As temperatures drop, you and your family will probably spend more time inside your Atlanta-area home.
Cooler weather also means keeping doors and windows sealed, causing less fresh air to circulate. Unfortunately, this results in sealing yourself inside a home with allergens.
Use these tips to remove carpet allergens and bacteria or viruses that could make you and your family sick during winter.
High-Efficiency Vacuuming
Using a high-efficiency vacuum, either by design or with HEPA (High-Efficiency Particulate Air) filtration bags can help you remove numerous allergens that hide in your carpet. You need to vacuum thoroughly, under and behind all furniture, which is where dust will accumulate.
If there is a huge cloud of dust coming out of your vacuum cleaner, you are making the situation worse. Change the bag or empty the bin. However, according to Science Daily, vacuuming alone will not completely remove carpet allergens, or particles like dust mites.
Don't Forget to Dust
The age-old question of whether you should dust or vacuum first really does not matter, as long as you do both thoroughly. Do not just use a rag and spread the dust around. Use a material that will trap the dust and debris. Otherwise, all you are doing is depositing dust and allergens into the air and back on your carpet.
Quality Carpet Cleaning
Unfortunately, many allergens and other potential health threats love to lurk in your carpeting. Bacteria like Salmonella and Campylobacter can also live more than four weeks in your carpet. Dust mites, fleas and carcinogens from tobacco smoke also reside in carpet fibers.
In order to completely remove carpet allergens, plus the bacteria, viruses and other unpleasant debris, you need to have professional carpet cleaning. What you do not want to do is add more problems to your carpet in an attempt to clean it. Many chemicals used in carpet cleaning, including Naphthalene, are just as bad for your health as the allergens are.
The Zerorez® system uses Zr Clean™ to give your carpets a deep cleaning. The cleaning removes carpet residue and unhealthy debris, harmful substances. No chemicals are used, meaning nothing is left behind to harm your family or attract new debris. Your carpets are not soaked in water either, which means they dry quickly and you do not have to worry about mildew and mold.
By combining these techniques, you can control your indoor air quality. Winter doesn't have to be a time where you are stuck inside with a host of allergens and other harmful elements.
Contact Zerorez® with questions on keeping your home clean and healthy.
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