It can be easy to miss the gradual accumulation of dust and dirt on your office carpets. Until perhaps you have a spillage to clean up and you end up with a clean patch that doesn’t match the colour of the rest of the carpet! Dust, dirt and salt in the winter, all get trampled into the office carpet on the feet of clients and employees, as we tend not to remove our shoes as we may do at home. Over time, these things break down the fibres of carpet meaning you’ll have to replace it much sooner. However, dust and dirt are not the worst things that could be lurking in your office carpet!
Do you know what lurks in your office carpets?
Over time, these things break down the fibres of carpet meaning you’ll have to replace it much sooner. However, dust and dirt are not the worst things that could be lurking in your office carpet!
Food & Drinks
If employees eat at their desks, chances are there will be food particles and possibly the odd drink stain on the carpet. Not only does this not look great, it can result in bacteria breeding ground not just smelly carpet!
Germs, Mould & Mildew
Your carpet could be home to pathogens and bacteria like mould, mildew, salmonella, E. coli, staphylococcus, norovirus, and more, and you’d never even know! Mould and mildew form underneath your carpet in warm, wet environments, and some of these bacteria can survive in uncleaned carpet for more than a month!
Skin Flakes
You may be surprised to know that human beings actually shed their skin more often than snakes do! The average person sheds around 1 million skin flakes every day, and where do you think most of that ends up? Oh yes, on the carpet, gross right?
Bugs
Although we can’t usually see them, microscopic bugs, fleas and dust mites can live in our carpets quite happily. Dust mites feed on all those skin flakes we lose! They are also known to cause allergies so you really don’t want them as permanent guests.
aZtec Advice
Regular vacuuming will of course help with all of the above, but this may not be enough in itself. Experts recommend professional deep carpet cleaning every 3-6 months if your office is on the ground floor, and every 6-12 for those on an upper floor.
Here at aZtec, we have both the equipment needed and the expertise to provide professional cleaning for all types of carpet mats and hard floors.
If you would like a no obligation quotation to professionally deep clean your mats and carpets, give us a call on 01525 216330 or contact us via email and we will get back to you– you’ll be surprised at the positive difference we can make!
For further information on professional carpet cleaning, please visit our relevant carpet cleaning page.
