Carpet Steam Cleaning…The Hidden Truths That You Were Not Meant To Know - Exposed

In This Article We Reveal The Hidden Truths About Carpet Steam Cleaning And What You Should Know Before You Hire a Technician and Let Them Into Your Home.

From the desk of: Mark A Briody
Founder of the Carpet Cleaning Consumer Guide

With over sixteen years of hands on experience in carpet steam cleaning.

Dear friend,

There are many tricks and scam artists in carpet steam cleaning ready to rip you off, plus they are totally prepared to take your money and run before you even know what in the world happened.

My job and the purpose of this non profit consumer guide is to give you the inside truth and make sure you are prepared so it doesn’t happen to you.

Let’s Explaining The Proper Tools a Carpet Steam Cleaning professional Should Have.

Firstly a technician should have the following:

He or she should have been trained at Carpet Steam Cleaning. They also should have their certificate of currency to prove they were certified at some point. After all you wouldn’t have an unlicensed electrician do your electrical work would you? Most times your carpets are even more expensive than your homes wiring so be sure to hire the right man or woman for the job.

The technician should also be carrying with them a certificate of insurance. They should be insured and if they’re not but something is ruined or broken by them in your home do you think they are going to pay you for it? If you think they will then think again…it doesn’t happen.

If the Carpet Steam Cleaning professional is any good he or she should carry (in written form) a certificate of guarantee. A guarantee is a special form of trust…meaning if a carpet steam cleaner does not carry a guarantee then he or she might not have the confidence in their cleaning skills and if they don’t then should you?

Ask them if they are members of a carpet cleaning association such as…ADVANTAGE GROUP, NUCCA, IICRC, ACCI or related institutions. A member of one of these can add credibility to the cleaner.

Below are the carpet steam cleaning professionals this non profit consumer guide recommends:

CLICK HERE for Carpet Steam Cleaning in Sydney

CLICK HERE for Carpet Steam Cleaning Queensland

CLICK HERE for Carpet Steam Cleaning Melbourne

CLICK HERE for Carpet Steam Cleaning Perth

Now Let’s Explain The Correct Way Carpet Steam Cleaning Should Be Done

Once determined you have the right man for the job you should experience a technician that explains what he is going to be doing while in your home.

Now you will witness them spraying a solution on your carpet. This solution serves two purposes. Firstly to loosen up the grit, grime, chemicals, tar, cigarette smoke, gases and dirt in your carpet…much like sitting dirty dishes in hot soapy water for thirty minutes before you wash them…it loosens up all that rubbish and gets it ready for the cleaning and rinsing process. Secondly this solution will contain an antimicrobial which KILLS germs and bacteria hiding deep in your carpet.

You will now see the Carpet Steam Cleaning professional going over your carpet with a wand (shiny silver tool) with two pipes attached to it. This tool is known as a carpet cleaning wand. It serves two purposes when used properly. The first is to pump hot water (with special rinsing agents) into your carpets to rinse the carpet clear of all the dirt, chemicals and everything else mentioned earlier. The other pipe is the suction hose which sucks all that stuff out of your carpeting. This process will mostly be done using a huge petrol driven machine from the technicians vehicle commonly known as a truck mount carpet steam cleaning machine.

If the carpet is cleaned properly it will be left residue free, clean and fresh. The honest technician will leave your carpet free from harmful chemical residue that can be dangerous to a baby crawling on the carpets once they dry. Also by rinsing the carpet free from the chemical residue will stop it from re-soiling quickly...which is a very common problem amongst the amateurs in the carpet steam cleaning industry.

Now Let’s Explain The WRONG WAY
Carpet Steam Cleaning Is Done

The technician will typically start selling you on extras they say you NEED. This is how they con people every day...it's called "bait and switch.

You are quoted a cheap price over the phone (much cheaper than the genuine and honest carpet steam cleaning professional) but now they’re in your home... they tell you that you NEED special stain treatment, industrial cleaners, sanitising and deodorising…and to top it of once they finish the job you will be told you should or you need scotch guarding.

So you end up spending much more than if you invested in an honest professional whose investment originally looked to be three times dearer is now looking a hundred dollars cheaper. Try not to fall for the sneaky cheap and deceptive quotes as there will always be a sneaky reason.

A carpet steam cleaning technician will sometimes spray a chemical over your carpet first…usually only if you’ve agreed to pay extra from the original quote. It most likely will be an inferior cleaning agent at best… no disinfectants, sanitises or antimicrobial's for killing germs unless you pay extra from the original quote.

You will see the same step here as before BUT with a huge difference…the carpet steam cleaning machine will usually be a much inferior "portable" machine they bring into your home which is sometimes just like those machines you can hire in the supermarkets or a cheap version of the big industrial petrol driven truck mounts the Carpet Steam Cleaning professionals have invested in. These small machines have not the power or rinsing ability of their expensive $50,000 big brothers and can’t possible do the same job.

Your carpet is now left wet...much to much moisture because the machine has not the power to suck the moisture out of the carpet. The carpet has a massive amount of chemical residue (this chemical is NOT safe even though they usually tell you it is…no chemical is safe) left because the machine has not the rinsing pressure nor the ability to rinse the carpet properly. Your carpets will now re-soil quickly because they have not been rinsed properly.

If you had the choice to start again I’m betting now you know you would ask the right questions when obtaining a quote and you would invest what may seem a little more with a true quality carpet steam cleaning professional.

CONSUMERS TESTIMONIALS:
 
 
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After hiring carpet cleaners in the past we were bitterly disappointed but after using this service and the six recommendations this consumer guide gives we managed to hire a carpet cleaner who did a wonderful job for us. Thank you from Joan and John Merrylands Sydney
 
 
What a tremendous website, all the information anyone truly needs to arm themselves when shopping around for a carpet cleaner.
Mr Dickson South Port QLD
 
 
I hired one of the carpet cleaners from this consumer guide. his name was Peter from Red Rose Carpet Cleaning and he did an amazing job. Thank you to Peter and the information in this consumer guide. 
 
 
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Hello, I needed a carpet cleaner and looked on your webpage and rang “Sydney Wide Steam Cleaning” one of your recommended carpet cleaners.   Tony the owner/operator has just finished cleaning my carpets and I am delighted.  He was friendly, knowledgeable and professional.  He quoted me a price over the phone and did not charge a penny more.  He did an excellent job and I will definitely use his services again and pass on his name to friends and family.  I had a very bad experience with carpet cleaners in the United States and know now to use web sites like yours to get good advice. Thanks from a very satisfied customer.
Philippa Gaha, Castlecraig
 
 
Hi, I am Joseph of Quakers Hill. I thought this was a trick until I read the 6 points to ask a carpet cleaner before I hired one. I could see straight away that it was true and that by asking the 6 questions I would be safe guarded and not have to worry. Thanks to the carpet cleaning consumer guide.
 
 
Dear author of this cleaning consumer guide, My name is Jessie and I have been badly burnt by carpet cleaning companies in the past. They always give a quote and then charge me more when they come to my home. I decided to use one of the recommended carpet cleaners from your guide and I was pleasantly surprised. The gentleman was professional and did a wonderful job. Thank you very much.
 
 
To whom it may be of interest, My name is Ted Nickols and I used the questions this consumer guide suggests to hire a carpet cleaner here in Victoria. It worked although I did have to call several cleaners before one was professional enough to follow the rules. That carpet cleaner did a remarkable job for me and I am very pleased.
 
 
It's about time there was a guide like this. I have been a genuine and honest carpet cleaner for many years and I am often shot down in flames because I initially quote an honest price rather than a cheap and deceptive price over the phone. Thank you for putting such a guide together as it also aids us genuine and honest carpet cleaners.
 
 
 
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I used one of those letter box flyers and found them to be a total con. I think the carpet cleaning industry is full of liars. I however feel blessed to have come across this non profit guide. It helped me to finally invest in a good cleaner. I did pay more than some of the advertised prices but the result was totally worth it. Thank you, thank you...
 
 
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We used the consumer guide information not just for hiring a carpet cleaner for our company, also for investing in a long term cleaning company to clean our office area every night. What a great idea this web site is.  
 
 
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