Ask three carpet cleaners how often you should clean and you'll get three answers — usually biased by how busy they are. Here's the honest version for Pretoria conditions.
Why Pretoria is different
Pretoria sits on the Highveld: dry winters, fine red dust, and a windy August–October stretch that drives that dust straight through your house. Carpets here accumulate dry abrasive soil faster than in humid coastal cities — and dry soil is what actually destroys carpet fibre, grinding away like sandpaper under foot traffic.
The honest schedule
- No pets, no kids, shoes off indoors: every 18–24 months
- Average family home: every 12 months
- Kids, pets, or allergy sufferers: every 6–9 months
- High-traffic lanes (passages, in front of couches): every 6 months
- Rental properties: between tenants, always
Signs it's overdue
- Traffic lanes look grey even after vacuuming
- The carpet feels slightly stiff or tacky
- Odours return a day after vacuuming
- Anyone's allergies flare up indoors
What about vacuuming?
Vacuum twice a week in Pretoria — it's not optional here. A good vacuum removes surface dust before it migrates deep into the pile. But no vacuum removes the bonded soil and oils at the base of the fibre; that's what extraction cleaning is for.
Need it done properly?
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