Here at the Oriental Rug Cleaning Facility, we are staffed with professional area rug enthusiasts! Our crew consists of an office staff, in facility area rug service professionals and our on the road pickup and delivery technicians. Each of these individual members of our area rug washing facility are all educated and trained in all facets of the area rug service process. While all of our team members have a wide array of knowledge encompassing all aspects of our service processes, each individual is specially trained to excel in their particular position of our team. When you reach out to our area rug washing facility, your first point of contact will be a member of our office staff. Regardless of which team member you are speaking with, you will be interacting with an area rug professional who can help to explain our process as well as answer any questions you may have pertaining to your area rug washing service. Whether or not we have cleaned area rugs for you previously, or you are a brand new customer, you can always feel free to call to set a service appointment, or simply to ask some questions.
We also like to do what we can to educate our customers on all topics regarding the life of your area rugs. We mentioned some basic maintenance recommendations earlier in this post, which we hope will help to teach the importance of having proper maintenance performed regularly. We also spoke about rug dye and the issues that can come along with it. Proper treatment of a rug can keep your rug looking and feeling good form many, many years. One of the things that can help to extend the life of your rug, along with adding extra comfort, safety and protection is proper rug padding. Rug padding should be placed under each rug in your home. No matter if the rug is on concrete, tile, wood, laminate, vinyl or even carpet, proper high quality rug padding can make quite the positive impact.
Proper rug padding can help to protect your floors. As mentioned above, there are not limits to what type of flooring under your rug would warrant a proper rug pad. The rug dyes that we previously spoke about can not only transfer from the fibers they are attached to during the cleaning process, certain types of dyes can actually bleed out on their own over time. As they slowly seep out, gravity will pull the dyes down towards the flooring under your pad. That is why we said that you should even put a pad between your area rug and a carpeted floor. Proper rug pad can also help to prevent a spill from seeping through your area rug and into the floor beneath. This helps to prevent possible permanent staining on your floor.
Area rug padding can help to prevent slip and falls as well. There are some rugs that can be laid out without padding and might not slip too easily on their own. Typically the only rugs that will not slip when laid out on a hard surface floor would be high pile, large, heavy Oriental rugs or synthetic rugs that already have a backing that is meant to take place of a pad. For the most part, rugs will slip, slide and bunch up. Padding with a rubber foundation will help to prevent the potentially dangerous hazard of slipping or bunching area rugs.
Good padding can also add extra comfort in the way of cushioning. Most area rugs have lower, tighter piles. This creates a thin surface that does not provide much cushioning or comfort. Many times area rugs are laid out in popular areas where much time is spent. Often used areas within a home are typically exposed to a lot of foot traffic. The padding under the rug can add a bit of comfort to your steps and can also absorb some of the impact, taking some of that slow wear and tear away from the rug itself. You may even want to lounge about on top of your rug. If the rug is on top of a hard surface floor, then padding will be a necessity.
We hope this information is helpful and we encourage you to reach out to us with any questions you may have!