Steam Pro is our new carpet cleaning choice!\r
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I literally got four quotes for carpet cleaning our 12 area/3 stairs newly-purchased home. \r
One was from our former carpet cleaning company, and two were in-home quotes.\r
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Carpet condition: \r
Plush, shaggy white carpet,\r
Estim around 6 years since last professionally cleaned\r
No pets, some wear and darkish stains esp on stairway \r
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Reason I chose Steam Pro - \r
I found them in Valpak and saw positive yelp reviews. \r
I only requested quotes from companies that had some online customer history that looked authentic. \r
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They educated me on my carpet cleaning options. The other quotes were around $500+ for traditional truck-mounted nozzle cleaning (not roto or teflon treatment).\r
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Steam Pro educated me of a roto-cleaning option which is a bit more but:\r
carpet dry time is half\r
pulls about 60% more dirt from the carpet and pad\r
makes more contact with the carpet fibers than the nozzle\r
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Steam Pro was also the only one who explained Teflon carpet protection in a way I could understand - Think of a rose, steam cleaning opens the fibers which pulls out the dirt and sand but leaves the carpet open and exposed. Teflon is EPA approved and re-seals the fibers upon contact (no dry time) to protect.\r
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Troy also said it's better to walk on carpet with clean shoes rather than socks because oils from the feet can get through the socks on damp carpet.\r
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For $565, Troy of Steam Pro\r
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-Moved furniture (normally they don't move big furniture but our couch and bed are on sliders) including helped move baby toys\r
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- Roto-cleaned 9-10 areas (machine doesn't fit on stairs, used traditional nozzle for those)\r
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-Citrus pre-treated carpet\r
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-Added Teflon protection\r
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-And cleaned four large wool area rugs with nozzle\r
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-Educated me about carpet cleaning (I only knew about truck mount nozzle, now I know about roto and understand what Teflon protection does)\r
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Steam Pro was on time, called when on their way, and helped me decide if we really need to clean our air ducts now or can wait (we waited).\r
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Check out the uploaded 2/19/14 pictures of my white carpet - esp the stairs (the dark wear stains are gone) - it looks fluffed and new.\r
Great service and value. Steam Pro is our new carpet company!
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