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Water that has been heated to a temperature of 150 degrees should be able to destroy any biological items in your carpet.

Whether you like it or not your bedroom is full of mites. Even if you clean your pillow case often you could have as many as 10,000 mites on your pillowcase. If you clean it less frequently the mite count can top 400,000. It is clear that you should perform cleaning when your carpet is full of biological hazards you can’t see, not just soil that you can see.

One insect that you may have encountered in your home is the silverfish, which usually feeds at night and under the carpet where it is dark. As soon as it is exposed to light it will scamper away, “swimming” across your floor. The high heat used to clean your carpets will be able to remove silverfish from your home.

While there is a variety of techniques and methods used to clean carpets these days there is one thing that always does the job, simple water. Hot water is what will be able to destroy the environment that encourages insects and the pests that are living inside your carpet.

Water that has been heated to a temperature of 150 degrees should be able to destroy any biological items in your carpet. The chemicals that are used in the cleaning process help with softening the water, breaking down the resistance of grease and oil, as well as helping with surface tension. The real muscle behind removing dirt and pests is hot water that is under pressure. There is no way that these insects will be able to withstand the pressure and heat from steam cleaning.

Some people wonder if there is a difference in pest removal if you have hard or soft water. The truth is that neither condition makes a difference when it comes to removing pests. The real key to removing pests from your carpet is the heat. Hard or soft water does impact the solubility of various cleaning chemicals used in the cleaning process. If you have soft water you will need to switch sodium and magnesium/calcium ions so that it is easier to clean. Obviously this does not impact the biological cleaning process.

Heat is often used to purify water, for example when water is removed from mountain streams. Steam cleaning works the same way to save your family for exposure to bacteria.

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