All carpets will need cleaning after a period of time. But the question is – should you attempt to clean your carpets yourself or search online for a professional carpet cleaning service near me? Here are some of the key aspects to weigh up for each option.

Cost

The cost of cleaning is something that most people will carefully consider when their carpets need dirt and stains removed, and whether to tackle the job themselves or call out the professionals.

At first glance, it might seem cheaper to clean carpets yourself, or even hire out a machine, compared to employing the services of a professional, but it really is a case of you get what you pay for.

Yes, you might be able to save money cleaning your carpets yourself, but you won’t achieve the same level of results as a professional can, so saving money might actually prove to be a false economy.

What’s more, professional cleaning, for example, from our carpet cleaners in London, can actually save you money in the long-run. By removing the highest volumes of carpet dirt, including damaging, abrasive particles, we can prevent carpets getting worn and threadbare, giving them more years of life, before they need costly replacement.

Effort involved

It takes a lot of elbow work, effort and time to clean a carpet yourself, which is fine if you’ve got time on your hands.

However, if your life is already chock-a-block with things that need doing, it makes sense to farm the cleaning of your carpets out to a professional. The only effort you’ll need to put in is contacting the cleaning company to arrange an appointment.

Most decent carpet cleaning companies, such as our carpet cleaning North London business, can also move furniture off a carpet for you at no extra charge, but you may be required to move small items, such as ornaments, off furniture.

Expertise

There’s absolutely no doubt that if you want your carpets cleaned by someone that has the highest levels of insider knowledge and expertise, professional cleaning wins hands down compared to DIY methods.

Cleaning a carpet is a skilled task that requires knowledge of different sorts of fabrics and materials, as well as an understanding of how different textures, pile lengths and pile cuts need cleaning safely. The last thing you’ll also want is for the colours in your carpets to bleed, so knowing how carpet dyes are going to react to different methods of cleaning is also important.

Unless you have these skills, your carpets will benefit more from the expertise of a professional.

Risks

Because most people don’t have the same level of skills as a professional carpet cleaner, this means that there’s a much higher risk of something going wrong to a carpet if you try to clean it yourself. This is something that you should seriously consider before you get the cleaning products out.

If you’re willing to take a chance, then go ahead, but if you’ve spent a lot of money on a carpet and want the peace of mind that it’s going to be cleaned safely and carefully, then do a search for the best carpet cleaning service near me to find someone reputable and reliable.

It’s not just the risk of using the wrong cleaning product or method that you need to worry about, but even something as seemingly innocent as applying too much water to a carpet can damage it, because many fabrics are a lot more sensitive than you might think.

Bear in mind, also, that if something did go wrong when you try to clean a carpet yourself, you’ll then have to pay to fix the problem. When you use a professional, like our carpet cleaning North London company, we are fully insured, so your carpets will be covered in the unlikely event that they got damaged during the cleaning process.

Time it takes

If you’ve got to wait for a carpet cleaning company to come out to your property, it might seem like a quicker option to clean your carpets yourself. Indeed, this can be useful for certain things like treating stains, which need to be dealt with quickly.

However, when you consider the time that it’s going to take overall, for both cleaning and drying a carpet, you’ll definitely get a faster result using a professional than beavering away on a carpet yourself.

That’s because professionals know what they’re doing. They don’t need to keep reading instructions or checking DIY cleaning guides online. What’s more, a professional cleaning company will have access to much more efficient, time-saving cleaning equipment than consumers do. 

Industrial machines used by our carpet cleaners in London, for example, take just 20 minutes on average to clean a carpet, and drying is typically completed in just 2-3 hours. No DIY method will be able to match that.

Quality of results

It stands to reason that you’re going to get better results when using a professional compared to cleaning a carpet yourself. It’s not just the knowledge and skills of a professional that make their outcomes far superior, but the quality and efficiency of the equipment they operate.

Professional machines can remove over 90% of dirt and allergens from a carpet, whereas traditional cleaning machines can only manage around 40%. If you want the reassurance of knowing that as much dirt, grime, stains, odours and allergens have been removed from a carpet as possible, stick to using the pros.

Durability of results

It’s not just how your carpets look after they have been cleaned that you should consider when deciding whether to consult the experts or go it alone when cleaning your carpets, but how long your carpets will stay clean for.

A lot of DIY methods involve using carpet shampoos. The problem with these is that it can be very difficult to remove all of the sticky residues from the product out of the carpet, which may result in a sticky feel to the carpet afterwards. New dirt will quickly stick to the residues, causing rapid resoiling in a carpet, which means a carpet won’t stay clean for long.

Reputable professionals avoid using soapy shampoos and opt for advanced methods like steam cleaning, which won’t leave sticky residues in a carpet. This means you’re more likely to get longer-lasting clean, fresh and hygienic results when booking professional carpet cleaning services like at Carpet Bright UK.

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