If you treat your carpet right, it can last ten or even fifteen years — but you have to be diligent about cleaning your carpets. Some of that is down to everyday cleaning and maintenance, but we also recommend having your carpets professionally cleaned at least once a year. The best time of year to…
No one likes slippery sidewalks. That’s why winter sidewalks and roads are salted down with rock salt or magnesium chloride to keep everyone’s cars (and tailbones) safe. But all that salt can soak into shoes, clothes, and carpets, leaving stains and weakening carpet. Here’s how to keep winter streets from doing permanent damage. Keep Salt…
The winter is probably the toughest season on your carpets, with people tracking in snow, mud, and salt every time they come into the house — not to mention the extra foot traffic from holiday guests. But that doesn’t mean you need to bar the doors and windows and wait it out until spring. With…
We love carpet in our homes — it’s soft, comfortable, and cozy — but eventually, something is going to spill on the carpet that might cause a permanent stain. When that’s the case, you might scramble to grab the nearest cleaner, not knowing that the wrong product can do more harm than good. So the…
We’ve talked before about how to make sure your brand new carpet lasts as long as possible, but what if your carpet is already into its sunset years? Obviously, we recommend that you start shopping for new carpet, but if you’re in a rental property, shopping for a new house, or simply don’t have the…