When The Carpet Becomes A Prime Health Risk In The Household

When The Carpet Becomes A Prime Health Risk In The Household

With carpets, appearances can be deceiving. Sure, you’ll notice the stains – but what is buried deep within the fibres? The carpet’s absorbent nature, from the fibres to the loads of spaces within the material, makes it horde in loads of grime, putting the health of the household members at risk. 

First off, did you know the average carpet can hold it 4 times its weight in dirt? It’s basically a humongous air filter, trapping in the particles floating around, and also scrapes off whatever grime is under people’s shoes. Dander, food crumbs, faecal waste be it from dust mites or insects, mounds of dead skin – they all accumulate in the carpet. As people walk on the unit, the dirt gets pushed deeper into the carpet. So much winds up within those lush piles that it ends up outweighing the carpet itself. In fact, by the time the carpet is getting visibly soiled, with its colour becoming dull, there will already be plenty of soiling that is in the unit.