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Carpet Extractors
How to Choose and Use a “Home” Carpet Extractor
There are a variety of carpet cleaners on the market and four factors to consider when choosing a unit for your home.
Carpet Cleaning
Are You Using Seal-of-Approval Products?
The CRI Seal of Approval program identifies effective carpet cleaning solutions and equipment. Only the best pass the test.
Carpet Cleaning
Carpet Cleaning ABCs
Mastery of the basics will help ensure your carpet stays clean and healthy.
Flooring
Home-Selling Tips
Restoring carpets and floors can help get a home ready for sale.
Homemade Cleaners
Natural Cleaning Products
Raid the kitchen and laundry room for safer alternatives to cleaning chemicals.
Carpet Cleaning
Clean Your Carpet - What You Can't See Does Matter
You might expect a doctor to say: "What You Can't See Can Hurt You!" But who would expect it from a carpet cleaning professional?
Carpet
How to Preserve Carpet Nap or Pile
Perhaps the traffic areas begin to look crushed or flattened, or you've recently moved your furniture around and there are indentations in the carpet. Are those “dents” permanent? What can be done to preserve carpet’s nap or pile?
Disaster Cleanup
Recovering from a Flood or Other Disaster? Hire a Certified Firm
Do not attempt to treat major water or fire, smoke and odor damage yourself. A far more practical solution is to hire a certified restoration firm for professional advice and assistance.
Carpet Cleaning
Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) Expands the Seal of Approval Program
New pet odor and stain category, new Platinum Level for extractors and systems, and energy efficiency rating option for vacuums introduced.
Professional Carpet Cleaning
What You Should Expect from a Professional Carpet Cleaner
The steps a professional should take when cleaning your carpet.
Static Electricity
Static Control
Studies have revealed that static electricity does not become a problem with most people until the relative humidity drops below 40 percent.
The Cleantrust
Need Help? Contact the IICRC
If you need expert help with carpet care, water-damage restoration or any of 21 expertise areas, the IICRC can help.
Carpet And Rug Institute
Green Carpet and the Environment
Green carpet is more than a color.
Vacuuming
Vacuuming Tips: High and Low Cleaning
Tackle more than the floor with this multi-talented tool.
Smoke
Smoke Damage - A Menace to Civilization: What to Do?
Where there's fire, there's usually smoke. Although experts do their best to contain a fire, they are all but helpless in controlling the billowing clouds of smoke that fire creates. What can you do once the damage has been done?
Restoration
Extreme Weather and Disaster Relief
How can homeowners undo the mess and ensure their home is safe, clean, and livable once again?
Vacuum Cleaners
Key to a Clean Carpet: Use a CRI-Certified Vacuum
There is one simple step to improving the cleanliness of your carpet and the indoor air quality in your home: regular vacuuming with a CRI-certified machine.
Carpet Cleaning
Easy Carpet Cleaning Tips
Easy carpet cleaning tips from the Carpet and Rug Institute
Stain Removal
Carpet Spot Removal 101
Stain-resist treatments provided on most carpets are designed to repel most acid-based dyes in many, but not all, foods and beverages. With proper patience and prompt attention, most common household spills can be removed.
Carpet Cleaning
Carpet Cleaning 101
Most carpet today is made with synthetic fibers, such as nylon, polyester, or olefin, and may be cleaned with common methods such as hot water extraction. Other fibers may require special attention.