As a general rule for residential carpeting, cleaning by a professional, trained, certified firm should take place about once per year. For extremely heavy traffic areas, homes with pets, and homes with people with allergic sensitivities, cleaning may be required more often.

Proper professional cleaning will not leave a sticky residue behind and can be done as many times per year as needed. Professional cleaning with truck mounted hot water extraction cleaning is the method most often recommended by cleaning industry experts and carpet manufacturers.

Professional cleaning removes the damaging soil from the traffic areas that vacuuming has not been able to remove.