Area Rugs and Hard Surface Cleaning

The trend of putting ceramic tile and hardwood flooring into homes continues to grow with no end yet in sight. Carpet cleaners who have not kept up with this trend have found less and less wall to wall carpet to clean in such homes, though there are those who have are profiting by diversfying into hard surface cleaning in their customers homes.

There is another opportunity that now presents itself in such homes:

Cleaning of area rugs.

Few who have moved to hard floor surfaces find that they like "bare floors". It doesn't take long for them to get some type of area rug to create a less stark appearance in the room, as well as providing some cushion and warmth underfoot. The dominance of area rugs has become such that those who have attended large floor covering shows have been stunned at the large amount of "area rug only" displays that they are finding.

How comfortable are you with cleaning area rugs? Are you able to test and identify expensive (and potentially easy to damage) natural fiber products versus inexpensive synthetic imitations? Can you solve the heavy urine odor and staining problems many of these rugs are exposed to?

In my next blog entry, I'll discuss the opportunities that are opening up for cleaners in this field that was once large, became small, and is growing exponentially right now.