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Colorado Carpet Cleaning Consumer Guide page 4
Hot water extraction means a hot water cleaning solution, under high pressure, is forced into you carpet and then sucked out of your carpet. Shaw Industries, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer, recommends hot water extraction as the primary method of cleaning carpets, along with an IICRC approved firm.
Colorado carpet cleaners use one of two types of hot water extraction. If they use a large unit that operates from a van or truck outside your facility, it’s called truck-mount extraction. If they use a small unit that can be brought inside, it’s called portable extraction. Shaw’s first choice is the truck-mounted unit – and it recommends the small, portable unit only in areas where the truck-mounted unit won’t reach.
The truck-mount extraction cleans much better because it heats the water to a high temperature – which breaks up the dirt, bacteria, chemicals, and pollens in the carpets. Then the machine uses high suction to draw the dirt and chemicals out of your carpet. This is the methods my company uses. We have also added a mechanical cleaning wand which is much more thorough than any other method I have seen or heard of.
MISCONCEPTION #4: Having the right equipment is all a company needs to clean your carpets properly.
Not true. Many companies own hot-water cleaners but very few companies teach their employees how to use them properly. This is why it’s important that you choose your carpet cleaner in Colorado carefully. The best carpet cleaning companies in Colorado are those that have been certified by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification, know as the IICRC. Before you choose a Colorado carpet cleaner, ask to see written proof of the company’s IICRC certification and also the certification of the technician who is going to do the job! If they don’t have them don’t use them!
MISCONCEPTION #5: The company that offers the lowest price is the company you should hire.
(1)The price may not be for the services you want performed. The company may be equipped to remove only the dirt from your carpet. But you may want bacteria, fungus, pollen, dust mites and tobacco residues removed as well.
(2)The price you see advertised may not be the price you pay. Many home owners have learned that the low price they saw advertised lasted only until the Colorado carpet cleaner got into their home. Then they were pressured into paying a lot more for a variety of ad-ons. (some Colorado carpet cleaners even break the law by using illegal bait and switch tactics.)
MISCONCEPTION #6: Any honest Colorado carpet cleaning company should be able to give you an exact price quote over the telephone.
I wish this were true, but it isn’t.
Honest, reputable carpet cleaning companies almost never price carpet cleaning by the room. Instead, carpet cleaning is usually priced by the square foot. So if you’d like me to tell you the exact cost of cleaning your carpet, I need to know the exact number of square feet that you want cleaned. To get an accurate measurement, I use an electronic device to calculate the exact size of the carpet area.
On which professional carpet cleaning company in Colorado to choose, Shaw’s Technical Bulletin states: