Carpets v Hard Floor for allergy sufferers

Have you been influenced by wooden floor manufacturers to ditch your carpet for wooden floor replacements, for the sake of your health?

Carpets physically trap dust mites and allergens, till vacuumed away.On hard floors the allergens and dust mites have nowhere to go, and their faeces can remain air borne for up to 10 minutes, and with the slightest movement, they are easily inhaled.
It takes 10 times more air flow for dust particles to be moved across carpeted flooring than hard flooring.

The Carpet Foundation, The European Carpet Association, The Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand and The Carpet and Rug Institute of the USA have all studied the scientific papers on asthma and floor coverings. It was proved conclusively that there is no scientific evidence that carpets are a danger to our atmospheres including for those with allergies or sensitivity to dust mites, pollen etc.




 

Through natural gravity, your carpet will trap airborne particles

Walking on hard floor surfaces disturbs more dust particles than walking on carpeted surfaces, distributing them into the air to be inhaled.

Therefore there will be less dust in the atmosphere of a carpeted room.
Dry, clean well maintained carpets will actually improve your homes air quality.

There have been no studies conducted to prove that removing carpets improves the health of an allergy sufferer.

A study shows that in Sweden, an advertising campaign from a wooden floor manufacturer, caused hysteria among homeowners, resulting in a 77% reduction in carpet use, this coincided with a 300% increase in asthma suffers in the same 15 year period.




FACT! It is the faeces from the dust mite that causes the allergens, not the dust mite themselves. Vacuuming your carpet on a regular basis will remove a large  amount of these trapped particles.

Our next Blog will have help and advice on how to maintain your carpets and upholstery, and the best way of dealing and removing these pesky mites!


Take Care

Paula

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Our Referral Scheme

RAFS - Refer a Friend Scheme

We have just launched our referral scheme. It`s quite simple, once you are a client of ours, and you know and trust us then we want you to recommend us. We have had plenty of referrals over the years and think we should reward those clients who do this.

We are very proud when we are recommended, knowing people appreciate our services.

So now its time to show our appreciation and we are giving you a £10 voucher to be used against any of our services, when someone who you have recommended us to has work completed by us.

You can even save them up, so the more you recommend us the more you earn in vouchers.

To encourage your friends/family/neighbour to use us we will also give them a £10 discount off their first job if they mention the RAFS. Then hopefully when they recommend us  they too will also start to receive vouchers.

Vouchers will be issued on completion of work/payment for your recommendation.

Vouchers can be used against -

• Carpet Cleaning
• Upholstery Cleaning
• Indoor Floor Cleaning
• Outdoor Floor Cleaning
• Maintenance Plans

Any questions about the RAFS please do not hesitate to contact us on 0151 292 5112

Or visit our website for details of our services Click Here

Take Care

Paula

 

Celebrating Valentines Day - need not cost a fortune!

Valentine`s Day

February 14th

Valentine was a Roman priest put to death on February 14th, AD273 for refusing to give up his Christian faith. The day coincided with the Roman Spring festival, Lupercalia, held in honour of the gods Pan and Juno. Lupercalia was believed to be one of the most important festivals in the Roman calendar, and was brought to Britain by the Romans. The early Christian church frowned upon the festival but unable to prevent people from celebrating it, linked it with the name of St. Valentine, who became the Patron Saint of Lovers.

Unique Ways to Celebrate

* Have a meal with someone special, either be it in a restaurant, pub, or even home - make it really unique - turn off your mobile phone, both of you!

* Make a card, no need for negative comments then, as in  "waste of money them cards"

* Give a voucher...not the usual gift voucher make a personal one, for something even as simple as  - breakfast in bed, a country drive, a child free afternoon, anything that will make your       loved one know you have given some thought.

* Arrange to go back to visit where you met and did your "courting"

* Buy a rose/plant - a lot cheaper than flowers and lasts a lot longer. Try and pick a plant/rose with a name that is relevant to your loved one.

* Do you have lots of photos on your mobile? Get one printed and buy a simple frame - memories! (many 24 hour supermarkets offer this service if you`re running out of time!)

Above all... it`s only one day of the year, to some it is so special, to others its just a normal day - however you decide to spend it...... Enjoy!

Love To All Valentines

Paula x

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Water water water....everywhere!

Water, It`s plentiful at the moment and is literally just going down the drain.

 

Why not take time this weekend to invest in a water butt? Reasonably priced water butts are available in many varieties! Slim ones, basic ones, deluxe ones, stone effect, different shapes, even DIY ones. They are available in many DIY shops, and hardware stores. Easily installed on your house, shed, garage or any outbuilding with gutters and downpipes in place. Obviously water is stored for your use and convenience during the summer months.  I know it seems hard to imagine during our current weather conditions BUT should we have a hosepipe ban during the summer months then you can freely use any water collected in your water butt. Rain water is more beneficial to our plants than tap water. Rain water has natural nutrients that are cleaned with chlorine etc to make it safe for drinking from taps. It will be at the right temperature for your plants as opposed to cold water from the tap. Give it a go, and if you are on a water meter then you could be saving money too!

So, why not turn a negative into a positive and make good use of this wet weather?

Watch The Video "How To Install A Water Butt" For Ideas

Water Facts

• On average a person in the UK uses 150 litres of water per day
• Did you know that just 1 drip of water per second wastes around 5, 000 litres of water each year!
• The roof of a four bedroom family home on average captures more than 100, 000 litres of rain water each year.
• Turning off a running tap while brushing your teeth will save water! Leaving the tap on wastes 6 litres of water every minute.
• Around 25% of the household’s energy bill comes from heating water
• One third of our water is lost through leaky pipes before it even gets to our homes.
• Did you know that 50% of water that is used within the household doesn’t need to be of potable water quality?
• A four minute shower uses between 90 and 180 litres of water.
• 63% of our daily consumption at home comes from the bathroom and the toilet
• You can survive about a month without food, but only 5 to 7 days without water.

Its all around us, we take it for granted at times, and certainly could not live without it! So appreciate it and use it carefully!


Here`s hoping I will be doing a blog on sunshine soon!! Lets hope the sun is as plentiful in the summer as the rain has been this winter.

Take Care

Paula