How to keep your commercial carpets clean with minimal disruption

At Art of Clean, we understand keeping your carpets clean and usable 24 hours a day and 7 days a weeks, might seem like a 'big ask' but by following these simple maintenance guidelines, we'll help you keep its appearance tidy in premises such as hotels, schools, offices and restaurants. This can be a challenge so find below the 8 top tips that will help you to achieve it:

1-      Keep your parking areas, pavement and exterior areas clean all the time and less dirt will end up inside the building. To be honest more than 90 % of dirt on in-door carpets is tracked in on show soles. The carpets will get dirty where people walk.

2-      Good quality walk-off mats should be place at all entrances

3-      Vacuum the carpet daily is one of the most important things to do.

4-      Choosing the right vacuum cleaner that combines brushing/vacuuming is required. We recommend Sebo. This is also very important to ensure your vacuum cleaners are well maintained. (Check belt, beater bar, brush agitators, vacuum bags and filter.)

5-      Spend more time to vacuum and clean the ground floor areas as dirt will come from outside. The more you clean there, the less it is needed on the upper floors.

6-      Clean lift daily to avoid dirt going to upper floors

7-      Since the best time to clean spots is immediately, establish a simple spot removal programme.

8-      Have a carpet maintenance plan in place for a professional to clean and maintain the carpet weekly, monthly or quarterly

Art of Clean is a specialist cleaning firm in: 

Wood Floor Sanding,

Stone floor Cleaning,

Carpet Cleaning,

Rug Cleaning,

Upholstery Cleaning 

Leather Furniture Cleaning, 

CLEANING PRODUCTS

Working for domestic or commercial clients throughout Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire.

For more information on our services contact our friendly team on 01223 863632 or email us at info@artofclean.co.uk

What is carpet cleaning hot water extraction?

Hot water extraction is a fancy way of saying that a hot water cleaning solution under high pressure is forced into your carpets & upholstery and then sucked out again.

In a recent Technical Bulletin, Shaw Industries, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer ‘recommends the hot water extraction system, which research indicates provides the best capability for cleaning’.

This is the method we recommend for most cleaning. On which type to choose, Shaw’s Technical Bulletin states: “Cleaning can be done from a truck mounted unit outside the facility with only the hose and wand brought inside, or where a truck mounted unit cannot reach, by a portable, self contained system brought into the facility”.

Shaw Industries recommends extraction cleaning. And this isn’t surprising.

You see, this system cleans much better because it heats the water to a safe temperature – and shoots the cleaning solution into the carpet. This breaks up the dirt, bacteria etc. in the carpet. Then the machine produces huge vacuum volume to draw the dirt and solutions out of your carpets & upholstery.

This is the method Art of Clean use. No question, the most effective way to clean carpeting & upholstery is with a truck mounted hot-water unit. It’s the most powerful cleaning machine on the market and the only machine that cleans your carpet & upholstery of dirt, harmful bacteria, fungus, chemicals, pollens and tobacco residue and dust mites. Some people believe that hot water damages your carpets & upholstery, but this is not true. By washing and then rinsing your carpets & upholstery with hot water, we clean them completely – in the same way that the person who showers and rinses off the dirt and soap will be much cleaner than the person who only takes a sponge bath.

Art of Clean is a specialist cleaning firm in: 

Wood Floor Sanding,

Stone floor Cleaning,

Carpet Cleaning,

Rug Cleaning,

Upholstery Cleaning 

Leather Furniture Cleaning, 

Working for domestic or commercial clients throughout Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire.

For more information on our services contact our friendly team on 01223 863632 or email us at info@artofclean.co.uk

Cat Poo....Perhaps you can relate to our clients scenario...

We recently had an email from a client with an enormous cat poop problem…

“I arrived home last Friday evening, ready to rush around and pack our bags before heading out promptly to Somerset for a friend’s wedding the next day.

But….upon opening the front door I noticed one of the cats had decided to poop right by the door, underneath the post flap, so that my post could land right in it……GROSE RIGHT!

Being pregnant and knowing the hazards of cat poop can cause to my unborn child I left the door open to air the place and thinking my husband would clean the mess when he got home a few minutes later….

But….

In his excitement at arriving home he completely didn't see the mess, proceeded to walk through it and transferred it on his shoes ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE HOUSE!

My nose picked up the problem first…..I turned from doing the washing up in the kitchen I noticed brown marks all over the floor! Screaming, I demanded my husband stopped moving IMMEDIATELY!

What a mess.

I think I need Art of Clean pronto……..”


Dear Serena

Thanks for getting in touch. It does sound like you need our help as soon as possible. The staining on the carpet – like you pointed out is not healthy as bacteria will start breaking the staining down and this is not healthy for your unborn child. The best way to treat this is by rinsing it (steam cleaning) from the carpet. We will apply a sanitizer to the carpets to get rid of the smell.

Our truck mounted cleaning system will also ensure the dirty air gets vented outside the property rather than in your home keeping a healthy living environment.

Please call us on 01223 863632 when it is convenient and we can schedule a visit or you.

Warmest Regards and thanks for choosing Art of Clean

Gail

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Carpet cleaning to reduce allergies

According to Allergy UK one in four people suffer from an allergy! Among the most common allergens are:
• Dust mites
• Pollen
• Animal dander
• Food (e.g.nuts/seeds)

Carpets are the number one place for these allergens to accumulate in your home. Dust, skin, pollen, animal debris and crumbs fall onto the carpet and get lodged into the carpets fibers. Dust mites feed on skin and so will be living en-mass in your carpet.  Walking over the carpet will disturb the debris and release allergens into the atmosphere setting of symptoms of allergies.

Symptoms can range from moderate to severe:

• Runny/sneezing/itching nose
• Itchy watery eyes
• Skin rash
• Wheezing or Asthma attack

It is crucial, for people living with allergies, to clean carpets regularly.

Regular vacuuming with a hypo-allergenic vacuum cleaner which is supported by British Allergy Foundation Approval will filter debris so that it is not released back into the atmosphere during cleaning, so as not to upset someone with a dust allergy.  We would suggest the Sebo Felix Pet which has S-CLASS FILTRATION.  S-CLASS systems will remove 100% of particles of 1 micron and above. Dust mite faeces are approx. 10 microns.

It is also very important to have your carpets cleaned regularly because vacuuming will only remove surface dirt and debris.  Have a professional carpet cleaning company deep clean your carpets to remove the build-up of deep rooted dirt and allergens that a vacuum will not reach.
For further information on carpet cleaning and the services we provide please contact us on 01223 863632 or visit www.artofclean.co.uk.

Cream of the crop carpet cleaners in the UK to lift standards in Cambridge

Carpet Cleaners throughout the UK met in Cambridge today.

The cleaning sector in Cambridge had a real boost today by a visit by several leading carpet cleaning companies throughout the UK to discuss how to serve clients in Cambridge and Saffron Walden better. 

How to pull off the perfect plan to have your chimney swept, boiler serviced and carpets cleaned

Start by finding reliable trust worthy trades-people that will deliver the service you deserve, ensuring that you check-out the following before you use a tradesman:

A written quotation for the work to be carried out

Testimonials from previous clients

Money back guarantee

Training record and insurance policy

Customer service: A company with a permanently manned office will enable you to have easy access to help and assistance if needed.

Schedule to have your chimney and boiler serviced before having your carpet cleaned.

If there are any small stains from the chimney or boiler service – only wipe up what you can. Refrain from scrubbing or using aggressive cleaners. Inform your carpet cleaner and let them take care of the stain removal on your carpets and upholstery.

It is also of great benefit to have carpet protector such as Scotch Guard or a similar stain protective coating applied to your carpets and soft furnishings.

The photos below shows marks on a carpet following the home owners attempt to bleed the radiators – we successfully removed all traces of the radiator leak as they contacted straight away and didn’t attempt to clean the mess themselves.

If you would like to find out more about our carpet cleaning service then call us today on 0122 3863632