Spring Into a Healthy Home with Spring Cleaning

Spring cleaning is always a good idea to make your home healthier even if you don't have muddy paw prints or dirty, muddy boots at your home. Spring is in the air...even if we are suppose to get a cold front blast through our Michiana area Tuesday...and Chem-Dry can help!

Did you know that carpet and upholstery in your home act as  giant air filters to help trap allergens, bacteria and dirt out of the air we breathe? And just like your home's air filter becomes full and needs regular cleaning, so do your carpets and upholstery. You can ensure healthier indoor air in your home by keeping your carpets and upholstery clean and in good condition through regular vacuuming and having your carpets, upholstery and rugs professionally cleaned on a regular basis. When you have Chem-Dry clean your carpets and upholstery you will rid your home of common allergens and bacteria.

Did you Know?

• Carpets harbor about 200,000 bacteria on every square inch.
• A carpet can hold eight times its weight in toxin-filled dirt and dust.
• A carpet can hide as much as one pound of dirt per square yard.
• 1 in 5 Americans suffer from allergies and asthma (AAFA)
• Allergy is the 5th leading chronic disease in the U.S. (AAFA)
• Approximately 40 million Americans have indoor/outdoor allergies as their primary allergy (AAFA)
• Indoor pollution in U.S. homes exceeds the levels of outdoor pollution by two to 100 times, depending on factors such as whether the residents smoke (Web MD)
• Each year, allergies account for more than 17 million outpatient office visits, primar­ily in the spring and fall; seasonal allergies account for more than half of all allergy visits (AAFA)

Having all these facts, we needed to find out how big an impact a Chem-Dry cleaning can have on your home! We decided to commission a leading independent air quality laboratory to conduct a study using Chem-Dry’s Hot Carbonating Extraction (HCE) process in multiple homes. And the results were amazing: 

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