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Making Your Home Sparkle

Every year, my mom and dad invite my grandmother, my sister, my brother-in-law, my husband, and I to their house during the holidays. While all of us stay at my parents’ home, we make a big mess. I enjoy spending time with my family. However, I feel bad about getting my parents’ home dirty. Does your home look uncharacteristically messy since holiday guests left? Consider hiring a professional cleaning service to make it sparkle again. The skilled technicians from a cleaning service can shampoo your carpets, clean your oven, and dust your furniture. On this blog, I hope you will discover the amazing benefits of hiring a cleaning service to come to your home after the Christmas holidays. Enjoy!

3 Things To Do Before A Carpet Cleaning Appointment

Regular carpet cleaning is essential if you want to keep your home's carpeting looking good and extend its life. While you can rent a carpet cleaning machine to use at home, if you want the best results you should hire a professional carpet cleaning service. Professional carpet cleaning services have access to better equipment, use higher concentrated carpet cleaning solutions, and have the skills to give your carpet a good deep cleaning. Scheduling a professional carpet cleaning appointment is the first step, but you need to be prepared before the appointment day and time arrive. Take the following steps before a carpet cleaning appointment:

Thoroughly Vacuum Your Carpet

If you want your carpet to be as clean as possible after a professional carpet cleaning service, it is important to vacuum before your carpet cleaning technician arrives. Ideally, you should set aside ample time to vacuum and make sure that every inch of your carpeting is covered. Vacuum slowly to ensure that all debris is removed from your carpet. When your carpet is thoroughly vacuumed before a carpet cleaning, there is a better chance that the carpet cleaning equipment will be able to clean the carpet fibers all the way down to the carpet pad.

Move Your Furniture

If you're paying to have your carpets cleaned, it is in your best interest to move all of your furniture so the entire area can be thoroughly cleaned. Some carpet cleaning services may move your furniture for you, but many will charge an extra fee for this. Some carpet cleaning services do not move furniture at all, for liability purposes and to prevent accidental injuries. Thus, it is best to make arrangements to have someone help you move your furniture out of carpeted areas in your home before your carpet cleaning appointment. In addition to moving big pieces of furniture, like your couches, also remove any items that are fragile or breakable. 

Provide a Parking Spot

Most carpet cleaning services use truck-mounted carpet cleaning equipment, which means that there truck needs to be parked relatively close to your home. Before your scheduled appointment time, check the street in front of your house to make sure that there is room for the truck to park. If no on-street parking is available, you may need to move at least one car from your driveway so the carpet cleaning service you hired can park their truck there.