The Importance of Upholstery Cleaning

Keeping in mind all the items that need to be maintained and cleaned in your home is difficult. Many ease their minds by making a list. Effective lists are typically broken down into regularly time periods. However, even with a working list in play it can be difficult to find time to get it all done. For instance, when was the last time you thoroughly cleaned your upholstery? Here’s why enlisting assistance can be very beneficial.

Why Regular Upholstery Cleaning?

Having clean furniture may seem to be a no-brainer, but there are some sound reasons that many are unaware of concerning their upholstery. Here are a few that the cleaning techs at AAA 1 Carpet & Upholstery Care share with clients:

Upholstery is one the main harbors for allergens such as dust mites, pet dander, and pollen. If you have an allergy sufferer in your home, regularly cleaning upholstery and carpeting is essential to reducing their symptoms.
Few consider that their upholstery also can be a haven for bacteria. When foods or drinks spill on upholstery (and are not thoroughly cleaned), bacteria will grow on the fibers. Some of the hot spots for bacterial growth on upholstered furnishing are in the crevices and folds of the fabric. These places rarely get sunlight and are harder to clean making them ideal for bacterial growth. Bacterial growth on furnishings leads to undesirable odors and an increase in sicknesses.
The warranty of upholstered furniture ALMOST ALWAYS has clauses that call for proper cleaning for the warranty to be upheld.

Having Upholstery Professionally Cleaned

Considering all of the bullet points above, if you do not have the time or equipment to thoroughly clean your upholstery, a professional cleaner is the best option. Good furniture is an investment and fine furniture can be passed down for generations.

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Fine Rug Cleaning In Los Angeles

Fine rugs are heirlooms and add splendor to the rooms that they decorate. However, dirt and liquids can severely affect specialty rugs over time. The best way to care for such an investment to maintain a regular cleaning schedule for it. AAA 1 Carpet & Upholstery Care is Los Angeles’s premier rug cleaning specialist. We specialize in oriental rug cleaning, area rug cleaning, Persian rug cleaners, Turkish rugs, and other specialty rug cleaning. Our rug cleaning team are meticulous, which is why we maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. When you want the best care for your exotic rug, call the AAA 1 Carpet & Upholstery Care!

Putting Hand Care in Los Angeles Rugs

The vast majority of specialty rugs are made from silk, wool, or a blended combination of both. These fabrics hold captivating colors and patterns, yet they are highly absorbent. Traditional cleaning methods that utilize harsh soaps will cause fading and fiber damage. Hand cleaning area rugs allow for deep cleaning without damaging the individual fibers of the rug. Our technicians are trained in the best hand cleaning procedures. We use the same techniques used by museums that curate ancient rugs. Our vast studio is specially fitted to perform the following services:

Allergy Treatment
Dusting
Full Immersion Cleaning
Moth & Pest Treatment
Pet Urine Treatment
Preparation & Storage
Rug Appraisals
Rug Padding
Rug Repairs
Soil & Stain Protector
Tea Washing

Need us to pick up your rug today? No problem! Just give us a call, delivery and pick-up are on us.

Our experience with rugs spans the globe. We’ve cleaned rugs from every continent, and we have a thorough grasp of exactly how to care for specialty rugs. Want to learn more about caring for your rug? Download a copy of our free rug cleaning guide. AAA 1 Carpet & Upholstery Care is renowned for its services throughout Los Angeles, California. Give us a call today to get the best cleaning that your rug has ever had!

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Tips To Protect Your Floors During The Holidays—Part 1

As the year proceeds to its end, there are some celebrations, visits from family and friends, and other events that you may host at your home. During these activities, it is quite easy for your flooring to amass several accidents.

Ways to Protect Your Flooring

The team at AAA1 Carpet & Upholstery Care receives several calls about flooring damages throughout the holidays. Regardless of the type of flooring that your home utilizes, there are several ways to you can minimize damage to it. We’ve compiled several tips that can prove most helpful in protecting your floors.

Doormats. The greatest enemy of to any flooring type is dirt. Dirt breaks down carpet fibers, scratches tile surfaces, degrades wood, and collects in the pores of grout lines. Most dirt comes from outside of your home and is tracked in by shoes. Therefore, door mats play an essential role in reducing the amount of dirt that makes its way onto your flooring. Use doormats at every doorway that exits your home. Also be sure to use a door mat on each side of the doorway. One word of caution for those who have hardwood floors: Avoid placing rubber doormats on hardwood. When they get wet water can get trapped underneath the mat and ruin the wood.
Area rugs. For every flooring type other than carpet, area rugs (and runners for hallways and foyers) help to capture dirt in high traffic areas. These rugs are especially helpful in areas where beverages and foods are consumed.
No shoe zones. As stated before, the majority of the dirt that enters into your home is via shoe tracking. Hence, good reasoning dictates that removing shoes at the door is a great way to reduce outside dirt being introduced into your flooring.

In our next blog, we’ll cover more tips to protect your flooring. AAA1 Carpet & Upholstery Care cleans floors of all types throughout Burbank, Calabasas, Chatsworth, Eagle Rock, Encino, Glendale, Granada Hills, Hidden Hills, Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, North Hollywood, Northridge, Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Reseda, Santa Clarita, Santa Monica, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Universal City, Valencia, Valley Village, Van Nuys, and West LA. (818) 822-6773

Designing An Easy-to-Clean Room

One of the best ways to keep a room or an entire home clean is to design it to be cleaning friendly. When you consider the type of décor, furnishings, and layout of a room, it is a great idea to conceptualize how difficult it will be to keep the are clean. As a rule of thumb, the less effort you’ll have to put into cleaning an area, the more time you’ll have to enjoy it. Below are a few tips that can help you to accomplish this.

Smooth Surfaces & Low-Maintenance

It is much easier to clean smooth surfaces. Any surfaces or furnishings, countertops, or floors that are smooth and untextured will be low-maintenance cleaning solutions. Wiping down these surfaces with a wet towel after applying a cleaner is obviously faster than scrubbing.

Dust Reduction

Everyday homeowners fight a war against dust. Dust, pollen, and other airborne particles gradually settle on surfaces throughout your home. As these accumulate on surfaces they begin to create health problems as the decrease the air quality in your home. Dust entering your home is inevitable, but you can alleviate much of it by reducing the number of surfaces that it can collect on. Hence, a minimalist approach to décor will make for a much easier area to clean.

Plan Storage

Managing clutter is one of the hardest aspects of housekeeping. Mail, documents, keepsakes, presents, and other odds and ends can quickly fill your home. The best way to prevent this from occurring is to plan your storage. Using items like ottomans, desks, storage benches, and other furnishings that double as storage solutions can go a long way in reducing clutter.

Even if you minimize the cleaning in your home, it is still beneficial to have a professional cleaning occasionally. AAA1 Carpet & Upholstery Care offers a variety of cleaning services including carpeting, tile flooring, wood floors, and natural stone surface cleaning. (818) 822-6773.

Dealing With Dog Carpet Accidents

One topic that frequents our team is dog accidents. Sometimes pet owners will tell us all of the remedies they have tried to remove a dog urine (or worse) stain that they found. Typically, this conversation continues into ways of training dogs so that they won’t continue such behavior. At AAA1 Carpet & Upholstery Care although our primary focus is carpet and upholstery cleaning, we have worked with a number of dog trainers to get information about eliminating unwanted pet behaviors. We’ll cover a bit of both in this blog. If you have a dog-caused stain on your carpeting now, give us a call so that it can be cleaned as soon as possible. (818) 822-6773

How To Handle & Clean Doggie Accidents

By chance, if you catch your dog in the act of urinating or defecating on your carpet, don’t chastise them harshly. Use the occasion as a teaching opportunity. Show your dog to the appropriate area to relieve itself. Doing so will help your dog to avoid using stealth to relief itself on your carpet.

Next, get a moist rag and dab the urine and/or waste up so that it does not dry into the carpet. Allowing the carpet to dry (by using heating elements such as blow dryers) will only cause the pet waste to set in fibers of the carpeting. Even after dabbing up the mess, it is still a great idea to call a professional carpet cleaner. Why? Pet urine can permeate to the padding of carpet. If it is not extracted from this section of carpeting, bacteria can grow and permanent damage can occur. This is also the main reason why some urine odors seem to persist in carpeting.

AAA1 Carpet & Upholstery Care features a pet urine & waste cleaning service that restores carpet after dog accidents. Give us a call at (818) 822-6773.

The Benefits of Carpet

Sometimes carpet gets a bad name. However, typically this is case when carpet is not maintained properly. Our team at AAA1 Carpet & Upholstery Care provides systematic, environmental-friendly carpet cleaning. When carpet is well-kept, there are a variety of benefits that it brings to homeowners. A brief of some of those advantages are listed below.

Improving Indoor Air Quality

Flooring has a high-impact on indoor air quality due to VOC (volatile organic compounds). VOCs can result in a number of health issues including:

Irritations within the eyes, neck & throat
Headaches
Nausea & dizziness
Kidney, liver and nervous system damages

Although VOCs cannot be wholly eliminated, they can be dramatically minimized. Many homeowners are surprised to find out that carpet has the lowest VOC emissions among all flooring types. Additionally, carpet helps to trap airborne particles (like dust, pet dander & pollen) by essentially acting as a filter. When carpets are cleaned regularly they can reduce the symptoms of allergy and asthma suffers.

Noise Reduction

Carpet does an exceptional job at absorbing noise, especially when an added layer of cushioning (typically via a cushioning pad) is added underneath the carpet. Homes that have more than one story can use carpets as sound barriers between floors.

Comfort, Safety & Warmth

Cold floors can be quite uncomfortable particularly in the winter. Carpet insulates the floor and provides thermal resistance during the winter. In addition to heat energy conservation, carpet is exceptionally comfortable to walk and sit on. By the way carpet is constructed, falls as less frequent within a home and less harmful when they occur.

If you are considering a new flooriing type for your home, always compare carpet against other flooring choices. You may be pleasantly surprised with what you discover!

Have questions about carpeting or need a professional cleaning? Give AAA1 Carpet & Upholstery Care a call at (818) 822-6773.