Insights & Case Studies

How much does it cost to clean commercial carpet?

One time commercial carpet cleaning jobs are usually priced out by the amount of square feet that needs cleaning. There are a variety of different cleaning systems. Determining the type of cleaning system you should use is a matter of the cleaners or end users personal preference, the manufactures recommendations and the condition and location of the carpet. You determine the amount of square feet by doing one of the following: Measuring with a laser pointer or counting ceiling tiles Measuring with a rolling measuring devise Taking specs off a blue print, schematic or cad (computer aided design) drawing. Asking property management familiar with the facility Some may ask office

September 24, 2025

Types of Commercial Carpet Fibers

Types of Commercial Carpet Fibers While there are many considerations when replacing or cleaning old commercial carpets, property manages must be aware of carpet fiber types. This is because fiber type refers to the actual material used to manufacture the carpet. The type of fiber will dictate price points, applications, maintenance needs and longevity. There are six main types of commercial carpet fibers: Nylon Carpet Fibers Olefin Carpet Fibers Polyester Carpet Fibers Wool Carpet Fibers Wool Blend Carpet Fibers Synthetic Blend Carpet Fibers The various types of commercial carpet fibers have various advantages and disadvantages for commercial properties. There is no “one size fits all” solution for property managers when

September 4, 2025

Smelling Clean and Green..

Fragrances can mask odors or can enhance perceived cleanliness, but watch out, in today’s ECO friendly world they don’t always pay off. Not all “fresh smelling“ additives guaranty customer satisfaction. Fragrances or masking agents are often used in cleaning solutions to enhance the total sensory perception of a carpet-cleaning job. If it smells good it must be clean, right? Well, the problem is that not all agree. All it takes is one asthmatic person in the home or one chemically sensitive occupant of a building to ruin your day. In my opinion clean is odorless. Clean means that you have removed unwanted matter. This would include anything that smells or

August 21, 2025

Removing Odors from Basement

Once again Eco Interior Maintenance BactiBarrier cleaning system has removed odors from a basement that sat around for over 4 years without inhabitants. These products are phenomenal. Cleaning, disinfecting and protecting makes so much sense. Cleaners that use it are setting a higher standard. Its our new “Standard of Care”. Currently our client both commercial and residential are benefiting from BactiBarrier’s superior technology. Do not know why we will ever disinfect and protect any surface any other way. Hope everyone gets a chance to reap the benefits. Before After

August 14, 2025

Walk Off Mats

Are walk off mats helpful? Preventative Maintenance Walk off mats protect interiors of commercial buildings, help preserve floor covering warranties and help insure against costly slip/fall claims. Strategically placed interior and exterior walk off mats are essential to a complete commercial building maintenance program. If maintained properly, these mats can add years to the use life to your interior hard and soft floor coverings. Dry particulates are any floor coverings nemesis. Almost half of the soil in a building is made of sand, quartz, dolomite, clay, feldspar and limestone. A single grain of sand has 32 cutting edges and equates to 120 grit sand paper. The constant abrasion from particulate

May 4, 2025

Seam Sealing

Seam sealing is a must for all new broadloom carpet installations. You may not know, but according to the Carpet and Rug Institutes Commercial and Residential Carpet Installation Guidelines all broadloom seams have to be seam sealed during installation. This installation step protects the freshly cut carpet backing from unraveling at the seams. The backing is a weave. When that weave is cut it creates a weak point if not sealed. Yes, you have seen this. You or the night time facility service provider vacuum over a seam and a carpet yarn gets tangled up in a vacuum brush, often leaving a very obvious missing row of loops or tufts.

April 16, 2025

Clean Schools

What is more important than demanding clean schools? How much time do you, your children or your love ones spend in classrooms, day cares, or universities? This is where most of us have spent big money in taxes or tuition to build our intellect and social being. Children have no choice when it comes down to facility cleanliness. Clean schools is of utmost importance. Fortunately today we have cleaning scientists from groups like CIRI (Cleaning Industry Research Institute) and the EPA spending time and money on surface cleanliness & contamination and it consequences. The EPA’s has Seven Technical Solutions that define the most common issues that schools need to address

March 4, 2025

ECO helps write The Carpet & Rug Institute Commercial Carpet Cleaning Guidelines

One of Eco Interior Maintenance founders, Doug Bradford, worked with The Carpet & Rug Institute in Dalton Georgia to help write the update of the Carpet Maintenance Guidelines for Commercial Applications. This document is used and distributed by many of the carpet manufacturers domestically and internationally. Reviewing the document after purchasing commercial carpet will help end users understand the importance of proper maintenance as it relates to appearance and use life. The document also reviews important factors to consider when building a commercial carpet maintenance program. These factors include specifying the right carpet, cleaning procedures, frequency and choice of cleaning systems needed to achieve optimum performance levels from your textile

December 30, 2024

Corporate Profits driving down Quality of Service

Corporate Profits driving down Quality of Service In tight economic times corporate accountants and advisors dictate to the real estate asset managers and owners what the numbers have to be to be successful. Public REIT’s (Real Estate Investment Trusts), Government and private enterprises seek bottom line performance numbers. Degrees of profitability reach beyond achievable human and technological performance levels. Managers of corporate business plans for building asset maintenance are forced to drive down costs of quality service providers by doling out RFP (Request for Proposals) that provide the lowest possible cost to end user. These are often followed by best and final pricing negotiations when they pick a few often-desperate

November 25, 2024

Roll Crush

What is carpet roll crush? As an Certified Carpet Inspector roll crush is one of the most frequent issues I am asked to go out and correct. It is noticeable immediately after or during installation. if it does not disappear in the first 2 weeks it can be professionally addressed. 98% of the time it can be fixed by steaming and pile lifting the carpet pile. It can happen to broadloom carpets or carpet tiles. If you notice roll crush talk to the person who sold you the carpet soon after installation. According to The Carpet &Rug Institute: “Roll crush usually appears across the width of the carpet as areas

November 1, 2024