One person, start to finish
Ben does the cleaning, so the person who looks at your carpet first is the same person who cleans it. Before any water goes down, he checks the fibre, notes the marks you want looked at and tells you what is realistic.
Then each room gets the same routine.
- Dry vacuum where grit and dust have built up
- Pre-spray on walkways, doorways and the edges of stairs
- Hot water rinse and extraction across the whole room
- Second pass on any marks that need it
- Pile brushed up so it dries evenly
Stairs, landings and long hallways
Stairs wear faster than any other carpet in the house because every step takes the full weight of every trip. The nose of each tread usually goes dark first. We clean stairs by hand with a smaller tool so the edges, risers and corners get proper attention.
Upstairs landings and long hallways are often the dullest spots in a two-storey home. A pre-spray and slow extraction bring back a lot of the original colour.
Wool carpet in established homes
Plenty of older homes around Albany Creek, Arana Hills and Ferny Hills still have wool or wool-blend carpet. Wool cleans up beautifully, but it needs a gentler solution and careful heat. We test first and adjust the method to suit.
Some marks on any carpet will not lift, such as bleach spots, dye spills and colour loss from sun. We point those out before starting so there are no surprises.
Dust from acreage and dirt roads
In Cashmere, Samford Valley, Draper and Dayboro, fine dust blows in through doors and windows and settles deep in the carpet. It acts like sandpaper on the fibres. A dry vacuum before the wet clean lifts the loose grit so the extraction can deal with what is stuck.
Drying depends on the carpet, the airflow and the weather on the day. Fans, open windows or air conditioning all help.