- Work boots and runners are not friends of carpet as their abrasive soles can cause damage. Office chairs can also be damaging without protection mats.
- When small balls of fibre appear on your carpet, simply use a vacuum with a revolving brush head or carefully snip it off with scissors.
- Hair dyes, shoe polish, paints, caustic chemicals such as bleach, insecticides, plant food, and iodine are some examples of substances that can stain or discolour your carpet.
- A quality upright vacuum cleaner with an adjustable beater bar for different carpet heights is recommended for maintaining your carpet.
- Carpets should also be vacuumed once a week, with higher traffic areas such as the living room twice a week.
- Clean the carpet when the colour starts looking dull. If you wait until the carpet is dirty, cleaning it will be much more difficult, take much longer and cost more.
- If you get to a stain immediately, there’s a better chance that you can remove it. A lot of stains can be removed simply by using ordinary tap water.
