With today’ busy lifestyle, squeeze in a schedule can be quite hectic especially if you never done it before. But with a bit of planning ahead, thing should be a breeze for you and the contractor will appreciate your preparation. Its definitely worh preparing for it as it will be much cheaper then replacing the carpet. A good thorough clean can give a second life to the carpet with little investment.

Seasonal cleaning during summer/spring is often felt as a burden to some people. Even though there is no better weather for the cleaning. Here are some steps to follow:

1 Remove clutters, especially if you have students of kids living with you. Do some Vacuuming first, if the place not vacuumed before. You will be surprised to see some soil stains can be removed just by vacuuming.

2 Shelf away the shoes, store the toys, remove furniture or stack up furniture if you live in an apartment. If there is a particular room does not need cleaning can put all furnitures in that room, or you can put it in the garage or kitchen or bathroom as long as it does not require cleaning.

Storage boxes are freely available from liquor stores or supermarkets early in the morning. The more packed in the box, the less frequent you have to move things around. Remember to label the boxes or just write a description of contains using a marker. Try to leave easy assess for a shower hose and toilet. As dome portable cleaning machine require hot water from shower head and dispose the waste water down the toilet. If can leave a parking space in the garage for the carpet cleaning can help speed up the cleaning. Ie save the cleaner walking while carrying materials.

3 If its end of tenancy cleaning, cleaning everything else before the carpet, kitchen, bathroom, widow, lightings. Because in the cleaning process, the carpet might get stains from the dust and detergents. Or if you are not cleaning the house yourself, have the cleaners arranged before carpet cleaning.

4 If you also considering pest controls have the pest contrl done 2 days before the carpet cleaning. Allowing the pests have time to contact the pesticides. Most carpet cleaning companies also do pest control. Thus can do a combo deal if you let them do both. After the pest are deal with, you do not want your family members or pets have any contact with pesticides on the carpet.

5 Remember to point out areas of concern when the contractors arrived. And wllow proper air circulation after cleaning for proper drying. Leave the window open, dehumidifier or fans on. Do not put furniture straight back the carpet to avoid staining the carpet.