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Sep
26
2014

Inside Tips For Hiring a Professional Carpet Cleaner

Here are some insider tips on what to look for in hiring a professional cleaning company.

First, don't just hire the cheapest company in your city. With a service, cheaper isn't always better. Chances are, the cheap price cleaners use cheap equipment, cheap chemicals, and cheap labor. This is a recipe for disaster. In many cases, these "cheap" cleaners can do more damage than good for your carpet.

Here's the deal: anyone can start a carpet cleaning business with as little as $50. And the problem is, over half the carpet cleaning businesses started this year are started with the wrong equipment, wrong chemicals, and lack of training.

The right equipment should consist of, at bare minimum, truck-mounted carpet cleaning equipment. This equipment usually ranges in the neighborhood of $10,000-$30,000. 

Most of the start-up or "cheap" coupon based carpet cleaners use portable equipment. Sometimes they use machines rented at a grocery store. Portable cleaning equipment can never do what truck-mounted equipment can. The right chemicals are very important.

Cheap carpet cleaning chemicals are high in residue and cause soil to attract to the carpet after cleaning. In addition, the best cleaning agents for spot removal are never cheap. To get the job done right, a cleaner must have the more state-of-the-art spot removal agents in his truck. If he doesn't, you'll be left with a poor job.

And what about the guy cleaning your carpet? If the company he works for is cheap, it's unlikely there was ever a background check done on the guy cleaning in your bedroom. It's also unlikely much, if any, training was done for specialty spot removal. And in order for his company to make any profit, he's forced to rush through your cleaning at break neck speed. He wouldn't be able to do a good job even if he knew how.

If spots return after the cleaning, you'll likely get a run-around. The cheap companies never guarantee their work.

If a company charges cheap prices, they can't afford to give you the best service. If they clean with the right equipment, chemicals, and qualified cleaning technicians, they can't stay in business charging the cheapest prices. When it comes to hiring a carpet cleaner, you get what you pay for. Don't be mislead with the cheap coupons. The companies that charge cheap prices can't afford to deliver anything but a cheap service.

When it comes to something as valuable as carpeting, saving a few dollars on hiring a service may cost thousands in the long run.

Hire Van's Carpet & Upholstery for guaranteed professional carpet cleaning services!

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What Others Say

Very Professional!

B Burgfechtel

Quality work and great follow up to any situation.

Stacy Tomeo @ Doc's Restorations, Summerfield FL

We just had Van’s clean our carpet and 2 area rugs. Because we have wool area rugs, they took them to their facility to clean them. The rugs look amazing. Carpets look great too. Excellent job. Will definitely use them again.

Customer

We called Van’s on the recommendation of DOC’s Restoration staff in Summerfield and are glad we did. Ivy VanGorder was great in timely scheduling the work during a day when the seller allowed us in just before the closing so furniture could be delivered the following week. Ernie arrived on time and was a true professional. It was a pleasure to have them complete our rug cleaning in our home. Van’s Rug Cleaning went out of their way to get us to our newly purchased home with a spotless rug. A definite return customer here! Veterans tell them who you are and they will hook you up!

Customer

Being new to the area I am so grateful that my Realtor referred your company to us, gave us your name as the best cleaning service in the area. It turned out they were right, It was the most outstanding experience ever. I have used many carpet cleaning services in the past and never was so pleased with the service as I was with your company, you're the BEST. The gentleman that came to our house was very friendly and did an excellent job at removing furniture and removing any spots in carpet. It came out spotless. I will certainly use your service again and I will highly recommend your service to family and friends. I already did. Thanks for the cookies.

Carroll Therioult, Lady Lake Fl