of the co-authors of the book “Floor Care Is Not Just Floor Cleaning”