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Warning:
Don't Hire Any Carpet Cleaner
Until you Read This!

Dear Friend,

There are many unscrupulous carpet cleaners out there that will take advantage of unsuspecting homeowners.  There are also many companies that offer extremely poor workmanship.  If you've ever hired one of these companies in the past, you can relate to what I'm talking about.  This site will give you the information needed to find a quality and ethical cleaning company in your area, before you get taken advantage of. 

My name is Mike Hogan and I'm the owner of Hogan's Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning serving Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties for twenty years.  We are a local company that services residential and commercial/industrial properties.  Whether you decide to use my services or not, this website will allow you to become an educated consumer and avoid the unethical, uneducated and downright unscrupulous carpet cleaners.

 If you're in my service area and contemplating hiring my company, this site will allow you to do in-depth research on us before you ever have to make a buying decision.  It's critical that you do your research before you hire any carpet cleaning company.  This will save you many headaches in the long run. 

You probably heard about this site from a friend, neighbor or family member who told you of my service. (If you just happened to find this site on your own, congratulations.)

While most cleaning companies merely focus on carpet cleaning ( and they do a very poor job of that), I concentrate on satisfying the carpet manufacturers maintenance requirements for your carpet.   I have many years of extensive hands on training and testing. All of this allows me to give you the most thorough cleaning ever.  Excellence in Cleaning Guaranteed Every Time.

How To Avoid Four Carpet Cleaning Rip-Offs

Rip-Off #1:  UNBELIEVABLY LOW PRICES.  To some degree, all of us are attacted by low prive because we want to work within a budget. But some carpet cleaners use price as the bait for their false and misleading advertising.  They offer a cheap price-usually between $9.95 and $19.95 per room-and then, once they're in your home, they pressure you into buying "add ons."  It's as if you were buying a car and found that the dealer was charging extra for the tires and streeing wheel.  Carpet cleaning is not as cheap as some unethical carpet cleaners would like you to believe.

Rip-Off # 2: BAIT AND SWITCH.  Dual process carpet cleaning describes the process of shampooing or heavy preconditioning, followed with hot water extraction cleaning.  Unfortunately, unethical carpet cleaners often use dual process as a bait-and-switch technique.  Here's how it's done: First, they bait you with a basic cleaning (single process) at an unbelievably low price.  Then, when you call, they try to "switch" you to more expensive dual-process cleaning.  If you don't fall for their switch and choose their basic service, you'll likely receive poor workmanship using little to no chemical and they will not guarantee their work.

Rip-Off #3: UNSUPPORED CLAIMS.  "THIS CLEANING METHOD IS THE BEST." You'll read this in almost every ad.  You'll hear this from virtually every carpet cleaner.  Remember this: The method that's best for you is the method that achieves your goal.  If you want a method that dries your rug (s) quickly (low moisture), then a method that takes longer to dry isn't the best for you.  So before you choose a carpet cleaner, identify your obvjectives.  Then select the method that best reaches those objectives.

Rip-Off #4: OUTDATED BELIEFS.  "HOT WATER DAMAGES YOUR CARPET."  Years ago, many people believed this was true because their carpets were damaged by technicians" who didn't know how to properly clean using hot water.  But today, we know it's false.  By washing then rinsing your carpet with hot water, your carpet is thoroughly cleaned-in the same way that the person who showers and then rinses of  the dirt and soap will be much cleaner than the person who takes only a sponge bath.  Obviously, each carpet cleaner will be biased toward his own method.  And each method does have advantages.  So I suggest you look to what carpet manufacturers say.  Shaw industries, the largest carpet manufacturer in the world, recommends only hot water extraction cleaning with a truck mounted unit used by firms that are IICRC Certified.

5 Costly Misconceptions About Carpet Cleaning

Misconception #1: You should wait as long as possible before cleaning your carpet.

No! Dirt is an abrasive-like sandpaper.  Every time you step on your carpet, you grind dirt into the carpet fibers.  This cuts your carpet, just as if you had used a knife.  This cutting causes your carpet to wear out faster. A dirty carpet will not last as long as a clean carpet.  And while vacuuming helps-by itself, it's simply not enough.  The longer you wait to have your carpet cleaned, the more damage you do to your carpet and the faster it wears out.

Misconception #2: The only reason to clean carpets is to remove dirt.

No! As you probably know, outdoor air contains pollen, fungus bacteria, air pollutio, cigarette smoke, car exhaust-and hundreds of other chemicals.  When you come into your home, you carry those pollens, bacteria and chemicals in your hair and on your skin, clothing and shoes.  Not surprisingly, all those chemicals and toxins wind up in your carpet.  If you have allergies, asthma, emphysema, or other breathing problems-one major source of your problem could be the pollens, fungus, smoke and chemicals in your carpet.

Misconception #3: One method of carpet cleaning is as good as another.

No.  The dry cleaning methods-which are dry foam, dry chemicals, and dry compound-do not rinse your carpet in any way.  Instead, they leave a dirty residue.  You might say they clean your carpet only halfway.  The most effective cleaning method is hot water extraction.  Hot water extraction means a hot water cleaning solution, under high pressure, is forced into your carpet and then sucked out of your carpet.  Shaw Industries, the world's largest carpet manufacturer, recommends hot water extraction as the primary method of cleaning carpets, along with an IICRC approved firm.  Carpet cleaners use one of two types of hot water extraction.  If they use a large unti that operates from a van or truck outside your facility, it's called truck-mount extraction.  If they use a small unit that can be brought inside, it's called portable extraction.  Shaw's first choice is the truck-mounted unit-and it recommends the small, portable unit only in areas where the truck-mounted unit won't reach.  The truck-mount extraction cleans much better because it heats the water to a higher temperature-which breaks up the dirt, bacteria, chemicals and pollens in the carpet.  Then the machine uses high suction to draw the dirt and chemicals out of your carpet.  This is the method my company uses.

Misconception #4: Having the right equipment is all a company needs to clean your carpets properly. 

Not true. Many companies own hot water extraction cleaners but very few companies teach their employees how to use them properly.  This is why it's important that you choose yoour carpet cleaner carefully.  The best cleaning copanies are those that have been certified by the Institute If Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Cartification, known as the IICRC.  Before you choose a carpet cleaner, ask to see written proof of the company's IICRC certification and also the certification of the technician who is going to do the job!  If they don't have thenm - don't use them! 

Misconception #5: The company that offers the lowest price is the company you should hire.

NO.  I've seen so many problems arise from lowest-bid companies that I suggest you NEVER hire the company that quots the cheapest price.  The two most common problems are:

(1) The price may not be for the service you want performed.  The company may be equipped to remove only the dirt from your carpet.  But you may want bacteria, fungus, pollens, dustmies and tobacco residues removed as well.

(2) The price you see advertised may not be the price you pay.  Many home owners have learned that the low price they saw advertised lasted only until the carpet cleaner got to their home.Then they were pressured into paying a lot more for a varity of add-ons. Some carpet cleaner even break the law by using illegal bait and switch tactics.

 I look forward to helping you.

Sincerely,
Mike Hogan

P.S.-Whether you use my services or not, by using all the resources offered here, you'll find out how to choose a carept cleaning company that will give you 100% guaranteed service , just like I do.