Around five years ago the owner of a mold restoration company gave me chilling news. I’ll never forget his words, ‘steam carpet cleaners have no idea how much mold they grow under peoples’ carpet’. While my company has always focused on reasonable dry times, it made me rethink carpet cleaning.
The floor care industry is fraught with questionable characters, and that makes the problem worse.
Most steam cleaning companies think they’re doing their customers a favor by getting the carpet extra clean. This unfortunately requires more steam water that absorbs into the sponge-like pad below.
Being certified in water damage restoration, I learned that carpet pad can hold water for months, and hardwood subfloors even longer! This was the start of Sanivive. Sanivive cleans carpet twice, both wet and dry with up to 70% less water than traditional steam cleaning.
With Sanivive, carpet is not only cleaner, but can be walked on much sooner with the confidence of dry, mold-free carpet. Sanivive also includes a modulating oxygen additive the eliminates commons carpet stains and odors while sanitizing the fibers.
If you will, please share this information with your friends and family. There’s no reason something as simple as carpet cleaning should lead to an unhealthy home or office.