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

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

1 Remove clutters, especially if you havestudents of kids living with you. Do some Vacuuming first, if the place not vacuumedbefore. You will be surprised to see some soil stains can be removed just byvacuuming.

2 Shelf away the shoes, store the toys,remove furniture or stack up furniture if you live in an apartment. If there isa 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 notrequire cleaning.

Storage boxes are freely available fromliquor 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 boxesor just write a description of contains using a marker. Try to leave easyassess for a shower hose and toilet. As dome portable cleaning machine requirehot water from shower head and dispose the waste water down the toilet. If canleave a parking space in the garage for the carpet cleaning can help speed up thecleaning. Ie save the cleaner walking while carrying materials.

3 If its end of tenancy cleaning, cleaningeverything else before the carpet, kitchen, bathroom, widow, lightings. Becausein the cleaning process, the carpet might get stains from the dust anddetergents. Or if you are not cleaning the house yourself, have the cleanersarranged before carpet cleaning.

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

5 Remember to point out areas of concernwhen the contractors arrived. And wllow proper air circulation after cleaningfor proper drying. Leave the window open, dehumidifier or fans on. Do not put furniturestraight back the carpet to avoid staining the carpet.