What's In Your Carpet?

Allergist say that one of the most common places to find things that irritate your nose and cause you to sneeze among other things is your carpet. Most would say remove the carpet, remove the allergen. This is a big mistake because you haven't eliminated the problem.

However, you've created more work and higher heating cost.

In this post:

• I will tell you what an allergen is.


• How to remove the allergen in an environmentally safe manner


• Who allergens affect mostly!

According to Webster's dictionary: An allergen is an exaggerated or abnormal reaction to substances or situations harmless to most people.

Here are some examples of allergens:

• Dust


• Pet Hair


• Pet Dander


• Human Dander


• Mold


• Made-Made Cleaning Chemicals

Allergens affect a wide range of people. It affects people with spring time allergies, people with asthma and influenza. Allergens affect those that are at home after a stay in the hospital. Think about it, when was the last time you were in a dusty hospital? They affect people with tracheotomies.

The environmentally safe way to remove allergens

Step 1. Vacuum high traffic areas and little used places around plants. Vacuuming picks up loss particles on top of the carpet pile

Step 2. Use chemicals that are environmentally friendly. These agents are natural extracts from thing use everyday.

Step 3. Extract all water and solution from the carpet as possible. Helps to eliminate the potential for mildew.

Step 4. Create a wind current. As an aid to good extraction create a circulation of air throughout the room. I can accomplish this by opening the window or turning a fan on or a combination of both. Creating an air current to dry the carpet before mildew process starts.