How long carpet really takes to dry after a professional clean
Walkable in a couple of hours, dry the same day — and the five things that change that. What slows drying down, and how to speed it up in a closed-up room.
Read itNotes from the van
Six articles, each answering a question that actually comes up on the phone. There are no price guides here and nothing written to fill a page — if a question can be answered in a paragraph it gets a paragraph, and if it needs a thousand words it is because there is genuinely that much worth knowing. Start with pet odour if something keeps coming back, drying times if you need a room usable by a particular hour, or the rug piece if you own anything wool or oriental.
What a mattress clean actually removes, and what it does not
Dust mites, skin cells, sweat and stains — what is really in a mattress, what cleaning takes out, and why the bedroom is where allergy symptoms concentrate.
Read itPet odour in carpet: what removes it, what only masks it
Why a pet smell comes back a week after cleaning, where it is really living, and the difference between removing odour and covering it up for a fortnight.
Read itSteam cleaning or dry cleaning: which one your carpet needs
Hot-water extraction versus low-moisture cleaning, what each one is actually good at, and why the honest answer depends on the carpet rather than on the method.
Read itWhat to move before the cleaner arrives: a ten-minute list
The short list of things worth clearing before a carpet cleaning visit, what we move ourselves, and the four items that cause almost every avoidable problem.
Read itWhy wool and oriental rugs are not cleaned like carpet
Fibre, dye and construction all change what a rug can safely take. What to check before anyone cleans yours, and the one fibre that catches almost everybody out.
Read itTell us what needs cleaning
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