Steam Cleaning by EverClean Nashville
Officially known as Hot Water Extraction, steam cleaning is a method that injects hot water into your carpet while simultaneously extracting it back out with the soils. Our steam cleaning service offers quality results at an affordable price. Plus, you can customize the service for carpet stain removal, pet urine treatment and deep fiber cleaning in the Greater Nashville, TN area.
Advantages
- Excellent Soil Removal
- Competitive Rates
- Faster Service Time
- Pet/Family Safe Detergent
- Soap-Free, Non-Resoiling Detergent
Steam Cleaning Includes
- Expert service technician that gives you valuable tips & tricks on how to care for your particular carpet style and fiber composition.
- Vacuuming: Including detailed vacuuming to remove dust and debris at your baseboards
- Carpet Stain Removal: Most stains are absolutely FREE! No awkward nickel-and-diming!
- Soap-Free Detergent: Pet friendly and your carpet stays cleaner, longer
- Door-Guards to keep bugs out and conditioned air in
- Corner-Guards to protect your walls & paint
- Floor Mats to eliminate slipping and protect your floors
Additional Options
- Natural Sanitizer: Add oxygen as a sanitizer, deodorizer and natural brightener. Our natural sanitizer eliminates topical pet stains & odors including urine, feces, vomit and blood. Carpet stain removal includes organic stains including coffee & tea while naturally brightening your carpet for a high definition look.
- Natural Deodorizer: Add 100% natural essential orange solvent that cleans, deodorizes and smells amazing! Our natural deodorizer is a terpene from the rind of an orange peel that destroys oil-based stains and odors like that stinky wet dog smell!
- Deep-Scrub: Add our machine agitation to deep-scrub your carpet fibers so they are ultra clean.
- StainGuard: Add stain protector to protect your carpet from future stains.
Who Should Choose Steam Cleaning
- Residential
- Commercial
- Pet odor removal including pet dander, pet urine, feces and vomit
- Carpet stain removal
Disadvantages
- Longer dry time (8-24 hours)
- Good ventilation required
- Can revive past urine odors
- Can Revive subsurface carpet stains
More Information on Steam Cleaning
Steam cleaning is actually a misnomer. Steam is not used in the process, which is why it’s officially called Hot Water Extraction. The reason it is called steam cleaning because the hot, pressurized water appears like steam as it’s forced through tiny jets. This hot mist water looks identical to puffs of steam, which is why it is associated with steam.
Hot Water Extraction involves the process of applying a carpet pre-spray detergent, and extracting it back out with hot water and vacuum suction. The dry-time takes longer than Very Low Moisture (VLM), but it does a great job removing dirt and grime from your carpet. But don’t let just anyone steam clean your carpet. Too many carpet cleaners can leave the pad below your carpet wet for days, weeks, even months! Hire our professional carpet cleaning company in Nashville for hassle-free, expert results!
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How Steam Cleaning Works
During the professional cleaning process, the technician will drag the wand over the carpet fibers while shooting the hot mist water into the carpet pile. This is known as a wet stroke. This stroke quickly saturates the fibers and suspended soils just prior to the dry stroke. The technician then drags the wand back over the wet fibers to extract the rinse water and suspended soils with the wands vacuum.
One of the greatest cleaning agents on Earth is hot water. Hot water excites water molecules to the point that it acts like a solvent. This allows water to cut through grease and grime more easily. Hot Water Extraction uses water temperatures between 150 to 250 degrees Fahrenheit to improve both the cleaning results and to quicken drying process.
Hot water evaporates much faster than if it were at room temperature. This allows the carpet fibers to dry much faster if the water is hot, and the hotter the better. The hotter the water is, the greater its potential to remove soils, dust and allergens as well as airborne cooking oils, pet dander and human sebum, the oil from our skin. Plus, the hot water allows the carpet to evaporate (dry) much faster.
Hot Water Extraction is great way to clean carpet because it delivers thorough results. The water that flash-floods your fibers creates a less porous surface allowing increased vacuum pressure. The suction created during the cleaning allows for maximum soil and rinse water removal as the wand passes over the carpet fibers.
Steam Cleaning Problems
The solution to pollution is dilution. This is true in most cases unless you’re cleaning carpet in an indoor environment. Because carpet sits on top of a thick foam pad, applying too much water can create pad saturation, which may cause mold growth under your carpet.
The greatest disadvantage of Hot Water Extraction is the possibility of carpet mold, mildew or bacterial growth. The pad beneath the carpet is made from the same material of a foam sponge you would wash your car with. The purpose of carpet pad to act as a shock absorber to your carpet allowing your carpet to wear longer and feel more comfortable. However, if too much water is applied, that pad can take days, weeks, or even months to dry out. This can ultimately lead to carpet mold if too much water is applied.
It is too common that we get a call from a frustrated homeowner who either cleaned their carpet incorrectly, or chose a service that overwetted their carpet. After a few days of wet carpet, the home begins to smell musty and the concern of carpet mold sets it.
DIY Steam Cleaning
With the availability of portable carpet machines, both for rent or sale, we see a lot of damaged carpet caused by overzealous do-it-yourself cleaning. And for good reason, cleaning carpet is fun! There’s something therapeutic with watching dirt come out of carpet.
Many people believe that the slower they pull the machine, the more dirt they extract. And they’re correct; however, they’re likely not realizing that they’re soaking the carpet pad, which can ultimately leads to carpet mold, mildew and bacterial growth.
Unprofessional Steam Cleaning Companies
We can’t help to ask customers who call in asking if we have any specials if they’d like a two-liter of Coca-Cola with their order. They say, “wait…who am I calling?” While we’re only kidding, it’s telling that with many, price determines value. This is also why carpet care companies list their prices on their ads, and why they’re very attractively low.
The barrier to entry in the floor cleaning industry is very low. Anyone can buy a portable machine and start advertising their services. But it’s not only these bottom-priced companies that may be over wetting peoples’ carpet. Many companies that have great reputations are also possibly applying too much water.
A quick search for “steam carpet cleaning” on YouTube will result in videos of carpet cleaners unknowingly saturating their customers carpet pad. When you see a carpet cleaner dragging his wand very slow, unless his water pressure is very low, he is very likely allowing water to pass through the carpet backing and into the absorbent pad below.
Moreover, there are several videos on YouTube showing carpet cleaners telling other cleaners that using water pressure as high as 800 to 1000 pounds per square inch (PSI) does a much better job. The industry standard is around 350 PSI, so these unscrupulous carpet cleaners are undoubtedly soaking the carpet pad and, thus, inviting carpet mold growth.
Mold From Steam Cleaning
Disclaimer: We are not mold experts. However, it is common knowledge that certain molds can start to grow within 48 hours in a wet, dark environment that contains organic material. Beneath your carpet is the perfect environment for mold growth if the carpet pad and/or wood or concrete subfloor are wet longer than 24 hours.
While carpet backing is typically made from synthetic material, the latex glue is an organic food source for mold. There are several viable food sources for mold growth beneath your carpet including organic fibers, wood subfloor, and dust or allergens on a concrete subfloor.
Mold within a home can be a health hazard, and choosing an unethical cleaning company can result in carpet mold. While we believe our Steam Cleaning Service is safe option for cleaning carpet, we recommend our Sanivive method which includes the benefits of both Hot Water Extraction with up to 70% less water than traditionally steam clean.
