The most important reason for a professional carpet cleaning varies depending on your own personal priorities.  Do you want to get rid of stains and dirt to maintain the aesthetics of your home?  Are you wanting to ensure that your carpets are hygienic and not lowering the air quality in your home?  Maybe you just want to extend the life of your carpet and protect a warranty that requires regular cleanings.  No matter your personal reason, regular carpet cleanings can take care of all the above and then some.

Carpets should be professionally cleaned once a year at a bare minimum, but that’s for a low-key, low-traffic home.  When you add in things like children, pets, and regular entertaining you’ll want to be getting them cleaned every six months and as needed to treat stains and messes.

There is a common misconception that cleaning your carpets causes them to soil faster.  This isn’t a complete myth and has some basis in fact.   Improperly cleaning of a carpet can leave behind residues that will cause faster soilage as those residues make their way out of the carpet along with any dirt and grit that was also left behind.  With a proper cleaning from a professional company this isn’t something you need to worry about. 

At home cleaners are great for cleaning up spills and keeping high traffic areas looking and feeling fresh in between professional cleanings.  Beyond that, they don’t have the power for a truly deep cleaning that will get down to the base of the carpet where grit and allergens live.  They also don’t have the power or ability to rinse to get rid of cleaning residue which means you’ll run into the resoiling issue discussed before.