From the pitter-patter of tiny feet to the spillage of a hearty red wine, the muddy steps of an excitable dog and countless reshufflings of your furnishings, your carpets have seen a lot over the years! Family carpets have been the foundation upon which so much of your family’s special home memories have taken place. It can be understood that some families might struggle to accept change in a home filled with memories, but there comes a time in every carpet’s life when a change is the only option to ensure continued comfort and a healthy home.
As you walk over and see your carpet every day, there’s a chance you might not have noticed just how much wear and tear your floors have endured. If you’ve whipped out any old family photos recently, you might notice a huge colouration change has occurred over the years as the fibres of your carpet compact and compile unmovable dirt. You might notice pathways in high-traffic areas of your home where your carpet has worn down and lacks its fluffy lustre of yesteryear. It could be time for a change in carpets, but what are the unmistakable signs that your floors have passed their expiry date? Let’s take a look at a few warning signs of expired carpet in today’s blog…
Too many stains, not enough furniture to hide them!
If you’re running out of rugs and couches with which to obscure unsightly stains, it’s definitely time to replace your carpet. Because your home was designed to be lived in, and your family is only human, spills and accidents happen! That’s a part of life. There comes a time, however, when you just can’t keep on top of every spill as soon as it happens. As you probably know, the most effective stain removal happens when you address the spill immediately. The stains that stick around are the ones we didn’t get to in time, or attempted to clean with improper methods. Where this is the case and has been the case one too many times, your floors start to resemble a patchwork quilt of unpleasant marks.
Encourage your eyes to enjoy a room rather than focus immediately on stubborn stains: replace this carpet with fresh new floors from Robert Inwood Flooring Wellington!
A lingering smell that ain’t going anywhere!
When your carpets can be professionally cleaned, sprayed with a special deodorant, aired out regularly and altogether pampered but a bad smell still remains…it’s time to replace them! The top two ‘carpet poisons’ that never seem to fade are the smells of curry, dog, and cigarette smoke. You can clean your carpets as much as you like, but just wait for a warm day to come around and bring those intoxicating odours back up again and you’ll wish you’d spent your cleaning money on new floors entirely!
Smells are stubborn. They penetrate the very fibres of your carpet and soak into the spongey padding beneath. Save yourself money: don’t waste dollars on trying to ‘clean’ bad smells away. If the smells are there to stay, your floors need to go. Get the talented team from Robert Inwood Flooring around to give you a quote, head to our store to pick out your favourite carpet, then get our team back round for a fuss-free Wellington carpet installation!
Still not sure if its time for a replacement? Don’t stress: we’ll be continuing this series next week to cover a few more telling signs of expired Wellington flooring. Stay tuned and watch this space!