Proper Carpet Vacuuming

Regular vacuuming protects furnishings and gives you healthy indoor air. Plus, it protects your warranties. The secret to fast and easy
vacuuming is to know that damaging grit mostly accumulates in "traffic lanes". Pay close attention to these areas, like entry ways, even
if you don't have time for anything else.

Better to vacuum only traffic areas frequently, than to do
everywhere else infrequently. Note: If you can see soiling,
your carpet may already be damaged.

Sweep against the "grain" of the carpet. Light vacuuming means
several overlapping strokes over the same area, heavy
vacuuming takes 6-8 strokes. Make more passes if your
vacuum lacks rotary brush or "beater bar". Set height
adjustment so brushes just touch the tips of your carpet fibers.

Keep final vacuuming strokes all in the same direction. "Suction
lowering" adjustments exist to keep fabrics from being
damaged while doing drapes or other furnishings. Keep your
vacuum in good repair. Change bags and filters often. Bags
more than half full greatly reduce vacuuming efficiency, plus you
have dust passing back into the air. Consider using "high
efficiency" filter type bags. You cannot vacuum too much.
Remember that it's the ground-in soil that dulls, discolors and
damages your carpets.