Upholstery is an essential addition to any home and many types of workplaces. From the armchairs and sofas we sit on to relax and entertain, to the seats we use in offices and other public places.
Daily use can soon take its toll on the appearance and general condition of the upholstery you own, however, making it look dull, dirty, stained and even smelly. That’s why getting your upholstery cleaned is so important. Here are some of the benefits of upholstery cleaning.
1. Saves you money in the long-run
Many people put off getting their upholstery cleaned because they think it’s an unnecessary expense. However, regular cleaning of your upholstery could actually save you money in the long-run.
Dirt in upholstery fabrics can rub against fibres and may cause them to degrade over time, potentially creating worn areas in your sofas and chairs. This can age your upholstery prematurely, and may mean that you’ll need to fork out to replace your worn soft furnishings.
Damage from dirt in upholstery can be avoided, however. With regular cleaning, professional experts can remove deep-seated debris and particles that threaten the good condition of your furnishings, thus preventing them from experiencing premature aging and decline.
With increased longevity from regular cleaning, you can maximise your upholstery investment for long into the future, saving you the cost of getting it prematurely replaced.
2. Creates a comfortable environment
Sinking into a clean, comfy, fresh-smelling sofa is the perfect antidote when you’ve had a long, busy day. But if your sofa starts to suffer from stale odours, dirty patches, spillages or a dull complexion, it instantly becomes less appealing.
By getting your upholstery regularly cleaned, you can create a comfortable, pleasant place to relax for you and your family.
3. Makes a good impression
It’s important that your upholstery should look good for you, and remain in a clean and hygienic condition for your own personal enjoyment and benefits, but it’s vital that your upholstery should appeal to others, too.
Upholstery plays such an important role. Our sofas and chairs provide a place for socialising, entertaining and even working, so they should look presentable, clean and fresh for anyone who steps through your door.
If your upholstery looks grubby and grimy, or smells musty or stale, it won’t go unnoticed when visitors enter your premises, whether at your home or in a workplace setting.
If creating a good impression matters to you, especially if you run a business such as a pub, hotel or restaurant, having clean upholstery will help to make your brand favourable, and will ensure clients or customers come back again in the future. It shows that you care about how you present your image and surroundings to others, which can reflect well on your business, and may even boost your bottom line.
4. Provides a healthy environment
Like carpets, rugs and mattresses, upholstery is the perfect place for allergens like dust mites to live and breed. These tiny critters feed off dead skin cells from humans or pets, so wherever we spend a lot of time, dust mites won’t be too far behind us.
Dust mites in your settees and armchairs can be problematic for your health, especially if you already suffer from allergy-related conditions such as asthma, hay fever and eczema. Sitting down and relaxing on your sofa, unknowingly surrounded by thousands of dust mites, might not be the pleasant experience you’d imagined it would be, potentially causing symptoms such as sneezing, itchy skin, a runny nose, a sore throat and even breathing problems.
Fortunately, professional upholstery cleaning can take care of the dust mites in your sofas and chairs, eliminating them so that you don’t need to suffer every time you sit down.
It’s not just dust mites, either, that can live in your upholstery and affect your health. Germs, bacteria, viruses and mould can proliferate in your soft furnishings, spreading illness and disease.
With regular cleaning, your upholstery will be sanitised to remove any harmful organisms and pathogens, keeping you and your family healthy.
5. Improves air quality
Upholstery cleaning doesn’t just keep your sofas and chairs sanitised and in an allergen-free, hygienic condition; it can have a positive knock-on effect for the air that you breathe inside your living or working environment. That’s because any dust mites, germs or bacteria residing in your upholstery aren’t just confined to staying there. They can be released into the air when you sit down or get up off your upholstery, or when you plump the cushions or padding of your soft furnishings. With more contaminants in the atmosphere, the quality of the air you breathe inside your property may be radically reduced. Therefore, getting your upholstery cleaned is essential for the overall comfort of your space.
6. Better results than DIY cleaning
There are lots of DIY hacks and homemade remedies that you can find online, or products you can buy in the shops, that promise to keep your upholstery clean. Whilst you might think these are a cost-effective way to keep your upholstery looking fresh, you’ll never achieve the same level of high-quality results compared to using a professional upholstery cleaning company.
Trying to remove a sofa stain yourself could cause discolouration or fabric damage, and may even set the stain further into your furnishings if you don’t use the correct cleaning method for the particular type of fabrics or dyes your upholstery is made from. Moreover, DIY cleaning methods are only likely to remove surface dirt in your upholstery, and not the deep-seated debris that’s hidden far down inside upholstery padding and fabrics.
With professional upholstery cleaning, however, you can be certain that your sofas, armchairs and soft furnishings are being given a much deeper, more effective, intense clean compared to anything you attempt yourself.
For example, at our professional London upholstery cleaners, we use powerful tools and technology not only to eradicate visible dirt and stains, but also invisible particles and allergens, as well as odours.
With cleaning from the experts, you can also have peace of mind that stubborn stains and persistent odours, as well as pet soiling, are completely eradicated, and won’t resurface any time soon.
At Carpet Bright UK, we also provide really fast cleaning for your upholstery, without over-wetting your furnishings, so they dry quickly, too. This means getting your upholstery cleaned is convenient with minimal disruption, and you won’t have to wait a long time to use it again.
Get in touch for further details on our award-winning upholstery cleaning London services.
