Certified, Master Textile Cleaner, serving Sacramento and surrounding areas
Ardent's Carpet Cleaning
Ardent Carpet Restore is an IICRC Certified Firm and a Carpet & Fabricare Institute member. We specialize in restorative carpet cleaning to maintain your carpet’s warranty.
Ardent is a one-person operation, with Vincent, the owner being the only person who will come out to your home for services. Vincent holds two Master designations with the IICRC and is certified as a Practicing Senior Carpet Inspector.
What Seperates Us from the Rest?
Many companies offer low-cost specials to get as many jobs in the door as possible. The problem arises in that each job becomes less critical, and the overall quality of each cleaning decreases. Many cleaners also skip the most essential step, the dry-soil removal phase of cleaning. It’s difficult for people to produce high-quality work if they rush to finish to head to their next appointment.
At Ardent, we prioritize quality over quantity. Unlike many companies that fill their schedules with numerous jobs, we dedicate more time to each project. Many of our jobs require a half or full day. This approach allows us to treat each job as the most important one, meticulously following established written standards. While our pricing may be higher than some other companies, our clients can be assured of a thorough, high-quality service.
How Often Should I Have My Carpets Cleaned?
Most carpet manufacturers require professional cleaning by a certified technician every 12-18 months to maintain the warranty. If this does not occur, the warranty could be voided. That’s why it is essential to have an IICRC-certified firm or technician regularly clean your carpet. Generally, most carpet warranties do not apply or are voided for rental properties.
Having children, pets, or higher traffic may require more frequent cleanings. It is essential to maintain the carpet with regular vacuuming, ensuring the beater bar is set appropriately for the type and thickness of the carpet. Walk-off mats are also crucial as they allow a space for some or most soil to be removed from walking traffic before coming onto the carpeted areas.
Excessively Soiled Carpet Cleaning
This residential carpet had excessive soiling and food and drink stains. Following our methods within the established cleaning principles made this carpet look almost new.
That carpet is dirtier than you think.
It's a common misconception that a carpet is clean if it looks clean. Regular vacuuming is crucial to remove dry soil from the filaments. To maintain your carpet's warranty, it should be professionally cleaned at least once every 12-18 months.
Rental Property Carpet Cleaning
Rental properties tend to have heavily soiled carpets. Generally, they are not maintained very well, with little to no stain blockers and tenants who may or may not occasionally vacuum. Regular vacuuming is critical. Due to stubborn soils in many rentals, professionals often must use more robust products to combat them.
Our Cleaning Process
Our primary cleaning method is Water-Rinse Extraction, formerly known as Hot-Water Extraction. This method, which uses truck-mounted equipment, is often mistakenly referred to as 'steam cleaning' or 'shampooing.' We strictly adhere to the established standards of the ANSI and IICRC. After a thorough carpet assessment, we provide an accurate estimate for the cleaning cost. Once approved, we commence cleaning, ensuring your carpets receive the best treatment. Answers to some commonly asked questions about carpet cleaning can be found on our FAQs page.
Carpet Cleaning Procedures
- Dry-soil Removal: The dry-soil removal phase is the most important yet often overlooked step in the cleaning process. At Ardent, we generally achieve this using a powerful commercial vacuum cleaner with HEPA filtration. It’s not uncommon for us to spend as much time, if not more, vacuuming than the following wet portion of the cleaning process. This step is crucial as it removes the majority of the trapped soils, ensuring a thorough and high-quality cleaning.
It's a common misconception that a truck mount's powerful suction can remove all carpet soils. In reality, 70% or more of the trapped soils are insoluble and can’t be dissolved. Adding water can weigh them down or cause clumping. Other cleaners often overlook these soils, which must be removed dry. Regular vacuuming is also crucial for maintaining your carpet, as these soils can be very abrasive to the filaments and lead to a non-reversible, dull appearance. - Pre-conditioning or Pre-treatment: We topically apply engineered products to loosen and emulsify the remaining soluble soils using an injection sprayer.
- Agitation (as needed): We use light agitation to help spread the products evenly and encourage soil emulsification. We will occasionally use a more aggressive approach using a mechanical device with counter-rotating cylindrical brushes.
- Water-Rinse Extraction, formerly termed "Hot-Water Extraction": This involves the hoses coming into the establishment from our truck-mount system. Depending on the situation, we’ll use a minimal amount of engineered carpet rinsing detergent or a mild acidic rinse in the water during this process.
- Extra drying: When possible, we often use air movers or extra dry strokes to vacuum up as much excess water as possible to encourage drying.
- Grooming (when applicable): We use a carpet rake on cut-pile yarns to groom the carpet. This allows the fibers to dry upright rather than being matted down or leaving indentations and marks from the cleaning process.
Additional Procedures
Heavy soiling, spots, stains, pet issues, or odors may require additional processes, treatments, and labor. These generally incur extra charges and affect the overall cleaning cost. Free consultations are available within 20 miles if you want an accurate cost estimate. A consultation fee may be assessed for areas beyond 20 miles.
Drying Time
The most recent, updated standard states that the carpet must be dry within 12 hours. Many variables affect dry time. We can’t control all of them, but there are others that we can. We do our best not to leave the carpets too wet and try to speed up the drying as much as possible.
Get a Quote
Our carpet cleaning rates are per square foot, but using a rough average per room, our quote calculator below can give you a “ballpark” cost range for residential carpet cleaning. To begin, select the number of rooms that need to be cleaned. Large rooms, such as a combined living and dining area, should be counted as two to provide an accurate result. You can book a consultation for a more precise cost estimate. This calculator is for residential carpet cleaning… Are you looking for a commercial carpet cleaning quote?
Contact Us
Phone
(916) 680-6311Address
836 57th St, Ste 421Sacramento, CA 95819