It’s lovely feeling snug, soft carpet under your feet, especially at this time of year, but it’s important to make sure that you keep this kind of flooring material as clean as you can throughout the year to stop it from harbouring all sorts of nasty germs and bacteria that could cause harm to you and your family.
Carpeting will absorb organic matter each and every day, which is why a regular cleaning schedule is a must. Organic matter can be everything from food and drink to hair, dead skin cells, dirt from the bottoms of shoes, smoke, pollen and lots more, and over time this will all get trodden into the carpet fibres, building up over the years.
Carpets can often encourage mould growth if they aren’t cleaned properly, with spores landing on the fibres and any moisture in the home helping it to grow. This, in turn, can have a negative impact on health and wellbeing, encouraging the likes of asthma and breathing difficulties, as well as skin reactions.
Bacteria can also be present in carpet floors, including salmonella, campylobacter and E.coli, among others, which can also be very harmful to health.
Make sure you’re vacuuming your floors on a regular basis to help keep germs at bay, but you may also want to arrange for professional carpet cleaning from time to time so that you can be really assured of a truly deep clean.
Deep cleaning will really make sure that any germs are destroyed, as well as removing any stains, marks and bad odours that may also be in evidence.
