While your carpeting may not require the regular cleaning that other types of flooring demand, your carpet should be professionally cleaned once every year to 18 months, even if you vacuum regularly. Professional carpet cleaning extends the life of the carpeting and contributes to better air quality, reducing allergies and illness.
 
Do-It-Yourself Carpet-Cleaning Mistakes
Ideally, your carpet should be professionally cleaned. However, to save money, many people alternate between the do-it-yourself cleaning and professional cleaning.

Did you know that some of your common household products are putting your family at risk?
 

1. Air Fresheners – Don't let the commercials fool you. Most air fresheners interfere with your ability to smell by disabling your nasal passages with an oil film or a nerve-deadening agent. Common chemicals in air fresheners include formaldehyde (a highly toxic known carcinogen) and phenol (which can cause hives, convulsions, circulatory collapse, coma, and even death).
2. Ammonia is a volatile chemical that can damage your eyes, respiratory tract, and skin.

Tile is known for its water resistance and easy cleaning. With the right maintenance routine, your tile floors, walls, and countertops will look great and last for years.
 
Basic Maintenance
Sweep or vacuum floors to remove any dust or debris before using any cleaning products. Damp-mop your tile floor at least once each week (more frequently for heavy traffic areas) to decrease wear and abrasion from grit and soil.
 
Glazed Tile
Clean regularly with an all-purpose, non-oil-based household cleaner that's compatible with cleaning grout joints.

 
Hardwood floors have long been a coveted house feature because they positively radiate a sense of classic warmth and tradition.
Because hardwood flooring has literally been around for centuries and many of the floors found in historic homes are still the originals, it is easy to think of them as being impervious to damage.
But like any house element, hardwood floors are prone to damage from accumulated wear and tear as well as unexpected events such as flooding.
The potential for damage is magnified by the fact that, unlike ceramic or vinyl flooring, hardwood is an organic material.

1) Skipping pre-sweeping

If you have a disc floor scrubber, you should be pre-sweeping. Your scrubber is putting down water to clean. Dirt plus water equals mud. Therefore, removing excess dirt prior to scrubbing will help your scrubber clean more thoroughly.