How To Keep Your Carpet Clean

Whether you’re purchasing a home, currently own a home, or even rent an apartment- knowing how to protect your carpeting is a true life-hack. Often, we find ourselves waiting until we see a stain or doing the bare minimum with a vacuum to clean our carpet, but the best way to care for your flooring is by protecting it first and foremost.

Why Protecting Your Carpet Works

Dirt, dust, and grime can settle into the carpet fibers over time. That’s why, when you focus on protecting your carpet- rather than reacting to it’s filth- works so well. 

Start With Carpet Padding

The best way to start protecting your carpet is to make sure your carpet has the proper padding underneath. Carpet padding increases longevity in your carpet by absorbing the shock of human foot traffic. It protects your carpets binding and backing and makes your carpet much softer to walk upon. 

Finish With Carpet Protectant

If you’re installing new carpet, just after it’s laid- don’t forget the protectant! It’ll add an extra layer of protection between your foot traffic and your carpet fibers before there’s any chance for damage. 

If you’re dealing with older carpet, call in the professionals to take a look and see if you could benefit from carpet protectant. It helps to keep the tiny dirt and grime particles from causing any damage beneath the surface of your carpet.

Thorough Cleaning and Maintenance

Aside from regular, weekly (or bi-weekly, depending on how heavy your foot traffic is) cleanings, are the semi-annual thorough (read: professional) cleanings. We recommend steam cleaning because of how easily it extracts dirt and debris from carpet, leaving little moisture behind- and absolutely no residue. The Steam Team recommends steam cleaning once a year, but if your carpet endures extra foot traffic, or you have a few stains you’d like to finally clean up, twice a year could be sufficient. 

If you’re ready for a professional carpet cleaning or need the professionals to take a look at your carpet, give us a call today. We’re always here to help!

Our Commitment To 24 Hour Water and Fire Damage Emergency Services

Water and fire related damages are the most common and most costly disasters that occur to homeowners all around the world. Millions of cases of water damage and unexpected fires occur across the U.S. every year, and when these things happen you need to have a plan. Your plan should involve a company that is able to show up to clean and restore your home, and to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, since these disasters can happen at any time.

Caring For The Community

We always try to foster an attitude of care and commitment to our local Austin residents and anyone we come in contact with. Our drive and dedication to our community is what makes us want every resident we serve to be completely satisfied with the job we’ve accomplished. That’s why we offer our water and fire damage repair services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We want to make sure that no matter when disaster comes, The Steam Team can be there to help. No matter the extent of the water damage, mold growth or fire and smoke damage, we know our professional team of technicians can handle it. Let’s discuss our team and how they can help.

Our Technicians

Our professional technicians are always courteous and efficient when it comes to helping out with water and fire damage, and with our many other services! In fact, our amazing technicians are the reason we were voted best water damage company in Austin by the Austin Monthly. When our technicians arrive at your home or business, they’ll carefully inspect the damaged property and give you an accurate estimate of costs. Then they’ll get to work right away, whether it's structure cleaning, providing emergency power, full reconstruction, mold remediation or water extraction, our technicians can handle it. Your home will be back to good shape in no time. For more information, please visit The Steam Team website.

Make Your Shower Tile Sparkle with Steam Cleaning

It’s no secret that a tiled shower is difficult to keep clean! That’s why The Steam Team is here to help you out, both to lend you some advice, and to physically help you out. Because grime and soap scum build up so quickly in our showers (and mold, too, yuck!), it’s important that we call in the professionals from time to time. The Steam Team is available 24/7 and would love to help you help your shower sparkle!

Below are three shower tile cleaning tips for you!

Dealing with Soap Scum

Soap scum builds up quickly and is difficult to remove- especially if your shower tiles haven’t been cleaned for some time! Find a cleaning product suitable for the job (there are so many options available on the market) and get to scrubbing! Don’t stress too much; whatever you can’t clean off, a steam cleaner can get to!

Cleaning Grime from Grout

Grout is porous in nature and absorbs stains easily, building up all kinds of grime that we just can’t stand! We always suggest steam cleaning when it comes to grout. A professional-grade steam cleaner can easily extract grime from deep within the pores of grout, ridding it of stains and discoloration!

Dry Everything Thoroughly

After you’ve finished cleaning and have rinsed your shower walls, it’s important to dry everything completely. Doing so will help prevent the development of mold, mildew, and soap scum (basically, everything we’ve already cleaned off thus far). You’ll love the look of your shower, afterward!

The Steam Team has been helping our friends in Austin, TX for over a decade now! We’re happy to keep our services going. If your shower has built up too much grime for you to handle, don’t fret; simply call in the professionals: The Steam Team. We’ll be out in no time to make your shower sparkle like never before!