It is not uncommon for homes to feature a variety of allergens, even when the owners clean regularly. Professional carpet cleaning helps reduce household allergens that trigger allergic reactions like sneezing, coughing, wheezing, and eye-watering. Learn more about allergens and how professional cleaning services reduce their numbers here. 

A Guide to Carpet Cleaning and Allergies

What Are Common Household Allergens?

When a person has allergies, their immune system overreacts to non-harmful foreign substances. As a result, the immune system produces antibodies that “fight” the substance, which can result in sinus, airway, skin, or digestive system inflammation. Common allergens found within households include pet dander, pollen, dust, and mold spores. 

Pet dander refers to skin cells that dogs and cats shed, while pollen from assorted plants and flowers floats into the home through open doors and windows or sticks to clothes, hair, and shoes. Mold spores attach to surfaces and reproduce when conditions are right, with most strains thriving in damp, dark conditions. These fungi can cause infestations that trigger severe respiratory system reactions. 

Dust is made up of these allergens and other particles, including clothing fibers, hair, soil, insect remains, and bacteria. Cockroach remains, for example, can cause reactions such as coughing, nasal congestion, sneezing, skin rashes, ear infections, and wheezing. 

How Does Professional Carpet Cleaning Help?

Carpet cleaning technicians reduce household allergens that sink down into carpet fibers. They use special extraction equipment to fully clean carpets down to their backings, which eliminates pollen, animal dander, dust, mold spores, dirt, and other particles that contribute to discoloration in addition to allergies. You’ll notice that your residence smells fresher since routine professional cleaning removes odorous particles, including bacteria and pet excrement residue. 

The thoroughness of professional cleaning services provides a fresh start for your home and makes it easier to maintain an allergen-free house. Keep windows and doors closed to prevent pollen from entering, and ensure the household humidity level is between 30% and 50% to curb mold growth. A humidity level of 60% or above provides sufficient moisture for mold to flourish. You might need to use dehumidifiers to maintain the humidity level, in addition to making certain all ventilation systems are functional. Dust and vacuum regularly to further reduce allergens in between professional cleanings. 

For carpet cleaning that can help everyone in your home breathe easier, rely on The Rug Beater Cleaning Enterprises Inc. in Talmage, PA. Since 1989, this company has provided a full suite of floor cleaning services to residents throughout Lancaster, Chester, and Reading counties. Call (717) 656-9826 to make an appointment, or visit the website for more cleaning service details.